Domestic construction waste is increasing every year, accounting for 42.5% of the total waste generation in 2021. Recycled aggregate can be used to reduce the amount of construction waste. Recycled aggregate is an eco-friendly aggregate made by recycl...
Domestic construction waste is increasing every year, accounting for 42.5% of the total waste generation in 2021. Recycled aggregate can be used to reduce the amount of construction waste. Recycled aggregate is an eco-friendly aggregate made by recycling construction waste, and it is a material that can practice carbon neutrality by reducing carbon emissions generated during concrete production. However, the performance of recycled aggregate is lower than that of normal aggregate due to the attached mortar that is not removed during the production process and the micro cracks generated during the crushing process. In addition, the production method of recycled aggregate, the production area, and the characteristics of the parent concrete are complexly affected, resulting in a large deviation in quality. In order to overcome these disadvantages, many studies have been conducted on the performance of recycled aggregate concrete at home and abroad, and methods for improving performance by filling recycled aggregate concrete into steel tube columns has been proposed. However, research on recycled aggregate concrete-filled steel tube columns has not been conducted in Korea, and only in foreign countries, research on recycled aggregate concrete-filled steel tube columns is needed. The great advantage of concrete-filled steel tube columns is that they increase the strength of concrete due to the confinement effect and reduce the local buckling effect of steel tubes. However, since recycled aggregate concrete shows lower performance than normal aggregate concrete and the variation is large, it is necessary to investigate the confinement effect on steel tube columns filled with recycled aggregate concrete. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the confinement effect of a steel tube column filled with recycled aggregate concrete. Through theoretical considerations such as the characteristics of recycled aggregate and the mechanism of confinement effect, the confinement effect of the steel tube column filled with recycled aggregate concrete is analyzed, and the confinement effect is evaluated through experiments.
In this study, in order to evaluate the confinement effect of a steel tube column filled with recycled aggregate concrete, nine specimens were produced using the recycled aggregate replacement rate and the diameter of the steel tube as variables. Compression experiments were conducted by loading only the surface of concrete. The confinement effect according to the replacement rate of recycled aggregate and the diameter of the steel tube were analyzed, and the confinement effect was evaluated by comparing with the compressive strength models of confined concrete presented in the past. As a result, the following conclusions were drawn.
(1) Concrete was placed according to the replacement rate of recycled aggregate of 0, 25, and 100%, and a compression test was conducted in which the load was applied only to the surface of concrete. The yield strength decreased by 6.4 to 17.2% when replacing 25% of recycled aggregate and by 15.9 to 22.8% when replacing 100% of recycled aggregate. When using 100% recycled aggregate, it is judged that the compressive strength of the test specimen decreased more significantly than the concrete specimen compression test due to the greater contribution of performance degradation and quality variance.
(2) In order to evaluate the confinement effect of recycled aggregate concrete-filled steel tube columns according to the replacement rate of recycled aggregate, the ratio of the strength of the concrete cross section and the experimental compressive strength was expressed as a Strength Index and compared. As a result, When 25% of recycled aggregate was replaced, the strength index increased by 0 to 12.9% compared to general aggregate concrete, and when 100% of recycled aggregate was replaced, the strength index decreased by 1.1 to 9.1%. Therefore, the confinement effect did not decrease when 25% of the recycled aggregate was replaced, and the confinement effect decreased due to the performance degradation of the recycled aggregate when 100% was replaced.
(3) In order to evaluate the confinement effect of steel tube columns filled with recycled aggregate concrete according to the diameter of the steel tube, the Strength Index according to the diameter of three sizes of steel tubes was compared. As a result, At 25 and 100% recycled aggregate replacement rates, as the diameter of the steel tube increased, the reduction rate of the confinement effect decreased from 4.2% to -0.3% and from 6.7% to 5.7%, respectively. Accordingly, it was confirmed that the size of the steel tube diameter did not affect the confinement effect of the steel tube column filled with recycled aggregate concrete.
(4) The strength index of the recycled aggregate concrete-filled steel tube column and the compressive strength prediction model of the confined concrete were compared. In the prediction model of Hatzigeorgiou, Tang, and Yang, the compressive strength of concrete replaced with 100% recycled aggregate is estimated to be 5 to 24% higher. Therefore, when 100% recycled aggregate replacement concrete is used, it is judged that the reduced confinement effect should be applied in consideration of the performance decrease and deviation of recycled aggregate.