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The Open Civil Engineering Journal, 2017, 11, (Suppl-3, M7) 867-872 867
DOI: 10.2174/1874149501711010867
REVIEW ARTICLE
State-of-the-Art of Research on Damage Mechanism and Mechanical
Property of the Composite Structures after Exposure to Fire
Chunyang Liu1,*, Yuzhuo Wang1, Xin Liu2, Dabin Yang1 and Xiuli Du3
1
College of Civil Engineering of Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
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College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200292, China
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College of Civil Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China
Received: February 13, 2017 Revised: April 10, 2017 Accepted: April 30, 2017
Abstract:
Introduction:
Based on the comparative and analytical studies on the research work conducted on the damage mechanism and mechanical property
of the composite structure after exposure to fire, the research method and the research achievements are summarized and reviewed.
Keywords: After Exposure to Fire, Post-high Temperature, Damage Mechanism, Mechanical Property, Seismic Capacity,
Composite Structures.
1. INTRODUCTION
Fire has become one of the major disasters which endanger people's life and property safety. In all kinds of fire
accidents, the number of building fire is the largest. The damage and collapse of building structure is the main reason
for the huge economic losses and casualties. Such as the 2001 “9.11” event, two 110 - storey towers of the world trade
center in New York collapsed in succession in the fire caused by plane crash. And in April 2013, Xiangyang, Hubei, a
hotel fire caused a total of 61 casualties. In October 2013, Shijing Mountain, Beijing, two fire brigades died in the line
of duty and great damage to property was caused in the fire of Xilongduo mall. In December 2013, Yuexiu District,
Guangzhou, Jianye Building (a 25-layer building) was burned clean form, the tenth layer to the top, caused huge
property losses.
In order to improve the safety of the structures under fire and reduce the loss caused by fire on people's social life
and casualties, in recent years, researchers have carried out extensive research on the mechanical properties of building
structures under fire (high temperature). In traditional combination structure, the steel reinforced concrete structure
(SRC structure) and Concrete-Filled Tubular structure (CFT structure), which have good mechanical performance and
economic performance, have been widely used in High-rise, super high-rise and complex high-rise buildings. China has
become the fastest developing country of high-rise and super high-rise building in the world. Composite structure will
be more widely used in engineering by the good performance above. Building structure will lead to different degrees of
damage under different fire environment. The damage accumulated to a certain degree will cause collapse. Conversely,
* Address correspondence to this author at the College of Civil Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, Shandong, 250101, China; Tel:
+8613869113665; E-mail :[email protected].
if the damage was accumulated to a lower degree, the building structure can maintain normal function after reinforcing
and repairing according to the feasible plan which is put forward by the designers.
In this paper, the research results of composite structures damage mechanism and mechanical property after
exposure to fire are discussed, according to the main line of the basic component to the joint and then to the overall
structure. Existing problems and development trend are also analyzed.
to fire. Twelve specimens which cross section is circular or square were designed to study the residual bearing capacity
after exposure to the standard ISO-834 and China standard GB9978-88 fire in the reference [6, 7]. The study results
indicated that the failure mode of the specimen after exposure to fire was similar to that in room temperature; the
residual strength of the column was obviously lower than the strength in room temperature. The load eccentricity ratio
has a little influence on residual strength of column after exposure to high temperature. The load-displacement curve
after exposure to standard fire through theoretical analysis in the reference [8, 9], then the parameters of steel ratio,
concrete strength grade, load eccentricity ratio were chosen in the analysis of residual strength after exposure to fire.
The results showed that the main factors affect the residual strength of concrete filled steel tubular columns were
slenderness ratio, the time exposure to fire and the thickness of the protective layer. Finally, the simplified evaluation
method for residual strength of the composite columns after exposure to fire was proposed. The static test was
conducted in reference [10, 11] on the concrete filled steel rectangular tubular columns after exposure to the ISO-834
standard fire. Then the expand analysis and theoretical analysis were launched, and the residual strength coefficient
formula which was used to evaluate the bearing capacity of the concrete filled steel tubular columns after exposure to
fire was determined by regression analysis. The calculation parameters of the axial compression strength of the concrete
filled steel tubular column after exposure to fire was studied based on numerical analysis in reference [12]. Then the
residual axial compression strength of the concrete filled steel tubular columns was calculated after the feature points of
axial compression constitutive curve and the coefficient of equivalent restraint effect was determined. Furthermore, At
the simplified moment curvature model was given when the feature points on moment-curvature relation curve was
determined by the numerical analysis method. The influence coefficient formula to evaluate the ultimate strength of the
concrete filled steel square tubular column with or without fire- protection layer and concrete protection layer was
provided in reference [13]. Experiment on three steel reinforced concrete column with inner circular steel tubular was
carried out in reference [14 - 16]. The residual axial compression strength after exposure to high temperature was also
studied. The influence coefficient of the residual strength was calculated by using the computer program. And the
parameters which could influence the residual strength coefficient such as fire duration time, longitudinal reinforcement
ratio, position coefficient, section size were chosen to make an extended analysis, it is regarded that the longer time
exposed to fire, the more residual strength decreased. In addition, the larger position coefficient and the greater section
dimension could result in higher residual strength coefficient. The mechanical property of the centrifugal concrete filled
steel tubular column after exposure to fire was studied based on the finite element analysis in reference [17]. The
numerical model was fired uniformly on four faces. The study results found that there was no obvious elastic stage and
plastic stage in the load-deformation curve, and the curve is basically a diagonal straight line in the whole process. With
the time exposure to fire increased, the bearing capacity dropped and the maximum strain value also decreased. When
the temperature exceed 900°C, the residual strength of the specimen almost was zero. Moreover, the residual strength
evaluation method for the centrifugal concrete filled steel tubular short column after exposure to the standard fire was
proposed. The temperature field distribution of the steel reinforced concrete column during the rising and dropping
process of the temperature was analyzed in reference [18]. The maximum temperature of each node was also obtained
by the program. The load-strain curves of the steel reinforced concrete column under axial compression was calculated
after the results of the maximum temperature were read into the numerical model. The residual strength of the steel
reinforced concrete column after exposure to fire was influenced in a large degree by parameters of the section
dimension, steel ratio, fire duration time and slenderness ratio compared with the parameters of the steel type, the
concrete strength grade. Experiment on two H-section steel reinforced concrete eccentric compression column under
ISO-834 standard fire was launched in reference [19]. The results showed that the residual strength of the steel
reinforced concrete composite column was greatly affected by the fire load ratio. The static loading test was conducted
on eight H-section steel reinforced concrete columns after exposure to fire in reference [20, 21]. The results indicated
that the failure mode of the specimen after exposure to fire was similar to that in room temperature, and the residual
strength of the column decreased obviously. The quasi-static test on concrete filled steel tubular column after exposure
to fire was conducted in reference [22 - 24]. The results found that the column showed good energy dissipation capacity
and deformation capacity. However, the energy dissipation capacity of column with circle cross section is better than
the column with square cross section. A fuel gas and electricity composite heating method was put forward in reference
[25, 26]. The quasi-static test on nine concrete filled steel tubular columns after exposure to fire was carried out using
this method. The results indicated that the column showed good ductility and energy dissipation capacity both at room
temperature and after exposure to fire. Compared with the column in room temperature condition, the energy
dissipation capacity and deformation capacity improved and the bearing capacity and the stiffness of the column
decreased after exposure to fire.
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3.1.1. Performance Research on Composite Structure with Special Shaped Section After Exposure to Fire
Concrete structure with specially shaped columns are widly used in practical projects in recent years. The
advantages of this kind of structure are flexible construction, low cost and with large indoor effective area. Especially
with the emergence of large complex ultrahigh-rise buildings, the mega composite columns with special-shaped section
has been adopted to meet the functional requirements of the building. Compared with the ordinary steel concrete
composite structure, the composite structure with special shaped section has higher steel ratio and exposure area to fire.
So, the composite structure with special shaped section is more likely to suffer from the damage in the same condition.
For this purpose, it is necessary to study the mechanical properties, seismic performance and evaluation methodology
after exposure to fire for the composite structure with special shaped section.
3.1.2. Performance Research on High Strength Steel Concrete Composite Structure After Exposure to Fire
High strength steel has been successfully used in multiple building structures and bridge structures for its high
strength, good toughness and other advantages at home and abroad. Here, we believe that the yield strength standard
value of the high strength steel is more than 460 MPa. Stainless steel as a kind of high strength steel has also been
applied in composite structure and the experiments on concrete filled stainless steel square tube short columns was
launched to study its mechanical property in reference [31]. In addition, tests on Q460 high strength steel column were
conducted in references [32, 33]. The test results indicated that the Q460 high strength steel column also has good
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seismic performance. Furthermore, the material property of the Q460 high strength steel under high temperature was
also studied through the fire test in reference [34]. In order to improve the safety of building structures in fire,
earthquake and so on, the use of high strength steel is imperative and this has been reflected in the newly revised design
specification. Based on the study of the properties of high strength steel material, research on the failure mechanism and
mechanical property of high strength steel reinforced concrete structure under or after the action of fire would provide
scientific basis for engineering design.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors confirm that this article content has no conflict of interest.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This study was jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant No: 51378302), the Science
and Technology Development of Shandong Province, China (Grant No: 2013GSF12005), the Science and Technology
Development Plan of Jinan city, China (the Innovation Plan of Universities and research institutes. Grant No:
201303085), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2015EQ017), the Doctoral Fund Project of
Shandong Jianzhu University (XNBS1202), Science Project of the department of housing and urban construction (2014-
K2-027) and Science Project of the office of housing and urban construction (KY023).
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