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Experimental investigation of rubberised concrete-filled double skin square T

tubular columns under axial compression
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Mohamed Elchalakania, M.F. Hassaneinb, Ali Karrecha, Bo Yangc,
a
School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, The University of Western Australia, Australia
b
Department of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
c
School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China

A R T I C LE I N FO A B S T R A C T

Keywords: Waste tyres are among the largest and most problematic sources of waste in modern society due to their dur-
Rubberised concrete ability and high rate of dumping in landfills. One possible recycling alternative is to incorporate waste tyre
Concrete-filled double skin steel tubes rubber as an aggregate replacement in concrete to promote sustainability and utilise the elastic properties of
Stub column rubber. Rubberised concrete has not reached its full potential because of the decrease in compressive strength
Confinement
and a lack of research to solve such challenge. Recent research suggests that combining rubberised concrete with
Axial compression
confinement increases ductility and energy absorption. Specifically, confined rubberised concrete using single
Design model
skin or double skin square hollow section tubular columns present higher ductility than those made of normal
concrete. This study explored experimentally the use of rubberised concrete filled single skin and double skin
steel tubes under concentric axial compression. The experimental investigation included changing the con-
finement of the outer and inner square hollow sections and explored how confinement affected normal concrete
compared to rubberised concrete. Four variations of double skin steel tubes with a total of twelve 300 mm long
columns of 0%, 15%, and 30% rubber replacement were created and tested concentrically. Three single skin
short columns with 0%, 15%, and 30% rubber content were also tested and compared. The compressive
strengths were determined theoretically and compared against those measured experimentally. An interesting
spring back phenomenon occurred where the infill rubberised concrete moved upwards after testing due to the
large confinement of the core and elasticity of the rubber. This study examined the use of rubberised concrete
filled double skin steel tubular columns as a promising construction technique for applications such as columns
in buildings located in seismic active zones, security bollards and flexible road side barriers.

1. Introduction
1.1. Development of rubberised concrete (RuC)
Currently, waste tyres are among the largest and most problematic
sources of waste for modern society due to their durability and high rate
of dumping in landfills [1]. In the USA, the total amount of tyre rubber
waste is 20.53 million ton/year and as large as 87% of such amount is
recycled every year [2]. In Europe, the total amount of tyre rubber
waste is 28.92 million ton/year and only 69% of such amount is re-
cycled. In Australia, 50 million tyres are wasted every year [2]. Tyre
landfills can be harmful to the environment and surrounding areas by
providing a breeding ground for mosquitos, rats and other animals.
Additionally, if a fire started in a tyre landfill, it becomes hard to dis-
tinguish, and it gives rise to harmful smoke and noxious emissions.
Accordingly, waste tyre management and disposal is a major
environmental concern in many countries because waste tyres are be-
coming a significant environmental, health, and aesthetical problem
that cannot be easily solved. A disposal alternative is to incorporate
tyres into the manufacture of the so called Rubberised Concrete (RuC)
as a way to conserve natural resources and reduce the amount of tyres
entering landfills. RuC is a relatively new and innovative field of re-
search aiming at providing a sustainable way of disposing tyres as well
as complementing concrete properties [3,4]. For example, the partial
replacements of sand and cement by rubber enhance the mechanical
characteristics of concrete in terms of its fracture properties, ductility,
impact and seismic resistances [5–7]. Additionally, Liu et al. [8] found
that the ratio of flexural strength to compressive strength of RuC in-
creases relative to normal concrete, indicating that the rubber was
better in anti-cracking performance. Furthermore, Liu et al. [8] found
that increasing the rubber volume content increases the toughness of
the concrete. Hassanli et al. [9] observed that as the rubber content

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Corresponding author.
E-mail addresses: mostafa.fahmi@f-eng.tanta.edu.eg (M.F. Hassanein), yang0206@cqu.edu.cn (B. Yang).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.05.123
Received 10 June 2017; Received in revised form 21 May 2018; Accepted 31 May 2018
Available online 18 June 2018
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Nomenclature filled column

Ppl, Rd, Mod currently modified plastic resistance to axial compression
Ac cross-sectional area of the concrete of the RuCFDST column
Ac, no min al the nominal cross-sectional area of the concrete PtheoryConc compressive strength of the sandwiched concrete ac-
Asi cross-sectional area of the inner steel tube cording to Zhao and Grzebieta [18]
Asc the cross-sectional areas of the sandwiched concrete fol- PtheorySHS compressive strength of the empty hollow sections ac-
lowing Tao and Han [35] cording to Zhao and Grzebieta [18]
Asc the cross-sectional areas of the outer steel tube following Pul, EC 4 compressive strength of the CFDST columns with inner
Tao and Han [35] SHSs according to EC4 [16]
Aso cross-sectional area of the outer steel tube Pul, EC 4, Mod currently modified compressive strength of the RuCFDST
D specimen width based on EC4 [16]
(EI )e the effective elastic flexural stiffness of the member Pul, Zh compressive strength of the CFDST columns with inner
fck the characteristic concrete strength SHSs according to Zhao and Grzebieta [18]
fcu the characteristic cube strength of concrete Pul, Tao compressive strength of the CFDST columns with inner
fsyi yield stress of the inner steel tube SHSs according to Tao and Han [35]
fsyo yield stress of the outer steel tube λ the slenderness parameter of the column
KL the effective length of the member σyf the yield stress at the flat portions of the cross-sections
L specimen length σyc the yield stress at corners of the cross-sections
ry smallest radius of gyration of the cross-section ζ the confinement factor used in the calculations by Tao and
Pcr the critical buckling load of the column Han [35]
Pi,u the compressive strength of the inner tube computed, Tao χ reduction factor calculated by using the European strut
and Han [35] curves to account for the overall-buckling
Posc, u the compressive strength of the outer tube with the ρs the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the steel tube to that
sandwiched concrete following Tao and Han [35] of the concrete core
Ppl, Rd the plastic resistance to axial compression of the concrete-

increases, the compressive strain capacity of the members increases.
Also, they found that adding rubber to concrete increases the viscous
damping ratio and kinetic energy [9].
1.2. Methods used to enhance the mechanical properties of the RuC
Despite of the above mentioned advantages, the RuC are char-
acterised by a significant reduction in its compressive, tensile and
flexural strengths [3,5,10]. Experimental testing [3] showed that the
lower workability of the RuC, caused by loss of adherence between the
surface of rubber particles and the cement, is one reason of such lower
strengths. Therefore, several investigations [11–14] were undertaken to
improve the workability of the RuC, from which it has been found that
the NaOH pre-treatment of rubber increases the adhesion of rubber to
cement paste and hence it improves the mechanical properties of the
RuC. Another important reason to the lower strengths of the RuC is the
Poisson’s ratio of rubber which is twice that of concrete and the Young’s
modulus which is about 1/3 that of concrete [10]. According to Youssf
et al. [10], this leads to large relative deformations between rubber and
concrete leading to early cracking. Additionally, there are high internal
tensile stresses perpendicular to the direction of the compression load
attributable to the low modulus of elasticity of the rubber particles
[10]. This insight by Youssf et al. [10] leads to the importance of un-
derstanding confinement of rubber concrete as a way of reducing stress

Fig. 1. Cross-section of square CFDST columns.

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and deformation perpendicular to the direction of the compression
load. This encouraged Duarte et al. [15] to conduct large scale tests on
rubberised concrete-filled (RuCFST) columns with outer steel confine-
ment under static compression. Duarte et al. [15] indicated that the
decrease in axial strength with confinement was not as large as that
taking place without confinement due to the contribution of the steel
tube to the column’s capacity. Positively, the short steel tubes with
rubber concrete presented a higher ductility. They, additionally, dis-
covered that Eurocode 4 [16] provided good but slightly conservative
estimates of ultimate strength for the confined square columns. More-
over, Youssf et al. [12,13] studied crumb RuC confined by fibre re-
inforced polymer tubes as a means of overcoming material deficiencies
such as decreased compressive strength. In conclusion, it has been
realised that RuC with outer confinement can be a major benefit for
structures in seismic areas where energy dissipation requirements are
mandatory [12,13,15].
1.3. Double-skin tubular (CFDST) column
It has been widely accepted that the central concrete, in the CFST
columns, closing to the neutral axis has insignificant contribution to the
flexural strength [17]. Accordingly, the central part of the concrete core
of the CFST column can effectively be replaced by another smaller
hollow steel tube with similar axial, flexural and torsional strengths
maintained. This form of column construction is known as the concrete-
filled double-skin tubular (CFDST) column, which is available in four
different combinations by using the square and circular hollow sections
(SHS and CHS, respectively) [18–21]. Fig. 1 provides the basic cross-
sectional form of the CFDST columns previously tested by Zhao and
Grzebieta [18] using normal concrete. The results of such columns [18]
showed that the CFDST columns are characterised by increased ducti-
lity and energy absorption under compression compared with bare steel
tubes. Accordingly, these CFDST columns have already been im-
plemented in bridge piers in Japan to reduce total bridge weight whilst
maintaining large absorption capacity against seismic loading [18].
1.4. Research significance
This study explores experimentally the use of rubberised concrete
filled double skin cold-formed steel tubes as possible alternatives for
applications such as columns in buildings in seismic active zones, se-
curity bollards and flexible road side barriers. In particular, it is devoted
to the experimental investigation of the CFDST stub columns filled with
RuC under the axial compression, with the main aim of combining the
advantages of both the RuC and the CFDST columns into one structural
element. The current experiments involved 0, 15, 30% by weight
rubber replacing the fine and coarse aggregate. This experimental
campaign focuses on the confinement mechanism of the RuC in the
CFDST columns and how it can potentially negate the compressive
strength loss whilst maintaining positive rubber characteristics. It is
worth pointing out that there are currently no experimental results on
literature investigating the square CFDST filled with RuC, which shows
the importance of this paper within the RuC research field.
2. Materials and methods
2.1. Material properties
2.1.1. Concrete
General purpose Portland cement to AS3972 [22] was acquired
from Swan Cement pty ltd in Western Australia and used as the binder
material in the normal and rubberised concrete mixes. The chemical
composition of the cement is shown in Table 1. The control mix had
213 kg/m3 water, 426 kg/m3 cement, 750 kg/m3 of 7 mm crushed rock
coarse aggregate, 130 kg/m3 of 4 mm crushed rock coarse aggregate,
and 843 kg/m3 of fine sand. The water/cement ratio was w/c = 0.5.
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The concrete mixes for RuC15% and RuC30% is provided in Table 2.
2.1.2. Steel tubes
Cold-formed steel manufactured to AS1163 [23] was used in the
construction of the specimens, which was delivered by Midalia Steel in
Bibra Lake, Western Australia. The 100 mm × 100 mm × 5 mm square
hollow sections (SHS1005) and 50 mm × 50 mm × 5 mm square
hollow sections (SHS505) were epoxy painted sections grade Dur-
agalPlus C350LO. The 100 mm × 100 mm × 2 mm square hollow sec-
tions (SHS1002) and 50 mm × 50 mm × 2 mm square hollow sections
(SHS502) were galvanised sections grade DuragalPlus C350L0. The
SHSs with a width of 100 mm is used as the outer tubes of the CFDST
columns, while those with a width of 50 mm are the inner ones. It is
worth pointing out that the steel material properties, based on standard
tensile coupon tests, are provided in Section 4.2.
2.1.3. Rubber particles
In order to fit in the SHS annulus, a 7 mm maximum aggregate was
required. Fig. 2 shows the relative size of the rubber particles used in
the concrete mixes. Rubber replacement of 0%, 15% and 30% by weight
of coarse aggregates were selected to show significant results. The
rubber was obtained from Tyrecycle in New South Wales, which is a
leading national tyre recycler. The rubber was delivered in bags con-
sisting of sizes 2–5 mm and 5–10 mm. The 5–10 mm aggregate was
sieved through a 6.75 mm sieve to be replaced with the 7 mm ag-
gregate.
The sieve test results are shown on the particle size distribution
graph illustrated in Fig. 3. It is seen that the sieved 5–7 mm rubber
proved as a good replacement for the 7 mm aggregate with a similar
particle size distribution.
2.2. Concrete compression tests
Concrete cylinders 100 mm diameter and 200 mm long were pre-
pared for 0%, 15% and 30% rubber content and tested in a 600 kN
capacity Baldwin Machine to AS1012.9 [24], at 28 days after the cy-
linders were poured. The stress-strain response from the standard cy-
linder tests was obtained to be used in the discussion of the results;
especially when the energy absorption and ductility of the current
columns are discussed. The density of the concrete cylinders of the
normal concrete (NC) is 2615 kg/m3, from which the density of the mix
decreased by approximately 8.1% and 14.4% at 15% and 30% rubber
replacements, respectively. These reductions in density are consistent
with those obtained for normal strength rubberised concrete [1,2]. The
present compressive cylinder test results are relatively low compared
with those tested by Zhao and Grzebieta [18] on ordinary CFDST col-
umns which were equal to 71.3 MPa. Accordingly, the comparison be-
tween the ordinary and rubberised CFDST columns will focus on those
tested in the current investigation not elsewhere.
2.3. Rubber pre-treatment
Conformed to previous investigations [11–14], the rubber used in
this investigation had to be pre-treated in order to remove the oil and
dirt from the outer surface and to improve the overall strength of the
concrete. The oil and dirt on the surface could have created an un-
wanted layer between the cement paste and rubber surface, which stops
a strong adhesion between rubber aggregate and cement matrix. The
Table 1
Chemical composition of cement (w%).
Cement type SiO2 CaO Al2O3 Fe2O3 MgO SO3 LOI Na2O
Swan Grey Cement Type 20.6 63.5 5.2 3.0 1.3 2.6 1.8 0.5
GP AS3972 [22]
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Table 2 workable so that it could fit it into the SHS annulus of 21 mm minimal

Mix quantities of this paper. gap. Given the rubber was partially soaked in water beforehand, it was
Mix Fine aggregate Coarse Tyre rubber Water required to account for the water in the rubber. The difference in rubber
(0–4 mm) aggregates aggregates weight before and after the full pre-treatment process was deducted
(7mm) (2–7 mm) from the free mixing water. This was chosen to keep uniformity across
Mix proportion Mix proportion Mix proportion Mix proportion all the mixes. The mix design also included replacing coarse aggregate
(kg/m3) (kg/m3) (kg/m3) (kg/m3)
with rubber by weight up to 30%, to ensure a high replacement of
NC 973 750 0 213 aggregate to show an opportunity for large amounts of rubber waste to
RuC15 827 638 112 213 be used in RuC.
RuC30 681 525 224 213

NaOH pre-treatment was aligned with the previous research by Elcha-
lakani [1,2], which suggested treating the rubber in 10% NaOH solu-
tion for 24 h. This roughened the rubber surface to the optimal level,
allowing a stronger bond between cement paste and rubber. A shorter
time did not alter the surface of the rubber and a longer time roughened
the surface too much, allowing small air pockets to appear on the
surface of the rubber [11–14]. In addition to this, Zinc stearate is an
additive which is added to tyre rubbers to make them more resistant to
oxidation. Zinc stearate makes rubber more hydrophobic, but is turned
soluble in NaOH solution. The rubber was semi saturated through a
water soaking process which allowed the now formed soluble Sodium
stearate to wash off and wash the NaOH off the rubber surface. The
water soaking also increased the specific gravity of the rubber in the
concrete mix, preventing the rubber from floating during the curing
stage.
2.4. Concrete mix procedure
The mixing method of the RuC is of great importance because the
rubber has a lower specific gravity than concrete hence due to the vi-
bration process, the rubber migrates to the top section resulting in a
nonhomogeneous mix and reduction in strength [10]. Accordingly, this
investigation did not use any vibration which is the method of re-
moving air voids in concrete and instead was compacted with a steel
rod 12 mm in diameter so that there was a limited chance for segre-
gation. The concrete mixing procedure followed that suggested by El-
chalakani [1,2], which could be summarised as (1) mix the dry fine and
coarse aggregates for 1 min, (2) add 10% of the water and mix for
1 min, if RuC, add rubber with 10% of the water, (3) add cement and
mix for 1 min, (4) add half of the remaining water and mix for 1 min,
(5) add the remaining amount of water and mix for 1 min, and (6) add
super very small amount of general purpose super plasticiser, and mix
for 1 min, (7) check slump to AS1012.3.1 [25], if the slump is less than
150 mm then add more super plasticiser until a 150–175 mm slump is
achieved. This target slump was important to successfully fill the
narrow annulus between the steel tubes with segregation or bleeding.
The mix design had a water cement ratio of 0.5, to be more
3. Test program
3.1. Specimens
Twelve CFDST stub columns in addition to three CFST stub columns
were tested in this investigation. As stated in Section 2.1.2, the steel
tubes of 100 mm width are used as the outer tubes (termed as O5 and
O2, respectively for those with 5 and 2 mm thickness) of the CFDST
columns, while the inner tubes are those formed from SHSs with 50 mm
width (termed as I5 and I2 for those of 5 and 2 mm thickness, respec-
tively). At the end of the column's designation, the weight of the rubber
replacement is given. For example, SHS-O5I2-15 belongs to the CFDST
column which is filled with RuC with 15% rubber replacement. This
column is formed from outer tube of 100 and 5 mm width and thick-
ness, respectively, and the inner tube has a width and thickness of 50
and 2 mm, respectively. The three CFST columns are formed from the
steel tubes O5, and hence the designation of these columns does not
include the letter I. The tubes were tack welded onto a 10 mm thick
mild steel base plate to allow the annulus to be filled and to ensure
concentricity. The specimens were prodded to compact the normal and
rubberised concrete. The specimens were placed in a mist curing room
(90% humidity and 21 °C) for 21 days to limit drying shrinkage, then
removed and placed inside the laboratory for another 7 days. There
were still small amounts of shrinkage in the concrete, so the top of each
specimen was levelled using non-shrink grout to achieve simultaneous
loading on the steel and concrete. In the discussion, specimens with a
thinner outer steel tubes (relative to the inner ones) is called Type A
specimens, while those with thicker exterior skins are called Type B
specimens.
The height of the specimens was selected on the basis of being a stub
column length for a cold-formed shape. This means, according to
Galambos [26], that the height should not be less than three times the
largest dimension of cross section and not more than 20 times the least
radius of gyration. Currently, the specimen overall width (D) was
100 mm, the length (L) was 300 mm and the smallest radius of gyration
(ry) was 31.65 mm; 300 mm = 3D ⩽ L ⩽ 20ry = 633 mm . The thick-
nesses of the steel hollow sections were selected based on the following
criteria: (1) to allow for the maximum load on the specimens to be less
than 2000 kN, which is capacity of the Amsler UTM, and (2) to achieve

Fig. 2. Rubber aggregate sizes.

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Fig. 3. Particle size distribution graph.
different confinement on the concrete, different thickness variations
were chosen, i.e., 2 mm and 5 mm for both inner and outer tubes.
3.2. Test procedure
The composite columns have been tested at the 28th day of the
concrete pouring; the same day of testing the concrete cylinders. This is
to ensure that the concrete strength is compatible with the standard
cylinder tests. A displacement control procedure was used at a constant
rate of 2 mm/minute. A data logger attached to the Amsler Universal
Testing Machine (UTM) was used to transfer load, displacement and
strain gauge data to the computer. The specimen was set up con-
centrically with the flat plates of the Amsler levelled horizontally; no-
ticing that an angled plate on the specimen would cause the machine to
load unevenly on the section and will thus will not produce the com-
posite action required. A camera was set up capturing a photo every
30 s across the duration of the test to associate certain visual aspects of
buckling with the load/displacement/strain data. To assess the beha-
viour of the Normal/Rubberised CFDST, the four variations of steel
hollow sections must be assessed alone. Therefore, empty hollow sec-
tions were also tested in the 2000 kN Amsler UTM to determine axial
compression strength and failure mechanisms.
Fig. 4. Inside visual inspection of the RuC of 100 mm × 100 mm cut-outs from test specimens with (a) 0%; (b) 15% and (c) 30% rubber content.
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4. Material properties
4.1. Rubberised concrete (RuC)
Commonly in past experimental research, rubber has been seen
floating to the surface of the concrete [10]. Through the pre-treatment
process and saturation of the rubber prior to putting it in the mix
(discussed above in Section 2.4), the rubber in the current investigation
appeared to be evenly distributed across the vertical direction; see
Fig. 4. The cylinders were cut vertically into two pieces through the
diameter (of the 100 mm length). From this figure (representing merely
the upper part of the cylinders with a 100 mm depth), it can be seen
that the RuC mix showed evenly dispersed rubber throughout the
100 mm × 100 mm samples cut out from 100 mm × 200 mm test cy-
linders.
Concrete cylinder strengths of the six cylinders tested to AS1012.9
[24] are listed in Table 3. The compressive cylinder test results in-
dicated that the mix created was about 50.3 MPa, while by adding the
rubber by replacing 15% aggregate resulted in approximately half the
compressive strength of 24.95 MPa. A further increase in rubber content
to 30% replacement of aggregate gave a mix with a compressive
strength of 14.4 MPa. These results confirm with previous investiga-
tions that showed the deterioration effect of the rubber on the com-
pressive strength of the concrete [3,10,27,28]. Comparing the 15%
specimens, CT-15-02 showed a significant defect probably due to un-
even loading or smaller contact area, therefore the compressive
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Table 3 cold-formed sections grade C35L0 have less yield stress but higher
Mass and density of compressive cylinders. ductility when compared to galvanised sections [29,30]; and (2) the
Specimen Density Average Concrete Average effects of residual stress distribution at the weld seam found in small
name (kg/m3) density (kg/ cylinder cylinder size cold-formed tubes [29,30]. Note, CT-50-5 has member slenderness
m3) strength (MPa) strength (MPa) KL/r = 15.43 < 20, which is considered as a short column [26]. Fig. 6
shows the failure modes of the four hollow steel tubes. As can be seen,
CT-00-01 2256.8 2271 47.4 50.27
CT-00-02 2279.1 52.2
all the specimens, except CT-50-5, failed by outwards and inwards local
CT-00-03 2275.9 51.2 buckling across the one horizontal plane. This failure mechanism is so
CT-15-01 2088.1 2086 24.9 24.95
called roof mechanism which is a common failure mode for SHS stub
CT-15-02 2084.9 21.1* columns [15,18].
CT-15-03 2084.9 25.0

CT-30-01 1948.1 1943 13.7 14.37

CT-30-02 1941.7 14.4
CT-30-03 1938.5 15.0
* The top surface of this specimen was excessively polished.
strength of the 15% mix was considered as 24.95 MPa by neglecting the
cylinder CT-15-02.
4.2. Empty square hollow sections
The properties of the steel material used in forming the current
CFDST columns, empty cold-formed hollow tubes conforms to AS1163
[23] were tested under axial compression. The results were additionally
used to quantify the effect of the bare steel tubes on the CFDST col-
umns. Furthermore, they were used to assess the suitability of Zhao’s
CFDST axial load theoretical calculations for empty hollow section
predictions [18].
The axial load-axial displacement relationships for the tubes with
different thickness and tube dimensions are shown in Fig. 5, which
shows that increasing the thickness (for a specific tube size) provides
higher strength. Generally, the load-displacement curves show typical
ascending and descending branches with some strain hardening parts
after the maximum load was reached, particularly for compact tubes
with 5 mm thickness. On the opposite, relationship of the fully effective
compact specimen CT-50-5 exhibits a considerable flat plateau just
above 400 kN. This is attributed to the overall buckling failure me-
chanism which may have resulted from: (1) the effect of surface finish
where this specimen is epoxy coated whereas the 50x2SHS was galva-
nised (Fig. 6d). Previous experimental research found that epoxy coated
5. Test results for rubberised CFDST columns
5.1. Fundamental behaviour
Table 4 summarises the maximum forces of the current experi-
mental campaign, from which the designation system described pre-
viously was used to label the specimens. As can be seen, the label firstly
refers to SHS as the hollow section type, then denotes the outer thick-
ness (O) and inner thickness (I) (since the width of outer and inner were
constant through all specimens), then the rubber content is denoted as
00%, 15% or 30%. From the table, it can be noticed that the RuCFDST
specimens had less axial strength compared to normal CFDST speci-
mens; this is due to the lower compressive strength of RuC shown in
Table 3. This also may be attributed to the lower steel capacity taking
place in case of the RuC compared with the ordinary concrete. This is
because the steel becomes under a bi-axial stress state much earlier
because of the high Poisson's ratio of the rubber [10]. The compressive
strength of the RuC30 was less than the RuC15 but in most cases they
performed similarly. This could have been due to the strength of the
steel, accounting for a large portion of the overall strength of the CFDST
column. The thinner inner column showed more evident reduction in
strength between normal CFDST and RuCFDST. This was due to the
inward collapse mechanism of the interior tube, given the RuC effec-
tively had voids inside it, the thicker internal tubes can resist more and
the concrete can condense before the inner tube fails. Additionally, as
discussed in the next section, the 30% RuCFDST showed segregated
sand, aggregate and rubber around the top surface of the specimen,
something that has not been obvious for the 15% RuCFDST. Hence, it is
recommended, in future research, to compact the cement paste of the

Fig. 5. Empty SHS compression tests - load vs. displacement.

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Fig. 6. Failure mechanism of the empty hollow sections after the tests (a) 100 × 5 SHS, (b) 100 × 2 SHS, (c) 50 × 5 SHS, (d) 50 × 2 SHS.

Table 4 30% rubber. This is an example for thin outer-thick inner RuC CFDST.
Maximum experimental forces for CFDST/CFST. Fig. 8 represents those for the specimens with outer 5 mm and inner
Rubber content
2 mm (O5I2) tubes. This is an example for thick outer-thin inner RuC
CFDST.
0% 15% 30% In Fig. 7, it can generally be observed that Type A specimens with a
Specimen type Force (kN) Force (kN) Force (kN) thinner outer steel tube yielded a flatter load-displacement relationship
SHS-O2I2 657 483 (26.5%) 492 (25.1%)
at the post-peak loading stage. The flatter curve could be because both
SHS-O2I5 810 804 (0.7%) 691 (14.7%) tubes have fairly similar area, hence they are contributing almost
SHS-O5I2 1302 1190 (8.6%) 1191 (8.5%) equally to the axial compressive strength of the specimen. A compres-
SHS-O5 1318 1143 (13.3%) 1035 (21.5%) sion between Figs. 7 and 8 shows that the outer skin thickness dictated
SHS-O5I5 1555 1450 (6.7%) 1430 (8.0%)
the strength. In general Type A provided a larger ductility, (will be
The numbers in brackets are the percent reductions in strength due to rubber
discussed in Section 5), whereas Type B provided a larger strength.
The post-peak wave like response in Fig. 8 could be due to a re-
current RuC by adding by-products such as fly ash and silica fume, as peated process of deep plastic collapse of the folds formed in the inner
suggested [31]. and outer skins associated with drop in the load followed by a sig-
Fig. 7 presents the axial load-displacement curves for Type A spe- nificant strain hardening and full flattening and contact of such folds.
cimens with outer 2 mm and inner 5 mm (O2I5) tubes of 0%, 15% and Figs. 7 and 8 show that the rubber did not have significant effect at

Fig. 7. Load-displacement curves for Type A CFDST specimens with outer 2 mm and inner 5 mm (O2I5) tubes of 0%, 15% and 30% RuCFDST columns.

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Fig. 8. Load-displacement curves for Type B CFDST specimens with outer 5 mm and inner 2 mm (O5I2) tubes of 0%, 15% and 30% RuCFDST columns.

small deformation prior to the ultimate load (i.e. the elastic stages of inside the folds formed in the outer tube. Such confinement enhances
the load-displacement curves shown in Figs. 7 and 8.), but its effect the ductility of the composite specimen and allows it to maintain large
became more obvious in the post-peak regime, where increasing the residual strength after failure.
rubber content reduces the residual strength after failure (with respect Topcu [32] stated that in RuC high internal tensile stresses were
to any axial displacement value before the load increases again). On the found perpendicular to axial load direction because of the low modulus
other hand, since strain gauges were not mounted on the inner tube, its of elasticity of rubber particles and its higher Poisson’s ratio. The failure
behaviour during the test was not clearly understood. mode in Fig. 12 shows that confining the concrete provides lateral re-
straint for the internal tensile forces of the concrete that delays cracking
5.2. Deformed shapes of the RuCFDST columns which in turns enhances the strength in the direction where the axial
load is applied. Despite this, after opening the steel specimen (Fig. 11),
Fig. 9(a) shows the CFDST specimens prior to concrete pouring. The it confirms that the concrete has segregated inside the steel tube and is
deformed shapes of the current columns are illustrated in Fig. 9(b), worse with higher rubber replacement. The aggregate appears loose
from which the outward buckling of the outer steel tubes becomes inside the 15% and 30% RuCFDST specimens but still morphs to the
obvious. Appendix A shows the progressive axial crushing of SHS-O2I2- inside of the outer steel section. The concrete shows little rigidity inside
30 with 30% RuC, 2 mm outer, and 2 mm inner CFDST Specimen. It can the concrete specimen showing poor compaction due to the high rubber
be noticed that the failure commonly began by forming one fold slightly
below the top of the specimen, and then progressively propagated down
the specimen with continuing axial crushing. Total of 4 folds along the
full length have completely formed by the end of the test. Frames 17
and 18 show the spring back of the concrete core phenomenon occurred
upon unloading of the specimen. The specimen exhibited an upward
movement of the concrete above the level of the steel tubes. This ex-
pansion (see Fig. 10) is obvious with the RuC30 specimen but showed
only a slight expansion in the 15% RuC specimen. The expansion oc-
curred because of the elastic properties of the rubber within the con-
crete matrix and to a less extent due to confinement of the concrete
core. It is worth noting that the current specimens without rubber as
well as those tested by Zhao and Grzebieta [18] did not show such
phenomenon. The 30% RuCFDST showed segregated sand, aggregate
and rubber around the top surface of the specimen (Fig. 12), the con-
crete above the steel surface appears to have little structural capacity
and can be removed with minimal force by hand.

5.3. Concrete and outer steel interface zone

During axial compression the confined concrete pushes laterally on

the inner and outer tube attributing to the failure of the steel sections.
The outer steel tube was removed to show the local buckling failure
(shown in Fig. 11). The concrete without rubber bonded extremely well
to the inside of the outer steel and remained on the removed strip as
seen in Fig. 11. The cut out strip separated from the rest of the concrete
on a vertical shear plane and appears to be structural. As the concrete
has nowhere else to go, it behaved more ductile and instead of failing
through cracking vertically down the specimen, it plastically deformed Fig. 9. CFDST specimens (a) before and (b) after testing.

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Fig. 10. Rubber concrete expansion (0%, 15%, and 3% rubber).
Fig. 11. 15% RuCFDST left, 30% RuCFDST right.
content compared to the control normal CFDST specimen shown in
Fig. 12. Self compact concrete will be better for future construction of
RuC CFDST to avoid segragation and poor compaction in the narrow
annulus.
5.4. Load-displacement relationships
For the entire program, Figs. 13–15 show the load-displacement
relationships for 0%, 15% and 30%, respectively. As expected, the
thicker exterior skins (Type B) provided larger strength given their
larger amount of steel area. The notable wave-like CFDST response was
evident during axial displacement after the first peak. The post peak
reduction in load is due to the plastic collapse of the steel tube where no
Fig. 12. Concrete and outer steel bonding zone of 0% CFDST specimen (inside of CFDST left, strip removed right).
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further buckling occurs until the buckled section has strain hardened
[20]. The increase in axial load (after collapse) with further displace-
ment could be associated the external folds are in contact and the
concrete core is progressively crushing further as well as the inner steel
inward folds and touching to form a hardened metal core down the
centre of the specimen. In past experimental research [18] tests are
stopped at small axial displacement, however in the present tests the
axial deflection more than 60 mm were reached. This is more than 20%
axial strain. Note, the test data for SHS-O5I5-30 specimen was lost after
30 mm deflection.
It has previously been found that CFDST columns filled with or-
dinary concrete have similar performance to traditional CFST columns
of the same dimensions of outer steel tube and strength of materials
[33]. Fig. 13, generally, proves this similar behaviour between the
CFDST and CFST columns only for inner thin tubes (I2); see columns
SHS-O5-00 and SHS-O5I2-00. On the other hand, by adding the rubber
as shown in Figs. 14 and 15, even thin inner tubes (I2) seem to share a
higher load contribution compared with the equivalent CFST columns.
This, however, becomes obvious for 30% rubber ratio; see columns
SHS-O5-30 and SHS-O5I2-30.
5.5. Energy absorption and ductility
The energy absorbed by a specimen can be determined by the area
under the load (kN) vs. displacement (mm) curve. The energy absorp-
tion for the RuCFDST 2 mm outer, 5 mm inner and 15% RuCFDST was
determined. The components of the composite section were separately
examined to determine the individual energy absorption. The results
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Fig. 13. Load-displacement relationships – 0% RuCFDST.
are shown in Fig. 16, which show the difference between the composite
response and the response of the individual components. The concrete
strength was accounted for by using the stress-strain response from the
standard cylinder test (15% RuC) but using the actual area of the
concrete core, which produced the concrete strength in the 15%
RuCFDST specimen.
Fig. 17 shows a schematic for the method of determination for the
ductility indexes based on the energy absorbed. As shown in the figure,
the elastic energy (We = Area ABG) was determined for the specimens
at a displacement (Δ75) corresponding to 75% of the ultimate load, thus
We = 0.5 × PΔ75 × Δ75 [34]; from which PΔ75 is the load corresponding
to Δ75. Three ductility indices were determined from the energy ab-
sorbed (area under P-δ curve) up to 15 mm (point D), 25 mm (point F),
and 60 mm(point J). Through dividing the energy absorption at dis-
placements 15 mm, 25 mm, and 60 mm by the absorbed elastic energy
We, the three Ductility Indexes DI1, DI2, DI3 were determined. Thus, the
ductility indexes were calculated as, DI1 = AABCD/AABG; DI2 = AABCF/
AABG; and DI3 = AABCJ/AABG.
Fig. 18 shows that the thinner six 100x2mm outer sections (the first
6 specimens from left) have higher DI1, DI2, and DI3 than the remaining
Fig. 14. Load-displacement relationships – 15% RuCFDST.
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nine 100 × 5 mm outer sections inclusive of the three CFST specimens
(the remaining 9 specimens). This leads to the conclusion that CFDST
columns filled with RuC constructed using thin outer sections are more
ductile than their corresponding counterparts with thick outer sections.
An important conclusion that may be drawn from the figure is that the
ductility increases with the increased outer steel section slenderness,
from which similar results were found by Zhao and Grzebieta [18] after
testing CFDST columns filled with ordinary concrete. It is also seen that
O2I2-30 (the 3rd one from the left) showed lower ductility results when
compared with the other thin outer section specimens (the first 6 spe-
cimens from left). The exact reason for this is unknown to the authors,
but a possible reason is that the elastic energy (We) was relatively large
compared to other specimens with thin outer section. Fig. 18 also shows
the very slight variations in the ductility indexes across all the rubber
contents. Note, because data was lost after 30 mm deflection, DI3 was
not determined for SHS-O5I5-30.
6. Strength calculations
In this section, experimental strengths for both the empty tubes and
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Fig. 15. Load-displacement relationships – 30% RuCFDST.
Fig. 16. Composite Energy Absorption for 15% RuCFDST O2I5-15.
the CFDST columns are compared with the available design predictions.
Firstly, the strengths of the SHSs are compared with those calculated by
the method introduced by Zhao and Grzebieta [18]. This is followed by
the comparison of the strengths of the CFDST columns with the pre-
dictions of Refs. [16,18,35].
6.1. Strength prediction of empty hollow sections
The Zhao’s CFDST axial load theoretical calculation method [18]
was used in this section to predict the strengths of the empty hollow
sections. According to this method, the strength is to be calculated as
(see Fig. 1):
2 2 2
PtheorySHS = σyc × π × (rext −rint ) + 4 × (σyf × be × t )
where σyf and σyc are the yield stresses at the flat and corner portions of
the cross-sections. In the calculations, the following are considered:
rint = t if t < 3.0 and rint = 1.5t if t > 3.0 ,
rext = 2t if t < 3.0 and rext = 2.5t if t > 3.0 ,
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be = B−2rext if λ e < 40
40
be = (B−2rext ) × λ if λ e > 40 ,
e
B − 2rext σyf
λe = ti
× .
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The comparison results are presented in Table 5, from which it can
be noticed that the adaptation of Zhao’s CFDST axial load theoretical
calculations [18] for empty hollow section predictions showed good
results. The largest difference between theoretical calculations and
experimental results was for the SHS1005 hollow section where the
difference is 8.34%. However, the difference of 8.34% for the specimen
SHS1005 is due to neglecting the parts in the flat portions of the cross-
sections that own higher yield strengths (similar to the corner).
(1)
6.2. Strength prediction of the CFDST columns
6.2.1. Design model by Zhao and Grzebieta [18]
The CFDST axial load theoretical calculation method by Zhao and
Grzebieta [18] is used again in this section to predict the strengths
(Pul, Zh ) of rubberised CFDST columns. According to this method, the
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Table 5
Zhao’s Hollow Steel Tubes axial load theoretical predictions [18]
Specimen No. SHS1005 SHS1002 SHS505 SHS502

Width B (mm) 100 100 50 50

Thickness ti (mm) 5 2 5 2
rint (mm) 7.5 2 7.5 2
rext (mm) 12.5 4 12.5 4
20.46 62.74 6.82 28.64
J λe
F be 75.00 58.66 25 42
Length L (mm) 300 300 300 300
Yield Stress σyf (MPa) 465 465 465 465
Yield Stress σyc (MPa) 567 567 567 567
Area An (mm2) 1810 774 814 374
P Squash Load (kN) 875.63 239.59 410.63 177.62
Experimental Squash Load (kN) 955.3 226.4 417.3 171.4
K L Difference % 8.34 5.82 1.60 3.63
δ
15 25 60

Fig. 17. Schematic showing the method of determination of the Ductility
Indexes (DI1, DI2, DI3) for CFDST/CFST Specimens.
strength is to be calculated as:
Pul, Zh = PtheorySHS + PtheoryConc
in which the calculation of the PtheorySHS is provided in detail in Section
4.2, while Ptheoryconc is given as:
follows:
Pul, Tao = Posc, u + Pi, u (5)
where Posc, u is the compressive capacity of the outer tube with the
sandwiched concrete and Pi,u is the capacity of the inner tube computed
as ( Asi fsyi ), where Asi and fsyi are the cross-sectional area and the yield
(2) strength of the inner CHSs, respectively. To determine the capacity
Posc, u , the following equation was put forward:
Posc, u = fscy Asco with Asco = Aso + Asc (6)

PtheoryConc = Ac × 0.85fc′ (3) in which Asc and Aso are the cross-sectional areas of the sandwiched
concrete and the outer steel tube, respectively. The strength fscy , defined
π 2 ⎞ π 2 in MPa, was given as:
Ac = ⎛(Bo−2to)2−4 × ⎛rinto− rint 2 2
o⎞ −⎛Bo −4rexti− rexti ⎞
⎝ ⎝ 4 ⎠ ⎠ ⎝ 4 ⎠ (4) fscy = C1 χ 2 fsyo + C2 (1.18 + 0.85ζ ) fck (7)
Bo2 − (Bi − 2ti)2
where the radius of gyration is given as r = . where
12
The 0.85 factor in Eq. (3) suggests low or no confinement in square
double skin construction. This could be very true from observations in fck is the characteristic concrete strength in MPa (0.67fcu ), where fcu
the current or previous tests [18] due to the ability of the concrete to is the characteristic cube strength of concrete in MPa,
force the inner tube inwards, releasing the confinement pressure on the f yo is the yield strength of the outer SHS in MPa
Aso fso
concrete and exert a biaxial stress state on the steel skins. ζ is the confinement factor ( ), and
Ac, nominal fck
Ac, nominal is the nominal cross-sectional area of the concrete, given
6.2.2. Design model by Tao and Han [35] by D 2−Aso .
Proposals to predict the strength of short square CFDST columns
(i.e. the cross-section resistance) with inner SHSs (Pul, Tao ) have been
made by Tao and Han [35]. The predicted strength (Pul, Tao ) is given as

Fig. 18. Ductility index (DI1, DI2, DI3) of CFDST/CFST specimens.

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6.2.3. Design model by Eurocode 4 [16]
The EC4 [16] does not contain until now a design resistance model
for the CFDST columns filled even with normal concrete. Instead, it
contains a compressive strength formula for the CFST columns, which is
given as:
Pul, EC 4 = χPpl, Rd
(8)
As can be noticed, Pul, EC 4 is based on the plastic resistance to axial
compression (Ppl, Rd ) accounting for the contribution of different ele-
ments. To be able to check the strength of the CFDST columns by using
the EC4 [16] (Pul, EC 4, Mod ), a modification for the Ppl, Rd expression is
currently made to consider the inner tube contribution as presented in
Eq. (9).
Ppl, Rd, Mod = f yo Aso + fc′ Ac + f yi Asi (9)
It is worth pointing out that the effective areas of the steel tubes are
employed in the case of slender cross-sections. The reduction factor ( χ )
is calculated using the European strut curves as:
χ = 1/(φ + φ2−λ 2 ) ⩽ 1.0 (10)
some highly unsafe results of about 23% (for SHS-O2I2-15). Hence, it is
currently recommended to use the modified EC4 [16] prediction for
future calculation of the compressive strength of the RuCFDST short
columns.
An interesting observation that can be noticed from Table 6 is that
the modified EC4 [16] prediction provides slightly conservative results
for the columns with outer tube thickness of 5 mm (D / t = 20 ), com-
pared with those columns formed by using thin tubes of 2 mm
(D / t = 50 ). This may be attributed to the consideration of unconfined
concrete strengths on the design model by the EC4 [16], while it is a
common fact [36,37] that square columns with D / t ⩽ 29.2 contain some
confinement effects that raise the original concrete cylinder strength.
Therefore, the EC4 [16] provided strengths less than the experimental
values with about 9% in average for the columns with D / t ⩽ 29.2 .
7. Conclusions
This paper presents an experimental investigation of CFDST/CFST
confined and unconfined rubberised concrete. The results of this paper
are summarised in the following points:

φ = 0.5(1 + α (λ −0.2) + λ 2) (11)
with α = 0.34 (buckling curve (b)) for 3% < ρs ⩽ 6% which is the case
for the current models where ρs is the ratio of the cross-sectional area of
the steel tube to that of the concrete core. The critical buckling load
(Pcr ), used in the calculation of slenderness parameter (λ ) according to
EC4 [16], is calculated from:
π 2 (EI )e
Pcr =
(KL)2 (12)
where KL is the effective length of the member and (EI )e is the effective
elastic flexural stiffness.
6.2.4. Calculated strengths and discussion
Table 6 shows the theoretical calculation of axial compressive
strength of the RuCFDST columns with different rubber ratios by using
the above three design models. Fig. 1 shows a labelled example of a
CFDST specimen with the radius specified. From this table, it can be
seen that the design model by Zhao and Grzebieta [18] provides the
most conservative results among others, with an average and standard
deviation of 0.87 and 0.131, respectively. On the opposite, the design
models by Tao and Han [35] and the modified EC4 [16] predict the
strengths of the current RuCFDST columns much better compared with
the experimental values (Pul, Exp ). As can be noticed, the average and
standard deviation of 1.03 and 0.108, respectively, by using the design
model by Tao and Han [35], while they are 0.95 and 0.076 by using the
EC4 [16] formula. However, the method by Tao and Han [35] provides
(1) The rubber pre-treatment process was successful in creating verti-
cally uniform specimens and avoided rubber particles floating to
the top surface.
(2) The mix design produced compressive strength of 25 MPa 15% RuC,
which is the minimum strength concrete for applications made of
composite structures [16].
(3) The available methods of prediction for the axial strength of CFDST
specimens filled with normal concrete produce close approxima-
tions to the present experimental results with RuC.
(4) Energy absorption for composite material is significantly larger
than the components that make it up, showing the positive effects of
composite action.
(5) The phenomenon of concrete core spring back upward movement
was observed in this project and has not been previously researched
in CFDST/CFST. Rubber elasticity and lateral confinement allowed
for this to occur.
(6) The interface zone of the normal concrete and inside of the outer
steel section was extremely bonded showing the concrete behaving
like a ductile material. This shows clearly the significant benefits of
CFST and CFDST as a method of avoiding brittle failure found in
plain concrete.
(7) The ductility index for thinner outer steel specimens was higher
than that of thicker outer steel specimens. Analysis of the ductility
index of the range of specimens showed that the ductility index is
fairly constant across the three rubber replacements.
(8) It is important that the preliminary results of this study of

Table 6
Comparisons between predicted and experimental strengths.
Specimen Pul, Exp [kN] Pul, Zh [kN] Pul, Tao [kN] Pul, EC 4, Mod [kN] Pul, Zh Pul, Tao Pul, EC 4, Mod
Pul, Exp Pul, Exp Pul, Exp

SHS-O2I2-0 657 666 773 690 1.01 1.18 1.05

SHS-O2I5-0 810 856 963 879 1.06 1.19 1.09
SHS-O5I2-0 1302 1041 1328 1239 0.80 1.02 0.95
SHS-O5I5-0 1555 1208 1545 1456 0.78 0.99 0.94
SHS-O2I2-15 483 523 593 522 1.08 1.23 1.08
SHS-O2I5-15 804 711 783 711 0.88 0.97 0.88
SHS-O5I2-15 1190 922 1157 1099 0.77 0.97 0.92
SHS-O5I5-15 1450 1087 1374 1316 0.75 0.95 0.91
SHS-O2I2-30 492 466 521 454 0.95 1.06 0.92
SHS-O2I5-30 691 652 711 644 0.94 1.03 0.93
SHS-O5I2-30 1191 875 1089 1043 0.73 0.91 0.88
SHS-O5I5-30 1430 1038 1306 1260 0.73 0.91 0.88

Average 0.87 1.03 0.95

Standard deviation (SD) 0.131 0.108 0.076

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rubberised concrete filled single skin and double skin steel tubular
columns came promising to encourage further research devoted for
such members as a feasible construction method for applications
such as columns in buildings located in seismic active zones, se-
curity bollards and flexible road side barriers.
Finally, to allow for conceptual design recommendations to be put
forward, additional results should be obtained accounting for different
cross-section sizes, inner-to-outer thickness ratios, and rubber contents
with respect to tube thickness. This is under consideration by the au-
thors at the moment through finite element analyses.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to deeply thank Liam O’keefe from Tyres
Stewardship Australia and Adrian Jones from Tyrecycle. Thanks are
given to Andrew Sarkady and Anup Chakrabortty from BASF for kindly
donating the superplasticizer required for all the specimens. Thanks are
given the following technicians Matt Arpin, Malcolm Stafford, Jim
Waters and Brad Rose for assisting the students in performing the ex-
periments. Thanks are given to Cameron Marshal and Armin Hosseini,
David Pegrum and Aarin Ryan, former students of UWA for performing
the tests and processing the test data.
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