Slenderness effect and upper-bound slenderness limit of SSTT-confined HSC column

• Main Authors: Chau, Khun Ma, Awang, Abdullah Zawawi, Omar, Wahid
• Format: Article
• Published: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2014
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62603/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJSTRUCTE.2014.063048
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

In designing the HSC columns confined with steel-straps tensioning technique (SSTT), safe and economic are two important aspects. The designed member should not be too expensive but guarantee minimum safety. Generally, the effectiveness of confinement became less pronounced as the slenderness of col...