NON-WELDING TYPE CONCRETE-FILLED STEEL TUBE COLUMN HAVING SLOT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
A non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot, in which an external steel tube is bended and retracted to allow a jointing portion thereof to be formed as a T-shaped bending part is provided. A slot is inserted into the T-shaped bending part in a sliding manner to construct in a non-welding manner, and a multi-perforated penetrating part can be formed on the external steel tube to secure fire resistance capacity thereof. A method of fabricating the same is also provided.
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This U.S. non-provisional patent application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0127251, filed on Nov. 30, 2011, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELDThe present invention relates to a concrete-filled steel tube column, more particularly, a concrete-filled steel tube column (“CFT”) employing a slot, which can be fabricated in a non-welding manner, and a method for fabricating the same.
BACKGROUND ARTIn general, a concrete-filled steel tube column structure is a structure in which an enclosed-type steel tube column is filled with concrete. This structure is structurally stable in terms of stiffness yield strength and transformation and has an excellent advantage with respect to fire resistance and construction and the like. In the above concrete-filled steel tube column structure, in other words, a steel tube formed of a closed section member and withstanding against a bending moment is placed on the outside, and concrete withstanding an axial force is disposed in the inside so that the steel tube restricts the internal concrete or the concrete prevents local buckling of the steel tube from being generated. Due to the above effects, the concrete-filled steel tube column structure is advantageous in that, as compared with another structure, strength and energy absorbing capacity are excellent.
Since the steel tube employed for fabricating the above concrete-filled steel tube column structure should be fabricated through a welding process at a large-scaled factory provided with specific manufacturing facilities, the concrete-filled steel tube column structure has a drawback of excessive manufacturing cost.
In addition, in the above concrete-filled steel tube column structure, if an external force is applied to the steel tube constituting the column, an out-of-plane deformation is easily generated. Accordingly, if the concrete-filled steel tube column structure is designed for applying a rigid joint manner, a suitable reinforcement is considered to provide a joint portion of the column and a beam with sufficient stiffness and yield strength. Various methods are employed as a method for reinforcing a joint portion of the column-beam in the concrete-filled steel tube, and for example, an inner diaphragm method, a penetrating diaphragm method and an outer diaphragm method have been widely utilized.
In the meantime,
In the meantime, as a conventional art, Korean Patent No. 10-684931 discloses the invention entitled “prefabricated enclosed-type steel skeleton member employing bending-formed steel plate and its installation structure”. The above prior art is illustrated with reference to
Referring to
In a unit member 10, at this time, a bending corner at which the face-forming part 11 meets the bending portion 12, is naturally machined to a rounded shape during a bending process, and so once the unit members 10 are disposed such that the bending portions 12 are in contact with each other, a portion at which the bending corners are met is formed into a depression portion 20 which is dented with respect to the face-forming portion 11.
However, the prefabricated enclosed-type steel skeleton member employing bending-formed steel plate according to the prior art has the structure in which four L-shaped unit members are connected and welded. The above steel skeleton member is disadvantageous in that due to melting of a welding agent on the welding portion which is most vulnerable in fire, the welding portion is broken so that the steel tube can burst.
In the meantime, in Korean manufacturing plants for manufacturing concrete-filled steel tube columns, a semi-circular mold is typically utilized for fabricating the concrete-filled steel tube column. In order to remove the concrete from the mold after curing the cement, two semi-circular forms are employed as one circular mold. At this time, the circular steel tube may be employed as a disposable mold rather than a reuse of the mold. However, the main usage purpose of the concrete-filled steel tube column on the market is aimed at preventing water or oil or pressurized gas contained fully therein from leaking therefrom, so careful attention is required to weld the joint portion at the time of fabricating the concrete-filled steel tube column.
As another conventional art, Korean Patent No. 10-991337 discloses the invention entitled “method for manufacturing hollow CFT using rib steel tube”.
Referring to
In the centrifugal hollow rib steel tube CFT according to the conventional art, however, the method for coupling only the steel tubes itself has problems of low coupling force and small coupling depth in the concrete. In addition, restriction obtained by only the C-section steel can cause a burst of the concrete-filled steel tube due to a concentration of internal pressure in the concrete to an external steel tube in fire.
The following patent documents are conventional art.
Patent document 1: Korean Patent No. 10-684931 (Filing date: Feb. 28, 2006) entitled “Prefabricated enclosed-type steel skeleton member employing bending-formed steel plate and its installation structure”;
Patent document 2: Korean Patent No. 10-991337 (Filing date: Sep. 29, 2008), entitled “Method for manufacturing hollow CFT using rib steel tube”;
Patent document 3: Korean Patent No. 10-1062928 (Filing date: May 27, 2009), entitled “Concrete-filled steel tube”;
Patent document 4: Korean Patent Laid-open Publication No. 2010-76576 (Publication date: Jul. 6, 2010), entitled “Concrete-filled steel tube having improved lateral confinement force”;
Patent document 5: Korean Patent No. 10-766661 (Filing date: May 25, 2006), entitled “Concrete-filled steel tube girder”;
Patent document 6: Korean Patent No. 10-763029 (Filing date: Dec. 7, 2006), entitled “Concrete-filled steel tube beam”.
SUMMARYTo solve the above problems, the technical solution achieved by the present invention is to provide a non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot, in which an external steel tube is bended and retracted to allow a jointing portion thereof to be formed as a T-shaped bending part, and a slot is inserted into the T-shaped bending part in a sliding manner to construct in a non-welding manner, and a method of fabricating the same.
Another technical solution achieved by the present invention is to provide a non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot, in which a multi-perforated penetrating part can be formed on the external steel tube to secure fire resistance capacity thereof, and a method of fabricating the same.
As the means for achieving the above technical objects, the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot according to the present invention comprises an external steel tube formed of an integrated steel plate and is bended and retracted to allow a jointing portion of both end faces thereof to be formed as a T-shaped bending part, the external steel tube having a multi-perforated penetrating part formed thereon; a slot having a shape corresponding to the shape of the T-shaped bending part to allow the T-shaped bending part to be inserted thereinto; and concrete placed and cured in the external steel tube in a state where the T-shaped bending part is inserted into the slot. Herein, the external steel tube is jointed by the slot in a non-welding manner.
Herein, the slot may have a ‘’ shape corresponding to the T-shaped bending part, and the ‘’ shaped slot may be slid along and coupled to the T-shaped bending part to allow the external steel tube to be integrated in a non-welding manner.
The non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot according to the present invention may further comprise a ‘’′-shaped restricting steel fitting coupled to a remaining end portion of the T-shaped bending part, which is not inserted into the ‘’-shaped slot.
Herein, the multi-perforated penetrating part of the external steel tube is formed on the external steel tube to discharge steam pressure generated in the concrete in fire.
As the means for achieving the above technical objects, the method for fabricating the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot according to the present invention comprises the steps of a) forming a multi-perforated penetrating part on an integrated external steel tube; b) bending and retracting the external steel tube to allow a jointing portion of both end faces of the external steel tube to be formed as a T-shaped bending part; c) fabricating the slot having a shape corresponding to the shape of the T-shaped bending part; d) inserting the T-shaped bending part into the slot to allow the external steel tube to be joined by the slot in the non-welding process; and e) placing and curing concrete in the external steel tube in a state where the T-shaped bending part is inserted into the slot.
Herein, the slot in step c) may have a ‘’ shape corresponding to the T-shaped bending part.
Herein, the ‘’ shaped slot may be slid along and coupled to the T-shaped bending part to allow the external steel tube to be integrated in a non-welding manner.
The method for fabricating the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot according to the present invention may further comprise the step of fabricating a ‘’′-shaped restricting steel fitting and coupling the ‘’′-shaped restricting steel fitting to a remaining end portion of the T-shaped bending part, which is not inserted into the ‘’-shaped slot.
Herein, the multi-perforated penetrating part of the external steel tube in step a) discharges steam pressure generated in the concrete in fire.
According to the present invention, the external steel tube of the concrete-filled steel tube column is formed of an integrated steel plate, and is bended and retracted to allow a jointing portion thereof to be formed as the T-shaped bending part, and the slot is inserted into the T-shaped bending part in a sliding manner so that construction can be performed without welding. Accordingly, since a welding process is omitted, the time required for constructing the concrete-filled steel tube column can be reduced.
According to the present invention, the multi-perforated penetrating part can be formed on the external steel tube of the concrete-filled steel tube column to secure fire resistance capacity of the concrete-filled steel tube column. Accordingly, it is possible to remove steam pressure in the concrete.
Hereinafter, the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings for enabling a one skilled in the art to embody easily the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above herein, but can be embodied variously. In order to illustrate clearly the present invention, in addition, parts which are not relevant to the present invention are omitted in the drawings, and similar parts are indicated by similar reference numerals throughout the entire description.
Unless otherwise indicated, in the entire specification, the sentence of “some portion includes some structural elements” means that another structural element is not excluded, but may be further included.
Referring to
The external steel tube 110 is formed of an integrated steel plate, and is bended and retracted to allow a jointing portion of both end faces thereof to be formed as the T-shaped bending part 130. At this time, the multi-perforated penetrating part 120 is formed on the external steel tube 110, and so steam pressure generated in the concrete 160 in fire can be discharged through the multi-perforated penetrating part 120. In other words, the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column 100 utilizing a slot according to an embodiment of the present invention is the CFT structure in which pressure in the internal concrete can be discharged, it is possible to secure fire resistance capacity of the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column by efficiently removing steam pressure in the concrete.
More specifically, the external steel tube 110 is a square-shaped steel tube and has an outer width of 20 cm or more. At this time, the external steel tube 110 may have at least one multi-perforated penetrating part 120, which is a steam discharging hole, formed on each of an upper portion and a lower portion thereof for preventing the pressure from increasing in fire. Furthermore, steel material having the yield strength of 240 MPa or more is employed for fabricating the external steel tube 110. Of course, diameter and the number of the multi-perforated penetrating part 120 are adjusted to prevent the concrete from leaking through the multi-perforated penetrating part 120.
The slot 140 is formed such that the slot corresponds to the shape of the T-shaped bending part 130 so as to allow the T-shaped bending part 130 to be inserted into the slot 140. By inserting the T-shaped bending part 130 into the slot 140 as above, both end surfaces of the external steel tube are joined in a non-welding manner by the slot. As shown indicated by reference numeral “A” more concretely, the slot 140 may have the ‘’ shape corresponding to the shape of the T-shaped bending part 130, and the ‘’-shaped slot 140 is coupled along the T-shaped bending part 130 in a sliding manner to enable the external steel tube 110 to be integrated in a non-welding manner. In fire, for example, local buckling can occur rapidly on the external steel tube 110 of the concrete-filled steel tube column. In the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column 100 utilizing a slot according to an embodiment of the present invention, however, due to stress distribution on the multi-perforated penetrating part 120, it is possible to induce a slow transformation of the concrete-filled steel tube column (CFT).
The ‘’″-shaped restricting steel fitting 150 is coupled to a remaining end portion of the T-shaped bending part 130, which is not inserted into the ‘’-shaped slot 140.
In a state where the T-shaped bending part 130 is not inserted into the slot 140, the external steel tube 110 is filled with concrete 160 and the concrete is then cured. More specifically, an ordinary aggregate defined in the general concrete specification is employed for the concrete 160 with which the external steel tube 110 is filled. For example, the specified design strength of the concrete 160 is within the range of 240 kgf/cm2 to 400 kgf/cm2. Provided that the trusted organization provides the evaluation results of fire resistance capacity for the concrete having the specified design strength of 400 kgf/cm2 or more, this concrete may be applied to the present invention.
In the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column 100 utilizing a slot according to an embodiment of the present invention, in addition, although the drawing illustrates the square shaped external steel tube 110, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, a cylindrical shape steel tube may be employed as the external steel tube 110. Also, even though the drawing shows that the bending part 130 has the T-shape, the present invention is not limited thereto. Furthermore, although the drawing shows that the slot 140 corresponding to the T-shaped bending part 130 has the ‘’-shape, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the slot 140 may have a shape obtained by combining the ‘’-shape slot 140 and the ‘’′-shaped restricting steel fitting 150.
According to the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column 100 utilizing a slot according to an embodiment of the present invention, inner jointing portions of the CFT external steel tube 110 to be filled with concrete 160 is formed as the T-shaped bending part 130 so that a coupling effect of the concrete 160 and the outer steel tube 110 can be increased, and due to the above coupling effect, the problem of lowering the yield strength of the external steel tube 110 exposed to an outside, in fire can be solved through concrete 160 having relatively high fire resistance capacity.
Hereinafter, a method for fabricating the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot according to an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated with reference to
In the method for fabricating the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot according to an embodiment of the present invention, the multi-perforated penetrating part is firstly formed on the external steel tube which is the integrated steel plate.
In the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot according to an embodiment of the present invention, since the multi-perforated penetrating part 120 is formed on the external steel tube 110, the pressure of steam in the concrete 160, which is generated in fire as described above, can be discharged through the multi-perforated penetrating part 120. For example, a fire resistance capacity of approximately 100 minutes is shown under an ordinary load condition (load ratio: 0.6) so that the internal pressure of the concrete can be discharged effectively to the outside to increase fire resistance capacity.
In the meantime,
As shown in
In the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in
Furthermore, the ‘’′-shaped restricting steel fitting may be coupled to the remained portion of the T-shaped bending part 130, which is not inserted into the ‘’-shapedslot 140.
In sequence, in a state where the T-shaped bending part 130 is inserted into the slot 140, concrete is placed in the external steel tube 110 and then cured so that the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot is fabricated.
Ultimately, according to the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot and the method for fabricating the same according to the embodiment of the present invention, the CFT external steel tube is formed of a conventional integrated steel plate and is bended and retracted to allow a jointing portion thereof to be formed as the T-shaped bending part 130, and T-shaped bending part is then inserted into the slot in a sliding manner, whereby the concrete-filled steel tube column is constructed by the non-welding manner. Accordingly, a welding process can be omitted to reduce the construction time of the concrete-filled steel tube column. In addition, the multi-perforated penetrating part is formed on the external steel tube of the concrete-filled steel tube column so that fire resistance capacity of the concrete-filled steel tube column can be secured. Due to the above, steam pressure in the concrete can be removed effectively.
The embodiment described herein is generally described as one example of the present invention, one skilled in the art to which the disclosure pertains may understand that the present invention can be easily changed into another specific embodiment without a modification of the scope and essential features of the present invention. Accordingly, it is to be understood that the disclosure is only one example in all the aspects and is not to be limited to the embodiment. For example, the structural elements illustrated as the combined element may be individually utilized, and the structural elements illustrated as the separated element may be combined and employed.
The above description should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention which is defined by the appended claims and it should be understood that all the modifications and alternative constructions derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents is included in the scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A concrete-filled steel tube column (CFT), comprising;
- an external steel tube formed of an integrated steel plate and is bended and retracted to allow a jointing portion of both end faces thereof to be formed as a T-shaped bending part, the external steel tube having a multi-perforated penetrating part formed thereon;
- a slot having a shape corresponding to the shape of the T-shaped bending part to allow the T-shaped bending part to be inserted thereinto; and
- concrete placed and cured in the external steel tube in a state where the T-shaped bending part is inserted into the slot;
- wherein the external steel tube is jointed by the slot in a non-welding manner.
2. The non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot of claim 1, wherein the slot has a ‘’ shape corresponding to the T-shaped bending part.
3. The non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot of claim 2, wherein the ‘’ shaped slot is slid along and coupled to the T-shaped bending part to allow the external steel tube to be integrated in a non-welding manner.
4. The non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot of claim 3, further comprising a ‘’′-shaped restricting steel fitting coupled to a remaining end portion of the T-shaped bending part, which is not inserted into the ‘’-shaped slot.
5. The non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot of claim 1, wherein the multi-perforated penetrating part of the external steel tube discharges steam pressure generated in the concrete in fire.
6. A method of fabricating a concrete-filled steel tube column (CFT), comprising the steps of;
- a) forming a multi-perforated penetrating part on an integrated external steel tube;
- b) bending and retracting the external steel tube to allow a jointing portion of both end faces of the external steel tube to be formed as a T-shaped bending part;
- c) fabricating a slot having a shape corresponding to the shape of the T-shaped bending part;
- d) inserting the T-shaped bending part into the slot to allow the external steel tube to be joined by the slot in a non-welding process; and
- e) placing and curing concrete in the external steel tube in a state where the T-shaped bending part is inserted into the slot.
7. The method of fabricating the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot of claim 6, wherein the slot in step c) has a ‘’ shape corresponding to the T-shaped bending part.
8. The method of fabricating the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot of claim 7, wherein the ‘’ shaped slot is slid along and coupled to the T-shaped bending part to allow the external steel tube to be integrated in a non-welding manner.
9. The method of fabricating the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot of claim 8, further comprising the step of fabricating a ‘’′-shaped restricting steel fitting, and coupling the ‘’′-shaped restricting steel fitting to a remaining end portion of the T-shaped bending part, which is not inserted into the ‘’-shaped slot, between step d) and step e).
10. The method of fabricating the non-welding type concrete-filled steel tube column utilizing a slot of claim 6, wherein the multi-perforated penetrating part of the external steel tube in step a) discharges steam pressure generated in the concrete in fire.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 14, 2012
Publication Date: May 30, 2013
Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY (Gyeonggi-do)
Inventors: HYUNG-JUN KIM (Gyeonggi-do), HEUNG-YOUL KIM (Seoul), IN-HWAN YEO (Seoul), CHAN-SOL AHN (Gyeonggi-do)
Application Number: 13/615,633
International Classification: E04C 3/34 (20060101); E04G 21/00 (20060101);