Table 4 Design parameters of steel tube glass sand concrete short columns.

From: Numerical analysis and experimental study on axial compressive behavior of glass sand concrete filled steel tubular short columns

Sample

Core concrete

L/D

D/t

As/mm2

Ac/mm2

CFST-C30

C30

3.16

28.29

1381.6

8820.26

GSCFST-5

GSC-5

GSCFST-15

GSC-15

GSCFST-30

GSC-30

GSCFST-60

GSC-60

  1. CF is concrete-filled; ST is short tube; GS is glass sand; the number represents the replacement rate of glass sand; L/D is slenderness ratio; D/t is diameter-to-thickness ratio; As is cross-sectional area of steel tube; Ac is cross-sectional area of core concrete.