CREEP AND SHRINKAGE ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE SYSTEMS UNDER AXIAL LOAD AND BIAXIAL BENDING

The instantaneous and creep and shrinkage behaviour of composite steel-concrete sections subjected to axial load and biaxial bending is examined analytically using the age-adjusted effective modulus method and a stress relaxation procedure. Any cross-section that can be discretized in rectangular elements can be analysed using the approach described in this study. Material non-linearities (concrete cracking and crushing as well as steel yielding) are included in the formulation by employing an iterative numerical procedure. The analytical method was implemented in a computer program and case studies demonstrate that composite columns under complex loads experience a considerable redistribution of stresses and strains, causing the degree of cracking and the secondary load effects (P-delta) to increase.