Accounting for the Scale Factor in Determining the Compressed Concrete Strength of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Elements

Abstract

The published experimental data on the influence of the concrete samples dimensions on their strength under axial compression had been analyzed in the article. The mechanism of this influence is revealed from the positions of strength statistical theories. The known dependences are given and a new formula is proposed for taking into account the scale factor in determining the strength of compressed concrete. An algorithm for calculating the strength of centrally compressed concrete-filled steel tube elements (CFSTE) with a circular cross-section taking into account the scale factor is shown.