Influence of Concrete and Fibre Concrete on the Load-carrying Capacity and Deformability of Composite Steel-concrete Columns

The report presents the results of laboratories’ tests on steel columns strengthened by concrete casing. During testing of steel I‐shape column the strength of concrete casing and the way of the column loading were parameters subjected to changes. The possibility of increasing load capacity of columns by strengthening the supporting zones was checked, too. On the basis of tests performed, it has been stated that there is a considerable effect of concrete casing on the performance and capacity of steel columns. Possibility of increasing the load capacity of columns by making heads of fibre concrete has been shown.