Internal defects and voids within concrete cores are inevitably generated during the construction of concrete-filled steel tube structures, which weaken the bond at the steel-concrete interface and impair the overall composite action of the member. This paper investigates the structural behavior of square concrete-filled steel tube (SCFST) columns with internal concrete defects subjected to combined compression and bending. The eccentric compression testing was conducted on a total of 16 specimens designed with five different types of internal concrete defects. The failure modes, initial stiffnesses, loading-bearing capacities and strain developments of specimens were presented in detail and discussed. The structural responses of specimens with the same defect ratios but different defect distributions were analyzed. Edge defects combined with eccentricities were found to be most detrimental. Finite element analysis (FEA) models were then developed and validated against the test structural responses. Parametric studies were conducted based on the validated FEA models. Finally, a calculation method for the eccentric bearing capacity of SCFST columns with internal concrete defects was proposed based on the sectional plasticity theory and verified through comparisons with both experimental and FEA results. The proposed approach is shown to be applicable, accurate and effective, providing useful guidelines for the design and assessment of eccentrically loaded SCFST columns with internal concrete defects.
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