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The 12th International Symposium on Structural Engineering ANALYSIS OF THE TORSIONAL STIFFNESS OF THE DUMBBELL-SHAPED CONCRETE-FILLED STEEL TUBULAR MEMBERS Jiangang Wei, Bin Fu, Baochun Chen College of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P.R. China Abstract: A finite element model was developed and a formula for the torsional stiffness of the concrete filled steel tubular (CFST) dumbbell-shaped cross section was derived. It shows that the torsional stiffness of the CFST dumbbell-shaped cross section can be considered as the sum of the torsional stiffness of the steel members (the upper and lower steel tubes and steel webs), concrete filled in the tubes, and concrete filled in the web interspace. However, the concrete filled in the web interspace accounts for a proportion of less than 5%, hence its effects is negligible. We had therefore simplified the formula. Comparison between the calculation results and the finite element modeling results shows that the proposed formula in this study is a convenient and accurate method for the torsional stiffness of the CFST dumbbell-shaped cross section. Keywords: Concrete filled steel tubular (CFST), dumbbell-shaped, torsional stiffness, formula 1 INTRODUCTION 2 FINITE ELEMENT MODEL At present dumbbell-shaped arch ribs have been We had developed a nonlinear finite element increasingly used in the concrete filled steel method for the torsional properties of the single tubular (CFST) arch bridges. However, with circular section (Li and Wei, 2010). In this study bridges now being expected to span greater the commercially available finite element distances