Abstract:To achieve the lightweight of base slab and enhance its load-bearing capacity, a new type of steel reinforced concrete composite two-pile base slab is proposed. To study its stress mechanism, a three-dimensional nonlinear finite element models are established for both the traditional reinforced concrete base slab and the new base slab to compare the failure process of the two base slabs, and reveal the effects of lower steel chord of new base slab, diagonal member sectional area, base slab height and concrete strength on initial stiffness and ultimate bearing capacity of the base slab. Based on the strut-and-tie model, a new calculation method for the ultimate bearing capacity of base slab is proposed. Results show that the failure mode of the new base slab is shear failure. Compared with the traditional base slab, the bearing capacity of the new base slab with the same size can be increased by 2.7 times. Increasing the lower chord section and base slab height can significantly improve the ultimate bearing capacity of base slab with minor impact on stiffness. The proposed calculation method has a high degree of agreement with the numerical simulation results.