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Ten parametric models were further developed to investigate the effects of section size, confinement coefficient, and slenderness ratio on tensile performance. In addition, code-based comparisons and machine learning predictions were carried out. The results indicate that the finite element simulations agree well with the test results, with the ratios of simulation results to test results all being below 0.95, indicating that the simulation predictions are within a reasonable range of the experimental data, which reflects good agreement. The parametric analysis shows that when the confinement coefficient increases from 0 to 0.99, the maximum load rises from 182\u2009kN to 895\u2009kN; when the slenderness ratio increases from 8 to 20, the maximum load exhibits an overall decreasing trend. The code comparison shows that the predictions from the Chinese code are closer to the finite element results, with an average error of approximately 4.57%. 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