Abstract :
[en] This paper presents the results of 20 push-out tests on shear stud connectors, placed centrally in the ribs of 58 mm and 80 mm deep steel decking. The tests were designed to investigate the realistic load–slip behaviour of the shear connectors and the influence of transverse loading. The tests considered two different stud diameters and the effect of concentric and eccentric transverse loading. In addition, the influence of a second layer of reinforcement, thewelding procedure and the number of shear connectors in each rib have been considered. The observed influence of these parameters on the load–slip behaviour is presented and explained with regard to material properties and load-bearing models. In addition, the test results are compared with the current analytical approaches,which are shown to be non-conservative in some cases, because the presented deck shapeswere not well considered in the development and calibration of EN 1994-1-1.
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