Design Analysis of Steel Concrete Composite Construction in the Flooring System Using Different Shear Connection Methods

Experimental and theoretical studies on the structural behaviour of composite concrete slabs with trapezoidal type profiled steel decking. The slab is formed by a composite interaction between the concrete and steel deck, which includes embossments to increase the shear bond properties of the concrete and steel deck. However, it fails in the presence of a longitudinal shear bond because of the difficult phenomena of shear behaviour that occurs. Because of this, full-scale experimental testing were conducted to study the shear bond strength during bending tests in line with Eurocode 4 - Part 1 of the European Standard. To test for distinct shear span lengths under static and cyclic loadings on simply supported slabs, specimens are divided into two sets of one specimen each, with each set being tested for a different shear span length under static and cyclic loadings on simply supported slabs. We examine the longitudinal shear bond strength between the concrete and steel deck using an analytical approach, and we compare the findings with the values obtained using standard concrete.