doi:10.3850/978-981-08-6218-3_key-2
Numerical Modelling of Shear Connection in Steel- Concrete Composite Beams
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Professor Mark Bradford Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology University of Technology Sydney Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. dean@eng.uts.edu.au |
Biography
Mark Bradford is currently Director of the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety at The University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he is Professor of Civil Engineering. He currently holds a Federation Fellowship awarded by the Australian Government, as well as a Scientia Chair awarded by UNSW.
Mark’s interests are in structural and computational mechanics, with specific application to steel and steel-concrete composite structures.
Mark has published some 15 books in various editions and over 450 scientific papers in book chapters, journals and conferences. He serves on the editorial boards of 14 journals, and on four Standards Australia committees in structural engineering (of which he chairs one). He has also attracted several million Australian dollars in competitive research funding over the last decade.
Mark is also a consultant to industry, especially in cases involving litigation. His teaching areas are in the broad areas of structural analysis and design.
Abstract
This paper presents a review of the numerical analysis of composite steel with particular attention on the modelling of composite beams containing deep trapezoidal slabs. It is concluded that whilst robust algorithms are available, there is considerable scope for improvement of these models as an alternative to undertaking expensive testing programs.
