doi:10.3850/978-981-08-6218-3_key-5
Composite Behaviour of Headed Stud Shear Connectors in Pairs with Profiled Metal Deck Flooring
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Professor Dennis Lam School of Engineering Design & Technology University of Bradford Bradford, United Kingdom. d.lam1@bradford.ac.uk |
Biography
Professor Dennis Lam will take up the Chair of Structural Engineering at the University of Bradford on 1 July 2010. Dennis Lam was a Reader in Structural Engineering and Steel Design at the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds. He was also formerly chief structural engineer for the City of Wakefield Metropolitan Council.
His main research interests are in the area of steel and composite structures, including the use of stainless steel, precast concrete and fibre reinforced polymers.
Dennis is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers and Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He holds a B.Eng (Hons) in Civil & Structural Engineering and M.Phil. from the University of Sheffield and a PhD from the University of Nottingham.
Dennis is currently vice chair of the research panel for the Institution of Structural Engineers and member of the British Standard Institute B525/4 Committee responsible for the BS5950 and Eurocode 4.
Abstract
This paper presents the experimental and numerical investigation into the behaviour of headed shear studs in composite beams with profiled metal deck flooring. A new single-sided horizontal push test arrangement is proposed to evaluate the shear capacity of the headed shear connectors in pairs with metal deck profiled sheeting. The characteristic resistance obtained from the horizontal push test is compared with Eurocode 4. A three-dimensional finite element model was developed using general purpose finite element program ABAQUS/Explicit. The shear connector capacity, load-slip behaviour and failure modes are validated against experimental results and close correlations were obtained.
