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Potentially unsafe structural consequences in the design of composite beam shear connectors
Author(s) -
Diacu Ioan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
steel construction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1867-0539
pISSN - 1867-0520
DOI - 10.1002/stco.202000057
Subject(s) - eurocode , structural engineering , composite number , shear (geology) , beam (structure) , engineering , materials science , composite material
This paper investigates the design of steel‐concrete composite beams, with an emphasis on the shear connectors as specified in Eurocode 4‐1. A structural safety inaccuracy is identified and analysed. Improvements for the future design code are proposed.