Punching shear strength of RC flat slabs provided with shear-heads at interior connections to steel columns

Dan V. Bompa, Ahmed Y. Elghazouli

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Abstract

This paper investigates the structural performance of cruciform shear-head systems fully integrated in RC flat slabs at interior connections to steel columns. The test results from a series of six large scale members of which two were provided with headed shear studs, offer a direct evaluation of the full load-deformation behaviour of the specimens as well as the ultimate punching shear strength attained prior to failure at the critical slab perimeter outside the shear-head region. Particular focus is given to the influence of the shear-head and headed shear stud reinforcement to the member kinematics and failure characteristics. The experimental findings coupled with shear field analyses enable the development of analytical models that depict the rotational response and flexural strength as a function of the shear-head characteristics, and support the definition of a shear-head dependent control perimeter required for punching shear strength assessments. Additionally, analytical design expressions that adopt the fundamentals of Model Code 2010, which account for the characteristics of the shear-head system, are proposed and their results capture in a more realistic manner the shear-head influence on the punching shear strength of RC flat slabs in such hybrid configurations in comparison with strength predictions from current conventional RC design methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHigh Tech Concrete
Subtitle of host publicationWhere Technology and Engineering Meet - Proceedings of the 2017 fib Symposium, 2017
EditorsD.A. Hordijk, M. Lukovic
Publisherfib. The International Federation for Structural Concrete
Pages823-831
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319594705
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
EventInternational fib Symposium on High Tech Concrete: Where Technology and Engineering Meet, 2017 - Maastricht, Netherlands
Duration: 12 Jun 201714 Jun 2017

Publication series

Namefib Symposium
ISSN (Print)2617-4820

Conference

ConferenceInternational fib Symposium on High Tech Concrete: Where Technology and Engineering Meet, 2017
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityMaastricht
Period12/06/1714/06/17

Keywords

  • Headed studs
  • Hybrid RC flat slabs
  • Punching shear
  • Shear-heads
  • Steel column

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Materials Science (miscellaneous)

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