No / Much of the environmental impact of buildings is associated with consumption of resources and generation of waste. The construction industry in Europe consumes over 70,000 million tonnes of a wide range of materials each year, and generates over 250 million tonnes of waste. Reducing waste is a priority for all the European Governments. Composite flooring formed by connecting the concrete slabs to the supporting steel beams has been widely used for many years throughout the world. The use of composite action between steel and concrete is well established as a cost-effective arrangement for floor systems in multi-storey steel frame building structures. Composite action between steel beams and concrete slabs through the use of shear connectors are responsible for a considerable increases in the load-bearing capacity and stiffness of the steel beams, which when utilised in design, can result in significant savings in steel weight and construction cost. However, shear connectors are welded through the steel decking and cast into the concrete; this made deconstruction and reuse of the steel components almost impossible. A demountable shear connector is developed and tested to assess its potential and suitability in term of replacing the welded through headed shear studs. Test results shown that these shear connectors can be easily demounted after test and have a similar capacity and behaviour of the welded shear connectors. In addition, test results showed that the new demountable shear connectors process high ductility in comparison with the welded shear connectors.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/5601 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Lam, Dennis, Saveri, E. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Conference paper, No full-text in the repository |
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