Wuttipan Tantivong. Experimental study on equal leg angle as shear connector. Master's Degree(Civil Engineering). Kasetsart University. Office of the University Library. : Kasetsart University, 2001.
Experimental study on equal leg angle as shear connector
Abstract:
The nominal shear strength of equal leg angle as shear connector in composite structures was investigated in this study. The push-out test was used to determine the nominal shear strength of connector. Weled stud shear connectors (16mm dis. X 100mm height) were used as standard connectors for comparing shear strength with equal leg angle (L75x75x6mm) in test. The compressive strengths of concrete were varied at 210ksc, 245ksc and 280ksc and the lengths of equal leg angle were varied at 75mm, 100mm and 125mm. The push-out test was loaded by compressive machine and the slips between wide-flange beam and concrete slabs were measured by dial gauges. The falilures of shear connectors under nominal strength were observed.From the test results, the loas-slip relationship curves were plotted by varying the types of shear connectors, the lengths of equal leg angles and the compressive strength of concrete. The acceptable nominal shear strengths were 80% of average nominal strength from the push-out test. When the lengths of L75x75x6 and the compressive strength of concrete increased, the nominal shear strengths also increased. So the parameters that controlled the capacity of equal leg angle as the shear connector in this study are the lengths of equal leg angle and the compressive strengths of concrete. The empirical equation for L75x75x6 as shear connector to compute shear strength is proposed by varying these parameters.The comparison of an acceptable nominal shear strength of L75x75x6mm in test results with the nominal shear strength of C75x40x5x7mm using analytical method by Slutter and Driscoll, et al.'s equation showed that the ratios between L75x75x6 and C75x40x5x7 were approximately 80%. So the rough estimation of L75x75x6 is 80% of C75x40x5x7 in same length of connector and with the same compressive strength of concrete.
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