Abstract
In this paper, the shear transfer capacities of embossed steel plates as “Steel products for composite construction” has been examined through the experiments of 84 specimens under a direct pull-off shear loading with constant confinement stresses. Ordinary plane plates, checkered and ribbed plates with various heights, spacings and numbers of embossments were used in the specimens. Some of them also had a headed stud connector. The empirical equations to estimate the shear transfer capacities of those plates have been proposed. A simple accumulative shear strength of embossments and stud connectors and a simplified numerical modeling of the ribbed plates are also discussed.
