Experimental Study on Mechanical Behavior of Composite Girders with Corrugated Steel Webs

Abstract

The objective of the present paper i s to investigate the mechanical behavior of composite girders with corrugated steel webs, where the effects of shear connectors are included. The shear connector types used here are studs, steel bars, and only holes without shear connectors. The 2-point bending tests i n which composite girders are placed in a simply supported condition and loaded in a static manner were conducted using the three types of shear connectors. Experimental results reveal that Bernoull i-Euler's assumption does not hold from the beginning of loading, and the studs and steel bars as shear connectors are effective in comparison with holes.