Prefabricated timber-concrete composite floors
The presented investigation concerns the study of novel types of timber-concrete composite floors, manufactured with “dry connections” (Crocetti et al. In: 11th WCTE, Riva del Garda: international conference proceeding of 11th WCTE, Riva del Garda, 2010; In: RILEM 2013: Materials and Joints in Timber Structures—Recent Advancement of Technology Stuttgart, Germany, 2013: RILEM 2013, Stuttgart, 2013; Sartori et al. In: Enhance mechanical properties of timber, engineered wood products and timber structures. University of Bath, COST FP1004, Zagreb, 19 April 2012, 2012). Three full-scale nominally identical floor elements were investigated. The shear connector system used in the investigation was realized by means of self-tapping screws driven at an angle of 45° into the wood. First, the screws were inserted on the top of the glulam beams. Then, the beams were twisted upside-down and placed on concrete formwork (Fragiacomo In: Struct Eng Mech 20(2):173–189, 2005). Then fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) was cast in the formwork. Quasi-static bending tests and long-term bending test were performed. It was found that the proposed connection systems performed more than satisfactory in the short term, showing a very high degree of composite action even at load levels close to the failure load. However, long-term loading (Fragiacomo and Ceccotti In: J Struct Eng 132(1):13–22, 2006) induces increased deformation, which should be taken into account in SLS design.
Experimental and Nonlinear Analytical Studies on Prefabricated Timber–Concrete Composite Structures with Crossed Inclined Coach Screw Connections
AbstractIn this study, shearing tests on connections and bending tests on prefabricated timber–concrete composite (PTCC) beams were performed to evaluate the feasibility of using crossed inclined c...
Non-linear analysis of composite beams of a displacement approach
The non-linear analysis of composite steel–concrete beams by the finite elements method permits obtaining useful information on collapse modalities but the convergence of the solution must be carefully controlled. Using the displacement formulation of the finite elements technique, the authors illustrate some aspects related to the convergence of the method by comparing solutions deriving from finite elements with 8, 10 and 16DOF. Some pathologies of the 8DOF element are posed in evidence. 2002 Civil-Comp Ltd. and Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.