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Investigation on structural behaviour of composite cold-formed steel and reinforced concrete flooring systems

  • Omar A., Shamayleh (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)) ;
  • Harry, Far (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney (UTS))
  • Received : 2022.04.28
  • Accepted : 2022.12.12
  • Published : 2022.12.25
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Abstract

Composite flooring systems consisting of cold-formed steel joists and reinforced concrete slabs offer an efficient, lightweight solution. However, utilisation of composite action to achieve enhanced strength and economical design has been limited. In this study, finite element modelling was utilised to create a three-dimensional model which was then validated against experimental results for a composite flooring system consisting of cold-formed steel joists, reinforced concrete slab and steel bolt shear connectors. This validated numerical model was then utilised to perform parametric studies on the performance of the structural system. The results from the parametric study demonstrate that increased thickness of the concrete slab and increased thickness of the cold formed steel beam resulted in higher moment capacity and stiffness of the composite flooring system. In addition, reducing the spacing of bolts and spacing of the cold formed steel beams both resulted in enhanced load capacity of the composite system. Increasing the concrete grade was also found to increase the moment capacity of the composite flooring system. Overall, the results show that an efficient, lightweight composite flooring system can be achieved and optimised by selecting suitable concrete slab thickness, cold formed beam thickness, bolt spacing, cold formed beam spacing and concrete grade.

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Acknowledgement

This research is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship.

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