Composite Steel Structures: Advances, design and construction

✍ Scribed by R. Narayanan (Editor)

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 1987
• Leaves: 187
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The constant need for cost-effective structural forms has led to the increasing use of composite construction, and a substantial amount of research effort is currently being spent in developing techniques for combining concrete and steel effectively. Significant economies in this form of construction have been observed, especially in bridges and building floors. Codes of Practice on composite construction are being revised in the UK and in Europe, in the light of the substantial amount of knowledge that has been generated in recent years. An International Conference organised by the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University College, Cardiff, UK, with the specific objective of discussing all types of metal structures in an integrated way, provided a forum for the dissemination of new concepts and for reviewing developments; the expectations of the organisers have been amply justified and exceeded by the level of international response to the call for papers. This volume contains 17 papers on composite steel structures, presented at the Conference, many of which were by well-known experts in their respective fields.

✦ Table of Contents

Shear Lag in Steel and Composite Structures , Recent Studies in Composite Bridges, Lateral Distribution of Load in Composite Multi-Girder Bridges, Choices Facing the Designer of Continuous Composite Plate Girder Bridges to BS 5400, Ultimate Shear Strength of Thin Webbed Steel and Concrete Composite Girders Unwelded Shear Connectors for Composite Beams, Design Tools for Steel Beams with Web Openings, The Use of Tapered Welded Composite Beams in Buildings, Composite Floor Design-Practices in Canada, Flexural Strength of Composite Slabs, Composite Reinforced End-Anchored Concrete , The Efficiency of Shear-Bond Interlock Between Profiled Steel Sheeting and Concrete, A Comparison of Smeared and Discrete Connection in Composite Construction, Behaviour of Semi-rigid Composite Frames , Cyclic Tests of Composite Steel Frames with Energy Absorbing Elements, Thermal Stresses in Structural Sandwich Panels, Structural Behaviour of Composite Pan.

✦ Subjects

Engineering & Technology;Civil, Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering;Structural Engineering