Assessment of Shear Behaviour and Design Optimization of MSEP Shear Connector

Abstract

Steel-concrete composites, often referred to as steel-concrete composite newlinestructures or composite construction, involve the combination of steel and concrete newlinematerials to create unified structural elements or systems. This synergy is utilized in newlinevarious engineering and construction applications to harness the respective advantages newlineof both steel and concrete, resulting in structures with enhanced properties and newlineperformance. It has been seen from experimental, analytical and numerical studies newlinecarried out on composite structure variety of innovative shear connectors has been newlineemerging day by day. This helps in drawing conclusion that there is a need of newlineinnovative best performing shear connectors. newlineA novel shear connector is planned to develop that supports a greater newlinefrictional interlocking using MSEP to achieve optimal shear strength newline