Experimental verification referring to the new shape of the perforated steel strip

Abstract

Abstract Perforated steel strips are used as reliable shear connectors many years. During this time, many different shapes of the openings or recesses were developed to improve the durability and resistance of the shear connection. Behaviour of these strips were mainly verified by experimental research, but many parameters could not be measured. Numerical analysis provides not only easy and fast way of testing the behaviour of specimens, but also the possibility to improve the geometry of the strips. Modified steel strips can be deeply investigated in simulations and subsequently verified by push-out tests in laboratories. The combination of these two methods can bring the spectrum of the information that can complexly describe the behaviour, durability and also the weak points of the shear connection, especially in case of the new or modified shape.