Flexural Capacity of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams under Hogging Moment

Table 5

Comparison between the results of the three standards and the FE results.

No.	Type	Total number of specimens	Characteristic value	GB 50017	BS 5950	Eurocode 4
				MFE/M2	MFE/M3	MFE/M4
1	Material	50	Average	1.048	1.048	0.949
			Coefficient of variation	0.087	0.097	0.087
2	Row of stud	16	Average	0.996	1.011	0.920
			Coefficient of variation	0.080	0.092	0.085
3	Diameter of stud	24	Average	1.039	1.061	0.962
			Coefficient of variation	0.049	0.079	0.075
4	Load pattern	21	Average	1.000	0.927	0.848
			Coefficient of variation	0.104	0.093	0.089
5	Span	32	Average	1.041	1.065	0.955
			Coefficient of variation	0.074	0.111	0.104
6	Longitudinal ratio	27	Average	1.097	1.097	0.992
			Coefficient of variation	0.069	0.152	0.134
7	Total	170	Average	1.043	1.044	0.945
			Coefficient of variation	0.084	0.117	0.106