Research Article

Initial Elastic Stiffness of Bolted Shear Connectors in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures

Table 3

Comparisons between FE results and experimental results.

ā€‰Bolt diameter (mm)Push-out test (kN/mm)FE model (kN/mm)FE model/push-out testRemark

Ataei et al. [20]121118.2291057.4390.946SENB
161298.8091258.8780.969
202157.5612049.5340.950

Chen et al. [22]121097.426996.5070.908DENB
161579.9771357.6730.859

Tan et al. [34]19815.233793.0330.973NENB