FE analysis of continuous shear connector

Abstract

Composite bridges with encased steel beams, or nowadays, rather encased steel continuous shear connectors are a welcome option for short span railway or road bridges. With lower construction height and easy construction of prefabricated composite beams it brings a new, complex, solution for replacement of older, overserved bridges, as well as for new tasks. At Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Civil Engineering a new designed of the steel perforated strip was developed. At Laboratory of Excellent Research several experiments for resistance finding were carried together with material tests. In this article the numerical analysis of push-out tests performed is closely described and the shear resistance of finite element model developed in Abaqus/CAE is compared to experimental results.