Full-Scale Test of Two-Storey Composite Slim Floor under Pseudo-Dynamic and Pseudo-Static Loadings

Abstract

This paper presents an experimental study on a full-scale two-storey, two-bay by one-bay steel-concrete composite slim floor that was subjected to horizontal pseudo-dynamic and cyclic pseudo-static loadings. The primary objective of this test is to investigate the bearing behavior and load bearing capacity of the composite slim floor under horizontal loads. The time-history load-displacement curves, hysteretic curves, skeleton curves, structural deformation and the failure mode were obtained from the tests. The test results indicated good load bearing capacity and good ductility of the test structure and also required improvement of the construction of the beam-column connection. At the end of this paper, some suggestion on the improvement of composite beam-column connection has been proposed.