Abstract
Nowadays, conventional shear connectors used in the composite slab with steel deck are welded headed shear studs. If the structure reaches the end of its design life, repairing these connectors will cost a lot and cause significant environmental damage. In this paper, with a numerical study, welded shear stud connectors were replaced with new bolted shear ones and the effects of parameters, such as: concrete strength, different positions, heights and diameters of the shear connectors, and the type and thickness of the steel deck, as well as the effect of the reinforcement arrangement on the behavior of these connectors, are evaluated. Moreover, various failure modes are investigated and the results are compared to AISC equations provided for welded shear connectors, to calculate the shear capacity of new bolted connectors. The results show that these connectors could be a good alternative to welded shear studs.
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