Abstract
A vertical shear connector suitable for manufacture by automated sheet metal processes from steel coil is developed in an experimental program involving 90 small area bearing tests, 18 shear tests, and 6 tension tests. A comparison of three full‐scale wall panel tests (standard cavity wall, cavity wall with an unbonded steel mullion, and cavity wall with a vertical shear connector) demonstrate that the connector significantly increases both the post‐ and pre‐cracking strength and stiffness of a vertically spanning brick masonry cavity wall under out‐of‐plane loads.
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