Abstract
In this paper, a novel steel fibre-reinforced concrete (SFRC) dowel connection without traditional steel bar reinforcement is proposed for steel-concrete composite beams. Push-out tests on thirty-six specimens were conducted to investigate the shear strength and ductility of SFRC dowel connections with varying dowel sizes, concrete densities, fibre content and type. Even without the presence of reinforcing bars, the SFRC dowels were able to resist substantial loads and maintained a ductile load-slip behaviour. The shear strength of SFRC dowels increased with an increase in the fibre content, dowel size, and concrete density. Further, dowels with higher steel fibres content exhibited enhanced ductility, displaying a near elastic-plastic load-slip behaviour, with an ability to resist up to 80 % of the ultimate load even at 6 mm slip. A unique analytical model to predict the ultimate load and the load-slip curve is proposed in this study. The model was able to predict the ultimate load to within 6 % of test results, on average, while the mean load at 6 mm slip was predicted to within 3 % of the test results, with standard deviation of 17 % and 13 % respectively. The general shape of the load-slip curve was also well predicted. The study also proposes simplified equations, which predicted the shear strength of SFRC dowels to within 2 % of the test results with a standard deviation of 13 %.
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