Comparison of Methods of Testing Composite Slabs

Composite steel-concrete slabs using thin-walled corrugated steel sheets with embossments represent a modern and effective combination of steel and concrete. However, the design of new types of sheeting is conditional on the execution of expensive and time-consuming laboratory testing. The effort to develop a cheaper and faster method has lead to many investigations all over the world. In our paper we compare the results from our experiments involving vacuum loading, four-point bending and small-scale shear tests.

Authors:

• J. Holomek
• R. Karásek
• M. Bajer
• J. Barnat

Keywords:

• Composite slab
• embossment
• four-point bending
• small-scale test
• steel sheet
• thin-walled
• vacuum loading

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