Abstract: The longitudinal shear flow in composite steel and concrete beams is transferred across the steel‐flange‐concrete‐slab interface at a discrete number of points by the dowel action of individual shear connectors. The strengths ...

Abstract: Composite steel and concrete beams that incorporate a haunch are prone to splitting failure. This is because the shear connectors have to transfer high concentrations of load into the concrete slab in the region of the ...