ABSTRACT
Shear connectors are the most important physical part of Steel-Concrete-Steel (SCS) sandwich beam used to prevent the separation between steel plates and concrete core. Most patterns of shear connectors have been widely experimented. However, such patterns are mostly limited to the normal angle of the neutral axis of SCS beam. This experimental study investigated the effect of angled shear connectors on the bending responses of SCS beam. The SCS beams with different inclined angle of flat-plate shear connector type were tested using a three-point loading pattern of flexural test. The angles of flat-plate shear connector were between forty-five and ninety degrees. The results indicate that the inclined angle of shear connector affects the bending responses of the SCS beam, especially the ultimate tested load. The maximum point occurs at the inclined angle of sixty degrees. This benefit should be studied further in the SCS construction.
