ABSTRACT
Abstract Experimentalbehaviourofstiffness,momentresistanceandrotationcapacityof compositebeam-to-columnconnectionsispresentedinthispaper.Aunifieddesign approachforpredictingtheultimatemomentandrotationalcapacitiesforsemi-rigid compositeendplatetypeofconnectionisintroducedandvalidated. Keywords:Compositeconnections
1Introduction
Compositeconstructionhasbeenwidelyusedforbuilding,bridgeandoff-shore structuresformanyyears.Thecompositeactiongeneratedbymetaldeckingflooris fullyresearchedandutilisedinthedesignforsaggingandhoggingareasofcomposite beamsandslabs[l,2].Thebenefitgainedisfromusingthecompositeactionfor decreasingthecostofthestructure.Butuseofthebehavioursofthecomposite connectionsinstructuredesignneedsfurtherresearchattention.
