This book deals with the analysis and behaviour of composite structural members that are made by joining a steel component to a concrete component. The emphasis of the book is to impart a fundamental understanding of how composite structures work, so engineers develop a feel for the behaviour of the structure, often missing when design is based solely by using codes of practice or by the direct application of prescribed equations. It is not the object to provide quick design procedures for composite members, as these are more than adequately covered by recourse to such aids as safe load tables. The subject should therefore be of interest to practising engineers, particularly if they are involved in the design of non-standard or unusual composite structures for buildings and bridges, or are involved in assessing, upgrading, strengthening or repairing existing composite structures. The fundamentals in composite construction are covered first, followed by more advanced topics that include: behaviour of mechanical and rib shear connectors; local buckling; beams with few shear connectors; moment redistribution and lateral-distortional buckling in continuous beams; longitudinal splitting; composite beams with service ducts; composite profiled beams and profiled slabs; composite columns; and the fatigue design and assessment of composite bridge beams.

Section and chapter headings: Preface. Contents of Examples. Notation. Introduction. Composite Construction. Material Properties. Material Properties Under Static Loads. Material Properties Under Fatigue Loads. Geometric Dimensions. Effective Size of Reinforced Concrete Elements. Local Buckling of Steel Elements. Standard Composite Steel and Concrete Beams. Behaviour under Serviceability Loads. Ultimate Strength Rigid Plastic Analysis. Limited Slip Capacity of Shear Connectors. Moment Redistribution within Continuous Composite Beams. Lateral-Distortional Buckling. Transfer of Shear Connector Forces into Concrete Element. Splitting Forces. Post Cracking Dowel Strength. Longitudinal Shear Forces. Embedment Forces. Composite Forms of Construction. Composite Beams with Service Ducts. Composite Profiled Slabs and Profiled Decking. Composite Profiled Beams. Composite Columns. Fatigue Degradation of Composite Bridge Beams. Index.