SUMMARYIn Eurocode 4 [1], design rules are suggested for the evaluation of the mechanical properties of steel-concrete beam-to-column composite joints (rotational stiffness, resistance and ductility). These rules cover situations where the joints are subjected to moments and shear forces, but in hogging regions only (negative bending moments). Recently, researches have been conducted on the behaviour of composite joints ( Fig. 1) subjected to positive bending moments (called "sagging moments" in the following) and to combined bending moments and axial loads; for instance, these loading situations may appear in composite sway frames respectively under conventional loading and exceptional actions (impact, explosion …) leading to the loss of a structural column [2].In the present paper, the Eurocode 4 design rules are extended to joints in sagging regions and to joints subjected to combined bending moments and axial loads and the proposed methods are validated through comparisons with experimental test results. Also, an easy-to-use and freely available software for the design of composite joints according to the Eurocode 4 principles is described. Fig. 1. Example of composite joint considered in the present article
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