“…Nowadays, steel-concrete composite structures are commonly employed in the construction of buildings [17][18] [19] and have a large market share in numerous countries [20] [21].Actually, the reasons for this are based on a variety of advantages that may be achieved by combining two distinct materials into a single component: Significantly increased span width-to-height ratio, high load capacity, high rigidity, lower dead weight, fast construction process, superior structural safety at a reasonable cost, and acceptable fire performance [17] [18] [19].…”