“…Extensive push-out tests on studs embedded in lightweight and normal weight concrete (Chinn, 1965; Davies, 1967; Ollgaard et al, 1971; Shim et al, 2004; Valente and Cruz, 2009; Wang, 2013; Xue et al, 2008, 2012) have shown that concrete properties have significant effects on the behavior of headed studs. In recent years, there is a rapid increase in the application of headed stud shear connectors in new types of concrete such as crumb rubber concrete (Han et al, 2015, 2017), high-performance concrete (HPC; Cao et al, 2017; Kim et al, 2015; Tian and Du, 2016), steel fiber–reinforced cementitious composites (SFRCCs; Luo et al, 2016). These types of concrete are not considered in current design codes such as Eurocode 4 (EN 1994-1-1, 2004) and China Code GB 50917-2013 (2013).…”