Carrying behaviour and carrying capacity of lying studs with longitudinal shear

Innovative composite cross-sections lead to an unusual positioning of the headed studs horizontally within the thin concrete slab. The behaviour of this lying studs due to longitudinal shear force has been studied. The results of experimental and numerical investigations show that the failure characterised by splitting of the thin slab is influenced by different parameters compared to vertically positioned studs. Based on the investigations a design rule is presented.