Behaviour Evaluation of "sleeved" Connectors in Composite Timber-concrete Floors

The paper presents the structural solution to the joisted floor when the timber joist of composite cross‐section and the concrete slab are interconnected via a special semi‐rigid connection and form a timber‐concrete joisted floor composite element. Tensioned bottom flange is formed of a solid timber joist, the web is of oriented strand boards (OSB) and the compressive top flange is of a concrete slab into which a part of the web is let in. Studies were carried out on the “sleeved” connector in this part of the web between OSB and concrete slabs that should increase the stiffness of this connection. Theoretical and experimental researches on inter‐behaviour of connection of the sub‐components of composite timber I beam-concrete were carried out, the obtained results are presented and evaluated.