Papers abstract:

This paper presents nonlinear finite element (FE) modeling of composite slab system comprising of profiled steel deck and high-performance concrete namely, Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) and Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC). FE models were developed and their performance validated based on experimental results of composite slabs subjected monotonic loading to failure. Parametric studies were conducted to investigate the influence of numerical/material/geometric parameters (such as mesh size, loading constraints, strain increment factor, steel sheet-concrete interaction contact types, concrete types, total/shear span length etc.) on FE model performance. Developed FE models were used to determine behavior of twenty-two experimental composite slabs in validation and further validation with performance evaluation stages. The simulated load-deflection response, strength and shear bond capacity of FE model slabs were found to be in good agreement with those obtained from their experimental counterparts.

Product Overview:
This tutorial provides a complete step-by-step replication of a validated finite element model from the referenced ISI paper using Abaqus. The video focuses on simulating the nonlinear behavior of composite slab system comprising of profiled steel deck and high-performance concrete slabs under monotonic loading. Key simulation steps include:

• Building composite slab, fur (steel sheet), and wire geometries in Abaqus using solid and shell elements
• Defining high-performance concrete materials with the JH2 instead of CDP model
• Applying displacement control loading via Reference Point and Coupling constraint
• Modeling penalty-based contact interaction between steel and concrete

In this tutorial, composite slab system comprising of profiled steel deck and high-performance concrete slabs are simulated, according to data from the work of Hossain et al.