Disheng Zou

May 20, 2024 | mdpi.com | Qingtian Su |Fei Wu |Zhiping Lin |Disheng Zou

1. IntroductionThe shear connector in the steel–concrete composite girder bridge tightly combines the concrete bridge deck with the steel main girder together to resist the effects of external loads. These connectors not only transmit the horizontal shear force along the steel–concrete interface, but also resist the vertical separation between steel and concrete [1].