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This paper summarizes the results of tension tests of two large structural shingle joints of A572 steel. One joint was fastened with A325 bolts and the other with A502 Gr. 1 rivets. A theoretical analysis of the load partition is also described.

Bolted shingle joints are currently designed by methods developed for riveted joints in single shear which do not make effective use of the high shear strength of the fasteners. In this study, the results of a series of analytical studies and a complimentary test program examining the strength and behavior of bolted shingle joints are presented.

This report summarizes an extensive study to determine the shear strength and behavior of study shear connectors embedded in normal weight and lightweight concrete slabs. Earlier studies had indicated that various concrete properties and stud sizes influenced the connector behavior and strength.

A finite volume numerical method is introduced to perform the direct numerical simulation for two-phase immiscible and incompressible fluids. The Navier-Stokes equation is discretized by the staggered mesh spatially and advected temporally with the 4th order Runge-Kutta scheme. CFL conditions involving the effect from the convective term, viscous term, stiff source term and heat transfer are applied to meet the stringent limitation on the time step. Energy equation is coupled with the Navier-Stokes equation when the study of heat transfer is included.