“…Therefore, the current research program has the aim to study the structural behaviour of shear connectors having concrete dowels or horizontal headed studs for composite structures using experimental tests, also the impact of important parameters on load-bearing capacity, stiffness and failure mode. The parameters that have the greatest influence on shear strength are: the dimensions of the trapezoidal profile (plate width, inclination angle), embedding depth, concrete strength and the parameters of additional shear connectors (Kuhlmann and Raichle, 2011; Röhm, 2009; Raichle, 2015) and related design proposals can be found in (Kim et al, 2011; Novák and Röhm, 2009; Raichle and Kuhlmann, 2015). Accordingly, the research program focuses on examining these structural details.…”