Numerical Study on Minimum Shear Connection Ratio of Tie-Bars in Steel Plate–Concrete Composite Beams Subjected to Out-of-Plane Cyclic Loading
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The work is interesting and worth publishing.
However, the Authors did not avoid some mistakes, for example:
1. Errors in citing the literature (item []);
2. Language errors related to the use of singular or plural.
After these defects are corrected, the work could be published in Applied Sciences.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The presented manuscript is well written and extremely interesting, and provides useful details about the behavior of steel plate-concrete elements, from both experimental and numerical perspectives. Thus, the article can be accepted for publication.
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Reviewer 3 Report
Authors present different simulations of SC composite beam developed in Abaqus and propose a design method of tie–bars in SC composite beam under cyclic loading. The article is clear, But examples of application of the proposed method would be helpful.
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