Steel Roof And Floor Deck Diaphragm Design

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Steel roof and floor deck diaphragm design.

The hilti profis df diaphragm software version 2 0 1 calculates diaphragm shear flexibility factors and uplift resistance for steel deck roof and floor systems. Roof deck historically published diaphragm design tables for roof deck have been based on diaphragm shear loads only. Roof diaphragm panels typically vary from 0 0295 inches to 0 064 inches in thickness and come in widths of 18 inches to 36 inches or more. Diaphragm design diaphragm design information for vulcraft roof and floor decks is based on the steel deck institute diaphragm design manual third edition ddm03 in accordance with the 2015 ibc.

Vulcraft roof deck design tools 2018 ibc deck diaphragm calculate your unfilled deck diaphragm shear and stiffness for your exact condition based on the american iron and steel institute aisi s310 16. It includes information for the design of steel deck diaphragms for roof and floor decks and complies with the requirements of the ansi aisi s310 2013 north american standard for the design of profiled steel diaphragm panels. Simply input your project data and our tool will customize your load tables or diaphragm designs from among more than 73 000 permutations. In its most basic form a diaphragm behaves as if it were a short deep beam.

Our new interactive deck tools provide the fastest way to generate your load tables and diaphragm designs for roof composite and form deck. Steel roof and floor deck diaphragm design requires careful attention to load paths stiffness variations fastener types and regional preferences figure 1. In its most basic form a diaphragm behaves as if it were a short deep beam. Check out our newest deck tools.

Deck types are described in the steel deck institute sdi publication no. 31 design manual for composite decks form decks and roof decks. The program is based on the steel deck institute sdi diaphragm design method and incorporates the latest icc es ac43 performance data. September 2015 the fourth edition of the sdi diaphragm design manual ddm04 replaces the third edition ddm03.

Steel roof and floor deck diaphragm design requires careful attention to load paths stiffness variations fastener types and regional preferences figure 1.