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This material is copyright - all rights reserved. Reproduced under licence from The <strong>Steel</strong> Construction Institute on 12/2/2007<br />

To buy a hardcopy version of this document call 01344 872775 or go to http://shop.steelbiz.<strong>org</strong>/<br />

<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

582 Composite deck slabs<br />

case this negative (hogging) moment is equal to that of the positive (sagging)<br />

moment of single-span decking. Many profiles with wide troughs are weaker under<br />

negative moment than positive, and the effect of the localized reaction at the internal<br />

support is to reduce further the negative moment resistance. In design to code<br />

requirements, therefore, continuous decking may appear to be weaker than simplysupported<br />

decking even though in reality it must be considerably stronger.<br />

In general the load capacity of continuous decking is obtained from tests. The<br />

reduced construction load on adjacent spans has the effect of reducing the design<br />

negative moment so that elastic design more closely approximates the results of<br />

tests under the full design load (see following section).<br />

20.5.2 Bending resistance of stiffened profiles<br />

The compressive strength of a thin plate is presented in terms of an effective width<br />

of plate acting at its full yield strength. This effective width be is based on a semiempirical<br />

formula 1 considering the post-buckling strength of the plate, and is given<br />

by<br />

(20.1)<br />

where t is the plate thickness, b is the plate width, both in mm, and py is the design<br />

strength of the steel in N/mm2 857t<br />

Ê 187t<br />

ˆ<br />

bc<br />

= Á1<br />

- ˜ but �b<br />

÷ py<br />

Ë b÷ py¯<br />

.<br />

Where a stiffener is introduced, then the dimension b is based on the flat plate<br />

width between the stiffener and the web (see Fig. 20.3). However, there is a limiting<br />

size of stiffener below which it does not contribute to the increased capacity of<br />

the unstiffened plate. In most practical cases the web of the profile is fully effective.<br />

The moment resistance of the section is evaluated using this effective width. In<br />

the calculations to BS 5950: Part 4 the design strength of the steel is taken as 0.93<br />

times the specified yield strength. Under positive moment the top plate is in com-<br />

b be/2 be/2<br />

Fig. 20.3 Behaviour of stiffened plate in compression<br />

assumed stress distribution<br />

stress distribution

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