Composite Joists
Composite Joists
(OP)
Does anyone have experience with steel joists composite with concrete slab? To my knowledge and experience, composite beams are much more popular. Any opinions from someone that has used composite joists instead? (Structural or cost related)






RE: Composite Joists
Composite joists are not just picked out of a catalog like regular joists, loads (precomposite and post composite dead and live) must be provided to the joist manufacturer on the design drawings (see p23 of http://
Just like regular joists, it is much more difficult to field modify composite joists as opposed to composite hot-rolled beams. I have run into many situations where I had wished I had used beams just because if any major change in conditions occurs it must be run back through the joist manufacturer as opposed to you fixing it yourself.
RE: Composite Joists
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