Composite Girders Parallel to Deck Span
Composite Girders Parallel to Deck Span
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I am designing a composite floor system with metal decking and concrete and I typically consider only the beams perpendicular to the deck span to act as composite. It has been suggested for this project to also consider the girders running parallel with the deck span as composite. The suggested detail to accomplish is to terminate the metal decking at both sides of the girder flange so that you will have full depth concrete over the entire width of the flange. I don't see a reason right off hand why this wouldn't be sufficient, so I am simply asking is this ok and if not, why?
Thanks in advance for any insight.
Thanks in advance for any insight.






RE: Composite Girders Parallel to Deck Span
But overall this isn't usually a problem.
RE: Composite Girders Parallel to Deck Span
RE: Composite Girders Parallel to Deck Span
Another option is to raise the beam/girder above the other steel by the deck thickness. This will reduce the cost of coping the beams that frame into it.
RE: Composite Girders Parallel to Deck Span
Thanks
Calif
The resisant virtues of the structure that we seek depend on their form; it is through their form that they are stable, not because of an awkward accumulation of material. There is nothing more noble and elegant from an intellectual viewpoint than this: to resist through form. Eladio Dieste
RE: Composite Girders Parallel to Deck Span
RE: Composite Girders Parallel to Deck Span
calif
The resisant virtues of the structure that we seek depend on their form; it is through their form that they are stable, not because of an awkward accumulation of material. There is nothing more noble and elegant from an intellectual viewpoint than this: to resist through form. Eladio Dieste