Steel Floor Plate Analysis
Steel Floor Plate Analysis
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Does anyone know of a good reference for analyzing steel floor plate supported by steel beams? The plate is subjected to uniform and point loading conditions. For the particular case I am evaluating the plate is simply supported along the long edge of the plate and free on the short edges. Roark's book does not have formulas to cover this condition or for multiple point loads close to each other.






RE: Steel Floor Plate Analysis
For uniform load you can just look at a unit strip and use:
M = w(L^2)/8
deflection = w(L^4)/384EI
For the point loads: FEA is probably best and quite easy to model in this case. Otherwise you could use estimate an effective width for the point loads:
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Then use superposition if the uniform and point loads are acting on one plate concurrently.
RE: Steel Floor Plate Analysis
RE: Steel Floor Plate Analysis
THANK YOU! Been a long day.