I bought the Diaphragm Design Manual 3rd edition from the SDI, but I can not find anything about calculation of a diaphragm without sidelap connections? Can anybody give me some more information how to go on?
Thanks for your answers!
I do know, that a steel deck diaphragm does not need sidelap fasteners in order to function. What I am actually interested in is if there is the possibility to calculate the stiffness of such a diaphragm.
Does the SDI-method gives formulae to calculate this...
Hi to everybody,
I hope that anybody could give me an answer to the following questions:
I am actually doing some research action of steel sheeting diaphragms which are only fastened at the two edges, which are normal to the span of the profiles. Several standards say that the diaphragm has...
