METAL DECKING THEORETICAL DEFLECTION INVESTIGATIONS NO.

The scope of this report is to show the calculation used to investigate the theoretical deflection of metal
decking. Figure 1 presents the metal decking at the PCI girder.

Figure 1 : Metal decking installation at PCI girder

1.1 DESIGN CRITERIA

Clear span for metal decking, L 1300 mm

Slab thickness, T 250 mm
Metal decking properties:
Thickness, t 1.60 mm
Yield strength, Fy 275 MPa
Allowable strength, fy 206.25 MPa
Elastic modulus, E 200000 MPa
Moment of inertia, I 537820 mm^4 per meter width
Section modulus, Sp 21617 mm^3 per meter width
Section modulus, Sn 21410 mm^3 per meter width
Weight of the panel, Wp 9.47 kg/m²

1.2 DEAD LOAD

Weight of the panel, Wp 0.093 kN/m per meter width
Weight of concrete, Wc 6.000 kN/m per meter width
Weight of total dead load, Wt 6.093 kN/m

1.3 LIVE LOAD

Weight of small equipment and tools, Weq 1.470 kN/m per meter width
ex. Concrete trowel and other tools of 150kg.
Dynamic load weight during concreting, Wdyn 14.421 kN/m per meter width
ex. Force = mass X gravitational acceleration
Weight of total live load, Wl 15.891 kN/m

Weight of worker, P 1.962 kN point load at center

ex. 2 nos. of worker in an area of 100kg each

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1.4 CHECK BENDING CAPACITY
Sagging, Mcp 4.46 kN-m
Hogging, Mcn 4.42 kN-m

1.5 CHECK BENDING MOMENT

Combined weight of DL+LL 21.984 kN/m

Weight of worker, P 1.962 kN

Bending moment,M, due to DL+LL = W L² / 8 4.644 kN-m

Bending moment,M2, due to worker = PL/4 0.638 kN-m
TOTAL 5.282 kN-m

Bending moment < Sagging moment

5.282 4.46 FALSE

Factor of safety = 0.84

1.6 COMPUTE ALLOWABLE DEFLECTION

Reference: Steel Deck Institute Design Analysis

Allowable = L/180 7.222 mm choose the smallest
Allowable = 3/4 inch 20.000 mm

1.7 CHECK DEFLECTION

Deflection due to DL+LL = 5/384 (Wt+Wl) L^4/EI 7.601 mm
Deflection due to P = P L^3 /48EI 0.835 mm
TOTAL 8.435 mm

Anticipated Deflection < Allowable Deflection

8.435 7.222 FALSE

Factor of safety = 0.86

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