Chequer Plate Design
Chequer Plate Design
Chequer Plate Design
S=6.6
L=30
w(total)=284.2
w(total)
Nomenclature for Rectangular Flat Plates Results: Flexural Stress: Unif. Dead Load, wDL = Unif. Load, w(total) = fb(max) = Fb(allow) = Deflection: Aspect Ratio, = Mod. of Elasticity, E = (max) = (ratio) = Allow. (ratio) =
wDL = floor plate self-weight in psf (per Reference #1) w(total) = wDL+wLL fb(max) = 0.75*(w(total)/144)*(S*12)^2/(t^2*(1+1.61*(S/L)^3))/1000 Fb(allow) = 0.75*Fy fb(max) <= Fb(allow), O.K. = S/L E = 29,000,000 psi (assumed value for steel) (max) = 0.1422*(w(total)/144)*(S*12)^4/(E*t^3*(1+2.21*(S/L)^3)) (ratio) = (S*12)/(max) Allow. (ratio) = S/100 (user defined and selected) S/114 <= S/100, O.K.
References:
1. AISC Manual of Steel Construction (ASD) 9th Edition (Fourth Impression, 9/00), page 2-145. 2. "Design of Welded Structures", by Omer W. Blodgett (James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation) Table 1, page 6.5-4 - taken from "Formulas for Stress and Strain" by Raymond J. Roark. These same formulas are found in "Design of Weldments" by Omer W. Blodgett (James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation) in Table 1 on page 4.6-4.
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