Enhancement of deflection serviceability performance of metal web joist timber floors using strongbacks.

Research Output

This paper presents the study on the serviceability performance of the floors constructed with metal web
joists with focus on the deflection at floor centre under 1 kN point load. The studied parameters included spacing of joists,
type, size, number and location of strongback, and ceiling. The test results indicate that joist spacing, strongback bracings
and ceiling significantly influenced the maximum displacement of metal web joist floors. The decrease in joist spacing, the
increase in number and size of strongback bracings, and the use of ceiling all largely reduced the maximum displacement of
the floors. On average, the calculated displacements based on the design equations in the UK National Annex to Eurocode 5
are close to those measured.

Date:

10 August 2014
Publication Status:

Published
Library of Congress:

TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Dewey Decimal Classification:

624 Civil engineering

http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/output/410256 <p>Zhang, B., Kermani, A., Fillingham, T., Cullen, M., & Kilpatrick, T. (2014). Enhancement of deflection serviceability performance of metal web joist timber floors using strongbacks. In <i>Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Timber Engineering WCTE2014,</i></p>

Citation

Zhang, B., Kermani, A., Fillingham, T., Cullen, M., & Kilpatrick, T. (2014). Enhancement of deflection serviceability performance of metal web joist timber floors using strongbacks. In Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Timber Engineering WCTE2014,