Steel Roof Diaphragm Design

Vulcraft roof deck design tools 2018 ibc deck diaphragm calculate your unfilled deck diaphragm shear and stiffness for your exact condition based on the american iron and steel institute aisi s310 16.

Steel roof diaphragm design. It includes information for the design of steel deck diaphragms for roof and floor decks and complies with the requirements of the ansi aisi s310 2013 north american standard for the design of profiled steel diaphragm panels. Steel roof and floor deck diaphragm design requires careful attention to load paths stiffness variations fastener types and regional preferences figure 1. The hilti profis df diaphragm software version 2 0 1 calculates diaphragm shear flexibility factors and uplift resistance for steel deck roof and floor systems. Our new interactive deck tools provide the fastest way to generate your load tables and diaphragm designs for roof composite and form deck.

The diaphragm of a structure often does double duty as the floor system or roof system in a building or the deck of a bridge which simultaneously supports gravity loads. In its most basic form a diaphragm behaves as if it were a short deep beam. Just as the floor or roof is checked for vertical load capacity it is considered a diaphragm in the plane of the floor and check for shear when designing the lateral force resisting system. Diaphragms are usually constructed of plywood or oriented strand board in timber construction.

Simply input your project data and our tool will customize your load tables or diaphragm designs from among more than 73 000 permutations. Generally there are two different types of diaphragms. The program is based on the steel deck institute sdi diaphragm design method and incorporates the latest icc es ac43 performance data. Diaphragm design diaphragm design information for vulcraft roof and floor decks is based on the steel deck institute diaphragm design manual third edition ddm03 in accordance with the 2015 ibc.

Results are output in a convenient downloadable pdf. Or a concrete slab in. Steel roof and floor deck diaphragm design requires careful attention to load paths stiffness variations fastener types and regional preferences figure 1. The maximum average shear r b occurs at the ends of the roof diaphragm.

In its most basic form a diaphragm behaves as if it were a short deep beam. Roof deck historically published diaphragm design tables for roof deck have been based on diaphragm shear loads only. Metal deck or composite metal deck in steel construction.