STEEL CHECKERED FLOOR PLATE DESIGN

For Rectangular Flat Plates Subjected to Uniformly Distributed Live Loading

with Either All Edges Pinned or All Edges Fixed (per AISC 13th Edition ASD Manual)

<<< Input Data :

Long Span of Plate L= 10.00 ft = 3048.0 mm
Short Span of Plate S= 1.50 ft = 457.2 mm
Plate Thickness t= 1/4 in = 6.4 mm
Uniform Live Load wLL = 100.00 psf = 4.79 kN/m2
All Edges Condition = Pinned
Yield Stress Fy = 33.00 ksi = 228 MPa
Mod. of Elasticity E= 29000 ksi = 199948 MPa
Allow. Deflection Ratio = S/100

S=1.5 S

L=10 L

w(total)=111.25 w(total)

All Edges Pinned All Edges Fixed

Nomenclature for Rectangular Flat Plates
<<< Results :

Flexural Stress:
Unif. Dead Load wDL = floor plate self-weight in psf = 11.25 psf = 0.54 kN/m2
2
Unif. Load w(total) = wDL+wLL = 111.25 psf = 5.33 kN/m
fb(max) = 0.75*(w(total)/144)*(S*12)² / (t²*(1+1.61*(S/L)³))/1000
= 2.99 ksi = 20.62 MPa
Fb(allow) = 0.6*Fy = 19.80 ksi = 136.52 MPa
∴ fb(max) / Fb(allow) = 0.15 ≤ 1.0 ...O.K.
Deflection:
Aspect Ratio a = S/L = 0.1500
D(max) = 0.1422*(w(total)/144)*(S*12)⁴/(E*t³*(1+2.21*(S/L)³))
= 0.0253 in = 0.64 mm
D(ratio) = (S*12)/D(max) = S/711
D(allow) = S/100 = 0.1800 in = 4.57 mm
∴ D(max) / D(allow) = 0.14 ≤ 1.0 ...O.K.

Ref. One-Way Span :

Sx = 12*t²/6 = 0.1250 in3
Ix = 12*t³/12 = 0.0156 in4
fb(max) = w(total)/12*(S*12)^2/(8*Sx)/1000 = 3.00 ksi = 20.68 MPa
∴ fb(max) / Fb(allow) = 0.15 ≤ 1.0 ...O.K.
D(max) = 5*w(total)/12*(S*12)²/(384*E*Ix)
= 0.0280 in = 0.71 mm
∴ D(max) / D(allow) = 0.16 ≤ 1.0 ...O.K.
<<< References :
1. AISC Manual of Steel Construction (ASD) 13th Edition, page 3-154 & 3-155.
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.