Design-Build-Floor-Structure ... Energy Efficient Building Network Can Help

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Design-Build-Floor-Structure

The design of the floor structure depends on the loading on the floor, choice of constituent building materials, the type of finish desired on the floor, thermal mass / in-floor-heating considerations, ...

Floors constitute a major and an important element in your dream house / building.

In our discusion of the anatomy of a building floor we talked about the floor structure as being the skeleton. Typically, the floor fuction, and the aesthetic considerations (the looks)dictate the choice of the floor type to be used.

Input

Dead and Live loads on the floor, such as the seld loading of the floor structure, and the floor finish, loading from equipment and appliances, occupant load, and loading from extreme forces such as earthquakes, ...

Floors

As I discussed in the structural member configuration the floor structure has to be designed in such a way that it can safely transfer the input loads to the supporting elements.

Ultimately, all the loding imposed on the floor has to be transfered to the supporting beams, columns if any, load-bearing walls, then to the building foundation and finally to mother earth.

The design of the floor-structure will depend on the major constituent materials as we discussed in the anatomy of a building floor. As far as the floor structure is concerned, the more common ones today are ...

wood-deck floor over wood joists
wood deck floor over engineered wood joists
wood deck floor over wood floor truss joists
wood deck floor over light gage steel joists
wood deck over open web steel joists
concrete slab deck over light gage steel joists
concrete slab deck over open web steel joists
concrete slab over metal deck over light gage steel joists
concrete slab over metal deck over open web steel joists
insulated concrete deck
precast prestressed concrete components
Hollow Core conrete deck
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Output

In designing the floor structure as a system, we have to ensure that the loads from the floor structure can be safely carried by the supporting medium, the floor beams, columns if any, and the load bearing walls.

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For further information or help with your specific building floor project, or any part of it such as ...

floor structural arrangement
design of floor beams
dessign of floor joists
design of floor deck
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