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Deck Plate for Live Load

Uniform Live Load of 20kN/m2

Case 1:

q 20

Live Load

kN
m

Thickness of plate

t 10mm

Width of plate

b 1.1m

Length of plate

a 1.125m

Young's modulus of steel E 2 105 MPa

Fy 355MPa

Yield stress of steel

1.67

Safety factor for bending of plate as per AISC-ASD design

Allowable bending stress of plate as per AISC F.6 b

1.5Fy

318.862 MPa

Note: 1.5 is the shape factor for plates (plastic section modulus / elastic section modulus)

As per Roark's table 11.4, case 8a:

1
1.2
1.4
x

1.6
1.8
2.0

0.3078
0.3834
0.4356
1

0.4680
0.4872
0.4974

for aspect ratio

1

0.0138
0.0188
0.0226

0.0251
0.0267
0.0284

a
1.023
b

0.1386
0.1794
0.2094
2

0.2286
0.2406
0.2472

if z 2

0.316

if z 2

0.143

linterp x 1 z
0.5 otherwise

linterp x 2 z

0.25 otherwise

linterp ( x z) if z 2

0.0144

0.0284 otherwise

moment at center of long edge

max

1 q b
t

76.567 MPa

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ymax

maximum deflection

q b
E t

2.104 mm

UCbending

yallow

Allowable deflection

b
5.5 mm
200

max
0.24
b

"O.K" if ymax yallow

"O.K"

"Not O.K" otherwise

Case 2: Concentrated load of 40kN
Concentrated load P 40kN
Loading dimensions: la 300mm lb 300mm
la lb

r0

equivalent radius of contact area

169.257 mm

As per Roark's table 11.4, case 8b:

1
1.2
1.4
x

1.6
1.8
2.0

0.238
0.078
0.011
1

0.053
0.068
0.067

for aspect ratio

1

0.7542
0.8940
0.9624
2

0.9906
1.000
1.004

0.0611
0.0706
0.0754

0.0777
0.0786
0.0788

a
1.023
b

linterp x 1 z

if z 2

0.22

if z 2

0.77

0.067 otherwise
2

linterp x 2 z

1.008 otherwise

linterp ( x z) if z 2

0.0622

0.0791 otherwise

moment at center of long edge

max

2 P
t

308.035 MPa

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ymax

maximum deflection

P b
E t

15.047 mm

UCbending
Allowable deflection

yallow

max
0.966
b

b
5.5 mm
200
"O.K" if ymax yallow
"Not O.K" otherwise

"Not O.K"