FLRPLATE.xls
 
This Download is for Registered Users Only.
Please login or Register (free plans available).

Description:

"FLRPLATE.xls" is a MS-Excel spreadsheet program for analysis of floor plate subjected to uniformly distributed loading per AISC 9th Edition (ASD). The two-way plate design formulas from "Design of Welded Structures" by Omer W. Blodgett are utilized for two-way analysis, but can be used to simulate one-way design as well.

Note: the 1/164 deflection ratio shown in the AISC Table on page 2-145 in earlier AISC 9th Edition printings was in error, as it should be 1/100 as shown in the Jan. 1991 printing.

All the worksheets are independent and self contained, so that you can move them from one workbook to another. All the worksheets are protected, but not with a password.

Please read the "DOC" worksheet for program details as well as assumptions and limitations.

Calculation Reference
AISC Steel Construction Manual
| Find on Amazon.com | Find on Amazon.co.uk | Find on Amazon.fr | Find on Amazon.de | Find on Amazon.ca |

Forum Link

Comment upon or discuss this document in the Forum

Submitted On:

29 Jan 2008

Submitted By:

ATomanovich

File Date:

10 Jul 2007

File Author:

Alex Tomanovich

File Version:

v1.5

File Size:

79.50Kb

File Type:

xls

Downloads:

765

Rating:

Total Votes:6

Comments  

 

#3 krugerprojects 2009-07-03 08:33

No metric details!

 

 

#2 jpriley485 2009-05-19 11:44

Great spreadsheet! I've used it many times. Thank you, thank you!

Recently, I had the case of 16ga sheet metal spanning 34" x 17". This spreadsheet is bounded at 1/8" on the lower end of thickness, so I had to open Roark and Young (5th ed), where I found something interesting. At the beginning of Ch.10, "Flat Plates", one of the assumptions is ". . . maximum deflection is not more than about one-half the thickness." Perhaps that is the boundary between beam action and catenary action.

Anyway, from here forward I'll use 0.5t as a deflection limit.

 

 

#1 MSH 2008-09-09 16:20

After I used, benefited, and enjoyed your spreadsheets, finally I found the time to say, "Thank you".

 

Refresh comments list
RSS feed for comments to this post

Please sign in or register to add a comment.

JComments