Reinforce Existing Steel Roof Diaphragm At New Opening

Put on the adhesive as you would caulk.

Reinforce existing steel roof diaphragm at new opening.

In buildings with wood diaphragms and reinforced concrete or masonry walls the most common chord members are reinforcing steel placed in the wall at or near the roof diaphragm elevation and a structural steel angle bolted to the wall. Stiffen trusses by joining them with 2x4s running from one end of the house to the other. 2 the original structural design assumptions e g. Apply construction adhesive along the edge of the truss to strengthen the connection to the plywood roof deck.

A concrete floor is relatively rigid compared to steel moment frames whereas a metal deck roof is relatively flexible compared to concrete or masonry walls. Using the steel deck institute sdi diaphragm design manual third edition we can determine the required deck fastening. Adding new joists or beams considerations existing interferences piping electrical conduits other interferences removing or relocating could be at a greater expense than reinforcement camber may need to reduce camber in new joists joists can be ordered with shallower seat depths and then shimmed in the field. The corresponding diaphragm chord forces are therefore equal to m divided by the diaphragm depth b.

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. The proposed opening may affect existing floor structures in one or all of the following ways. Wood diaphragms are generally. Once the opening is located relevant existing floor structures must be carefully assessed.

Where the existing chord member is adequate rehabilitation may be limited to enhancing shear transfer. Evaluation of existing structures. Using 5 8 inch puddle welds for attaching deck to supports and 10 sidelap screws we find the nominal shear strength in the table for 0 0295 inch thick wr deck is 0 740 klf using a 36 4 12 inch o c support fastener. The maximum unit shear on the wall diaphragm is also equal to the roof reaction r divided by b.

Importance is the in plane rigidity of the diaphragm relative to the walls or frame elements that transmit the lateral forces to the ground figure 4 29.