Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 10: Technical Software Specification for Composite Beams 10 - 35 APPENDIX A Overall flowchart Calculation of internal forces and moment at each DP for load case Effective width of the slab Degree of shear connection Determination of Design Points (DP) Minimum degree of shear connection Start b eff (x) Basic data Position of DPs M , V   min    min ? “Increase the degree of shear connection” No Yes Cross-section resistance Longitudinal shear resistance Criteria  M ,  V … Design criterion Transverse reinf. § 6.1… § 4… § 6.2.2… § 6.2.3… § 6.3… End SLS Calculations Deflections Natural frequency § 6.4… § 6.5… Calculations at the construction stage § 5… Flowchart A.2 § 4.1… Figure A.1 Overall flowchart of the calculations