Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 10: Technical Software Specification for Composite Beams 10 - v Contents Page No FOREWORD iii SUMMARY vi 1 SCOPE 7 2 BASIC DATA 8 2.1 General parameters of the beam 8 2.2 Steel section 9 2.3 Concrete slab 9 2.4 Shear connection 10 2.5 Loads 11 2.6 Partial factors 12 2.7 Other design parameters 12 3 MATERIAL PROPERTIES 13 3.1 Structural steel 13 3.2 Reinforcement steel bars 13 3.3 Concrete 13 4 CALCULATION OF INTERNAL FORCES AND MOMENTS 14 4.1 General 14 4.2 Effects of a point load 14 4.3 Effects of a uniformly distributed surface load 15 4.4 Combinations of actions 15 5 CONSTRUCTION STAGE 16 5.1 General 16 5.2 ULS verifications 16 5.3 SLS Calculations 20 6 FINAL STAGE 21 6.1 Effective width of the slab 21 6.2 Shear connection 21 6.3 Cross-section resistance 24 6.4 Longitudinal shear resistance 29 6.5 Serviceability limit states 31 7 LIST OF THE MAIN OUTPUTS 33 REFERENCES 34 Appendix A Overall flowchart 35