Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
  • E04C5/00—Reinforcing elements, e.g. for concrete; Auxiliary elements therefor
  • E04C5/16—Auxiliary parts for reinforcements, e.g. connectors, spacers, stirrups
  • E04C5/18—Spacers of metal or substantially of metal
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B5/00—Floors; Floor construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted therefor
  • E04B5/16—Load-carrying floor structures wholly or partly cast or similarly formed in situ
  • E04B5/32—Floor structures wholly cast in situ with or without form units or reinforcements
  • E04B5/36—Floor structures wholly cast in situ with or without form units or reinforcements with form units as part of the floor
  • E04B5/38—Floor structures wholly cast in situ with or without form units or reinforcements with form units as part of the floor with slab-shaped form units acting simultaneously as reinforcement; Form slabs with reinforcements extending laterally outside the element
  • E04B5/40—Floor structures wholly cast in situ with or without form units or reinforcements with form units as part of the floor with slab-shaped form units acting simultaneously as reinforcement; Form slabs with reinforcements extending laterally outside the element with metal form-slabs
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B5/00—Floors; Floor construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted therefor
  • E04B5/48—Special adaptations of floors for incorporating ducts, e.g. for heating or ventilating
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
  • E04C5/00—Reinforcing elements, e.g. for concrete; Auxiliary elements therefor
  • E04C5/01—Reinforcing elements of metal, e.g. with non-structural coatings
  • E04C5/06—Reinforcing elements of metal, e.g. with non-structural coatings of high bending resistance, i.e. of essentially three-dimensional extent, e.g. lattice girders
  • E04C5/0645—Shear reinforcements, e.g. shearheads for floor slabs
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
  • E04C5/00—Reinforcing elements, e.g. for concrete; Auxiliary elements therefor
  • E04C5/16—Auxiliary parts for reinforcements, e.g. connectors, spacers, stirrups
  • E04C5/162—Connectors or means for connecting parts for reinforcements
  • E04C5/166—Connectors or means for connecting parts for reinforcements the reinforcements running in different directions
  • E04C5/167—Connection by means of clips or other resilient elements
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
  • E04C5/00—Reinforcing elements, e.g. for concrete; Auxiliary elements therefor
  • E04C5/16—Auxiliary parts for reinforcements, e.g. connectors, spacers, stirrups
  • E04C5/20—Auxiliary parts for reinforcements, e.g. connectors, spacers, stirrups of material other than metal or with only additional metal parts, e.g. concrete or plastics spacers with metal binding wires
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
  • E04B1/92—Protection against other undesired influences or dangers
  • E04B1/94—Protection against other undesired influences or dangers against fire
  • E04B2001/949—Construction elements filled with liquid, e.g. water, either permanently or only in case of fire

Definitions

• This invention relates to flooring, and in particular to flooring of the pre-stressed deck construction.
• the decking may be supported by means of additional "secondary beams" secured to the beams of the girder framework, but again these are an additional expense.
• the presence of the secondary beams restricts the passage of services, e.g. gas, water and electricity pipes and cables, through the floor space.
• the flooring may be formed of pre-stressed concrete, but this is very costly to produce and transport to the site. In addition, large capacity lifting gear is required to position the flooring.
• This tension rod is located in an upwardly facing channel of the decking, which is shaped to be symmetrical about a central horizontal plane, the neutral axis of the decking.
• the tension rod is secured to brackets attached to the ends, or upwardly bent ends, of the decking, so that it is only at the centre of the span that the tension rod is significantly below the neutral axis of the decking.
• the positive bending moment induced in the decking when the tension rod is tightened will be very small, and the stress in the rod has to be substantial to achieve the desired effect, thereby requiring high-grade steel.
• this embodiment introduces the complexity of the centrally disposed post to form the upwards camber in the decking, and effectively requires independently applying tension to both ends of the tension rod.
• the assembly of the post to the decking is a time consuming and costly operation, and exposes the construction to the risk of fire.
• this construction may interfere with the passage of services through the floor space.
• the invention provides flooring of pre-stressed deck construction comprising an elongate decking having an upwardly facing channel formation extending therealong, and a tension rod extending between the ends of the decking and located in the channel below the neutral axis of the decking along the length of the decking.
• the formation may be asymmetrically profiled whereby the neutral axis is above a central horizontal plane.
• the flooring comprises a stressing bracket secured to each end of the decking, the tension rod being connected to each stressing bracket.
• Each stressing bracket may be secured to the decking above the tension rod.
• the stressing brackets may be secured to upwardly extending sidewalls of the channel.
• the tension rod may extend through a loading bush located in each stressing bracket.
• Each stressing bracket may be formed of sheet material bent to provide a load face and upper, lower and two opposed side flanges, each flange extending substantially perpendicular to the load face.
• the loading bush may be located in an aperture in the load face.
• Connection means may connect the tension rpd to the decking at a mid location therealong.
• the connection means may be a support clip, which may be of a resilient material.
• the support clip may be of spring steel.
• Heat insulation material may be disposed between the tension rod and the decking.
• the insulation material may be polypropylene, or preferably porous mineral fibre.
• the decking may have upper flanges extending laterally of the channel, and the flanges may have interlocking formations extending along their longitudinal edges, whereby a decking may be mutually engaged in side-by-side disposition with an adjacent decking.
• the decking may have a male formation extending along the edge of one upper flange and a female formation extending along the edge of the other upper flange and adapted tp receive a male formation of another decking.
• the flooring may comprise a supporting girder framework with the decking being attached to the girder framework.
• the stressing bracket may be attached to the girder framework.
• the girder framework may comprise an I-beam having upper and lower flanges, in which case the stressing bracket may be secured to the upper flange of the I-beam, and may be secured to the underside of the upper flange.
• the stressing bracket may be secured to the flange of the I-beam by means of screwed studs.
• the screwed studs may bear on the flange through a countersunk collar.
• the studs may extend upwardly of the upper flange of the I-beam and into a concrete floor supported by the decking,
• the flooring may comprise lateral rods extending transversely of the decking.
• the lateral rods may be supported above the decking by spacer blocks.
• the lateral rods may be connected to the decking and may be connected to the interlocking formations of the decking.
• the lateral rods may be connected to the interlocking formations by means of connecting clips.
• the connecting clips may be of a resilient material, and may be of spring steel.
• the concrete floor may have at least one cavity therein.
• the cavity may be lined with a waterproof material, which may be a plastics material.
• the cavity lining may contain water, which may be heated or cooled.
• the cavity lining may have a plug in an aperture therein, the plug being of a material adapted to melt in the event of a fire in the proximity of the flooring.
• Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a length of decking
• Figs. 2 and 3 show respectively the development and folded stressing bracket
• Fig 4 is a longitudinal section through the end of a decking attached to the girder framework
• Fig. 5 is a lateral centre-span section through two adjacent deckings
• Fig 6 is an end view of two adjacent deckings
• Fig 7 shows a support clip of Fig. 5 to an enlarged scale
• Fig 8 shows a connecting clip of Fig. 5 to an enlarged scale
• Fig 9 shows stacked units during transportation
• Figs 10 and 11 are side and plan views respectively of an alternative support clip.
• a length of decking 10 has, in use, an upwardly facing channel 11 formed by a base 12 and sidewalls 13. Ribs 14 are formed in the base 12 and sidewalls 13 for stiffening purposes.
• the decking 10 is formed with upper flanges 15 that are also provided with stiffening ribs 14.
• the channel 11 tapers downwardly, and the upper flanges 15 are considerably larger than the base 12.
• the neutral axis is as high as is practicably possible above the centre line of the section, as shown. This maximises the dimension between the neutral axis and the applied tension.
• One upper flange 15 is formed with a female interlocking formation 16 along its free edge, which is adapted to receive a male interlocking formation 17 formed along the free edge of the other upper flange 15.
• adjacent deckings 10 may be attached to each other as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.
• This construction provides a vertical shear interlock and lateral thrust load transfer between adjacent deckings 10 that assists inter-decking load sharing in either direction.
• a stressing bracket 20 As shown in developed and folded configurations in Figs. 2 and 3.
• the stressing bracket 20 is formed of sheet material, preferably steel, bent to provide a load face 21 and upper, lower and two opposed side flanges 22, 23, and 24 respectively.
• each flange 22, 23, 24 extends substantially perpendicular to the load face 21.
• side flanges 24 are further bent to form top flanges 25.
• An aperture 26 is provided in the load face 21, holes 27 are provided in side flanges 24, and holes 28 are provided in top flanges 25 for purposes to be described below.
• a torsion plate 29 may be provided, for example at mid- span, as a precautionary strengthening of the decking 10. This would abate possible twist distortion during transportation.
• a stressing bracket 20 secured to the end of a decking 10.
• the side flanges 24 of the stressing bracket 20 are secured by means of bolts or rivets through the holes 27 to the sidewalls 13 of the decking 10. With these bolts or rivets being in a near-vertical sidewall 13 of the decking 10, shear loads from the decking 10 are transferred effectively to the stressing bracket 20.
• the stressing bracket 20 may be resistance spot welded.
• the stressing bracket 20 effectively bears onto a stiffened compression zone at the end of the decking 10 beneath the neutral axis. Pure axial compression stress can be developed in this zone.
• the end of span shear forces associated with the weight of the decking 10 are taken through the near vertical sidewalls 13 of the decking 10, and transferred via the bolts, rivets or welding to the bracket
• a tension rod 40 passes through a loading bush 41 located in the aperture 26 in the load face 21 stressing bracket 20. Nut 42 on the end of tension rod 40 is tightened to tension the rod 40 and apply a bending stress to the decking 10. Since the tension rod 40 is below the neutral axis of the decking 10, the bending stress applied to the decking 10 is positive, causing upward arching of the decking 10. Also, since the attachment of the stressing bracket 20 to the decking 10 is above the tension rod 40, there is no negative bending stress applied to the ends of the decking 10. In fact, the positive bending stress applied is enhanced by this configuration.
• the stressing bracket 20 is secured to the top flange 43 of an I-beam 44 forming part of the gjrder framework of the building.
• shear studs 45 pass through countersunk holes in the top flange 43 and through the holes 28 in top flanges 25 of the stressing bracket 20.
• a nut 46 on the bottom of the shear stud 45 secures the stressing bracket 20 and the I- beam 44 together.
• the shear studs are welded to the flange of the girder framework, but this is a time consuming and expensive operation.
• the shear studs 45 bear on the flange 25 through a countersunk collar 47, and assembly of the decking 10 to the girder framework 44 is simplified and less costly than was the case previously. Furthermore, this attachment of the stressing brackets 20 to the I-beams 44 using the shear studs 45 creates a rigid structure providing lateral restraint to the girder 44 to prevent lateral deflection under load.
• each tension rod 40 is connected to the decking 10 by means of a spring steel support clip 50. This provides additional central support for the decking 10 to counteract the bending stresses induced in and mid-span deflection of the decking 10 caused by the weight of the concrete floor 53.
• such attachment does not facilitate the transfer of heat through the floor 53 and tension rod 40 to the decking 10.
• heat insulation material 51 for example polypropylene or porous mineral fibre quilting, is disposed between the tension rod 40 and the decking 10 for the purpose of resisting the spread of fire.
• lateral rods 52 are located above the decking 10.
• the lateral rods 52 are connected to the decking 10 at suitable intervals by means of spring steel connecting clips 54.
• the connecting clips 54 clip to the interlocking formations 16, 17 of the decking 10.
• a services aperture 48 is shown in the girder 44.
• Lightweight spacer blocks 57 of a plastics material, e.g. dense polystyrene, are provided (only one is shown in Fig. 5) to act as a support for the lateral rods 52. This enables the lateral rods 52 to be located at the optimum height for concrete shrinkage crack control in the floor 53.
• the spacer blocks 57 ensure that the lateral rods 42 are not in damaging contact with the decking 10.
• Use of the spacer blocks 57 as a packing/spacer during transportation of the deckings 10 is shown in Fig. 9.
• the concrete floor 53 is poured onto the deckings 10.
• the pre-camber introduced into the decking 10 by tensioning of the rod 40 will straighten out, followed by sagging to the permissible centre deflection. This creates an end rotation of the decking 10 that will increase the tension in the tension rod 40 and hence reduction of the negative bending stress on the decking 10 caused by the weight of the concrete flooring 53, i.e. the arrangement is partially self-stress relieving. As shown in Fig.
• the concrete floor 53 envelops the longitudinally grooved shear stgds 45 to resist shear in the floor 53 across the I-beam 44.
• the countersunk collars 47 reduce the risk of slip between the shear studs 45 and the flange 43.
• the floor 53 also envelops the lateral rods 52, again to resist shear in the floor 53.
• voids 55 are created in the floor 53.
• the spacer blocks 57 also locate the lateral rods 52 to allow the maximum size of the voids 55, and in themselves form light voids to reduce the weight of the floor 53.
• the voids 55 are lined with a non-degradable material, for example of a plastics material, and filled with water or other fire preventing fluid, e.g an inert gas such as carbon dioxide.
• a non-degradable material for example of a plastics material
• water or other fire preventing fluid e.g an inert gas such as carbon dioxide.
• the lining of voids 53 is suspended from the lateral rods 52.
• a tube 56 extends from the lined void 55 to the insulation blanket 51.
• a plug (not shown) of a material that will readily melt in the event of a fire, is disposed in the tube 56 to allow the water or other fluid to escape in the event of a fire.
• the water or other fluid may be heated or cooled to provide underfloor heating/cooling if desired.
• connecting clip 58 is shown in Figs. 10 and 11.
• This clip 58 is preferably of resilient steel wire, and has the advantages that it does not project into the concrete floor 53, it supports the lateral rods 52 at a complimentary level to the spacer blocks 57 and could be of differing sizes to vary the depth of support to the lateral rods 52 for differing ponding depths of concrete floor 53.
• a flooring of pre-stressed deck construction is provided that allows for larger spans than was possible heretofore without exceeding stress and deflection limits.
• lower grades of steel for the decking and tension rods can be used, thereby resulting in a cheaper construction.
• the present construction also provides enhanced lateral stiffness and resistance to shear and lateral deflection, resulting in a more efficient supporting girder through the restraint to the compression flange and reduced tendency to cracking of the concrete floor.
• the present construction provides greater resistance to heat transfer through the floor and increased safety in fire situations.

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