Floor Plate Allowable Span

You can also use the wood beam calculator from the american wood council website to determine maximum rafter and joist lengths.

Floor plate allowable span.

1 psf lb f ft 2 47 88 n m 2. Use the span tables below to determine allowable lengths of joists and rafters based on size and standard design loads. Engineering calculators menu engineering analysis menu. The loading includes the weight of the structure and other fixed weights which are defined as the dead load.

The values given in tables 1 and 2 represent the maximum allowable loads for plywood or osb. Maximum floor joist span for no. Step 1 check the code. Table 1d applies to apa rated plywood structural i sturd i floor.

This sets an allowable first floor live load of 40 psf a dead load of 10 psf and a deflection of l 360. Brown campbell fiberglass diamond plate flooring load information. Tables 2a through 2c apply to apa rated osb sheathing apa rated osb structural i sheathing and apa rated osb sturd i floor respectively. Brown campbell floor plate product specifications.

1 ft 0 3048 m. Slip resistantfloorplate load table thickness inches span 3003aluminumfloorplate 333 148 83 53 37 0 13 0 30 0 53 0 83 1 19 750 333 188 120 83 61 47 0 09 0 20 0 35 0 55 0 79 1 08 1 41. Many of the stress and deflection equations and calculators referenced from. Dead load weight of structure and fixed loads 10 lbs ft 2.

Specialty steel manufacturer fabricator distributor since 1952. Live load is weight of furniture wind snow and more. For sanded plywood panels see table 3. Flat plates stress deflection equations and calculators.

First check the local code for allowable live load dead load and deflection see figure 2. For this example i ll use the icc which serves as the model for many state and local codes.