Strength of welded headed studs in ribbed metal deck on composite joists

Standards for stud strength in composite joists are presently not available. Existing standards for composite design are targeted for composite beam design while design of a composite joist requires more emphasis on stud strength to fully develop the joist bottom chord. Stud placement in the deck fl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sublett, Charles Nelson
Other Authors: Civil Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45303
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10242009-020240/