Composite Floor Systems Book

	Preface
1	Introduction	1
2	Composite floor construction	3
2.1	Composite slabs using shallow profiled steel decking	3
2.2	Composite steel beams combined with profiled decking and in situ concrete	11
3	Slimflor construction	26
3.1	Background information	26
3.2	Slimdek construction	27
3.3	The general benefits of using Slimdek construction	28
3.4	The Slimflor beam (SFB)	28
3.5	Typical Slimflor project	34
3.6	Design of Slimflor beams using deep decking	36
3.7	Slimflor beam test programme	55
3.8	Asymmetric Slimflor Beam (ASB)	60
3.9	RHS Slimflor edge beams (RHSFB)	77
3.10	Composite slabs using deep decking (SD225)	103
4	Other forms of composite construction	112
4.1	Composite trusses	112
4.2	Fabricated composite beams	129
4.3	Stub girders	134
4.4	The parallel beam approach	156
4.5	Cellular beams	165
App. A	Composite construction using shallow profiled steel decking	171
App. B	Slimdek construction	201
App. C	Worked example for stub girder construction	281
	References	307
	Index	309