• RAM Deflection Diagram

    Hi, I was checking how the program calculated the maximum deflection, so I made a 10' by 10' simple test case using composite deck . The Concrete Composite Deck is assigned as follow The Deflection of the beam I was checking is the upper…
  • RE: No composite Action for rotated beams

    If your beams are only angled slightly to the orientation if the deck, then only a few deck flutes will cross the beam and it may not be possible to fit enough studs for the minimum composite action requirement. The program will then select a non-composite…