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Timber Floor System Design Example

The document outlines a timber design example for a floor system in a hotel, focusing on the design of girders and strings using 2x12 joists. It includes calculations for dead and live loads, as well as checks for bending, shear, and deflections to ensure structural integrity. The design concludes with the selection of a GLM size, emphasizing the need for different calculations for stringers due to varying loading conditions.

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Timber Floor System Design Example

The document outlines a timber design example for a floor system in a hotel, focusing on the design of girders and strings using 2x12 joists. It includes calculations for dead and live loads, as well as checks for bending, shear, and deflections to ensure structural integrity. The design concludes with the selection of a GLM size, emphasizing the need for different calculations for stringers due to varying loading conditions.

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CE455 – Timber Design Cal Poly, Civil Engineering Prof.

Charles Chadwell

Example – Floor System


Design

CE455 – Timber Design Cal Poly, Civil Engineering Prof. Charles Chadwell

Example: Design the Girder and Strings in the floor system shown below.
Assume 2x12 @ 16” o/c joist that are adequate. The occupancy is a hotel
without emergency exit corridors. D = 20 psf, L = 40 psf

30’-0”

30’-0”

2x12 DF-L @ 16” o/c

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CE455 – Timber Design Cal Poly, Civil Engineering Prof. Charles Chadwell

Demands

• Dead Load (D) – 20psf

wD = 15’(20psf) = 300 #/ft

15’
30’

• Live Load (L) – 40psf

15’

30’

CE455 – Timber Design Cal Poly, Civil Engineering Prof. Charles Chadwell

Check for LLR

Check for LLR Limits

wL = 15’(30psf) = 450 #/ft

30’

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CE455 – Timber Design Cal Poly, Civil Engineering Prof. Charles Chadwell

Design

• Size Girder (Preliminary) – Guess the Use of a Timber – Assume #2


DF-L B&S

Find Required Moment of Inertia (Ireq)


NOTE: Using the L/360, L/240, and KCR = 1.5 – If the L > 3D then the short
term criterion will control, else the short + long term criterion will govern

Assume #2 DF-L B&S


Find Required Section Modulus (Sreq)

CE455 – Timber Design Cal Poly, Civil Engineering Prof. Charles Chadwell

Find Required Area (Areq)

The correct design must satisfy all three requirements…

16x22 and a 20x20 works… Good Design?? - What about CF?

Question... When does what control?


Deflection (> 30 to 1)

Bending (> 5 to 1)
Shear
Increasing Length

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CE455 – Timber Design Cal Poly, Civil Engineering Prof. Charles Chadwell

• Size Girder (Preliminary) – Guess the Use of a GLM – Assume 20F-1.5E

Find Required Moment of Inertia (Ireq)

Find Required Section Modulus (Sreq)

Try 6 ¾ “ X 24” 20F-1.5E GLM

CE455 – Timber Design Cal Poly, Civil Engineering Prof. Charles Chadwell

Capacity (6 ¾ “ X 24” 20F-1.5E GLM)

• Check Bending

• Check Shear

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CE455 – Timber Design Cal Poly, Civil Engineering Prof. Charles Chadwell

• Check Deflections

Short Term Case

Design Check

Short Term + Long Term Case

CE455 – Timber Design Cal Poly, Civil Engineering Prof. Charles Chadwell

Design Check

Bending,
Bending Shear,
Shear and Deflections OK.
OK
Use 6 ¾“ x 24” 20F-1.5E GLM w/ ¾” Camber

Note: Its typical to Camber out


What would be different for design of the Dead Load times the Creep
the stringer? Coefficient

Moment and Shear Diagrams are Different


(point load instead of distributed load)

Area of Influence will be Different – will


need to re-calc LLR…

Ireq formulas are different because of


loading condition

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