Method of calculating the shear stiffness of the flooring under the action of horizontal loads

Abstract

This article deals with the issue of calculating combined plywood-metal flooring as a horizontal disk of stiffness, taking into account the structural non-linearity. An analytically obtained method calculating the shear stiffness of the flooring under the action of horizontal loads is proposed. The task was to derive a three-line correlation - relationship for the fictitious connection operation, based on the constructively nonlinear operation of the flooring. Based on the proposed analytical method of calculating the shear stiffness of the flooring under the influence of horizontal loads, the work of the flooring is modeled as part of the design scheme shown in the figure. The resulting diagram of fictitious relationships was introduced as a characteristic of nonlinear work. In manual calculation in the derivation of the analytical formulas, the compound was considered as a pure hinge. We can conclude that the proposed analytical method of calculating the shear stiffness of the flooring when it is working on a horizontal load, taking into account the structural non-linearity.