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CMC Steel Products Composite Castellated Beam INTRODUCTION: CONSTRUCTION BRIDGING:

This program will assist in sizing simply supported , composite castellated beams with point and uniformly Construction bridging is required for castell

requires construction bridging to be installe

!roducts toll free at "#$$% $&'()*)& for furher information or assistance.   +. A * lb. man at midspan. This conditio

HO TO SP!CI"#: remoed.Castellated beams can be specified in one of the following methods ). One ', lb. bundle of dec/ to be plac

  1. Direct Specification: condition requires horizontal bridging to be

2hen using direct specification the beam is specified in the same manner as a wide flange beam. 3or e4ample, $RNINGS % !RRORS:

The following are errors and will cause the

composite construction, significant weight saings can be achieed by using a heaier tee section on the +. 1e 5 emin1 ( e must be at least *1 to pro

bottom and a lighter section on the top. This is /nown as an assymetric section. An e4ample of this ). 1dt 5 dtmin1 ( dt must be greater than dt

  *. 1e6tw 7 *1, 1)h6e 7 #1, 1!hi 7 &)1, 1!hi 5

beam is manufactured from a *8 pound per foot beam on top and a '& pound per foot on bottom. Seeral these limitations.

common assymetric sections can be selected in the design program. 9n order to accommodate production '. 1h6tw 7 :$6"3y;.8%1 ( the web slendern

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Composite Castellated Design Program

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