Flooring
AssigneeOffshield Limited
InventorFergus Miller
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Abstract
A flooring of pre-stressed deck construction having an elongate decking extending along the flooring is provided. The decking has an upwardly facing asymmetrically profiled channel formation whereby the neutral axis is above a central horizontal plane. A tension rod extends between stressing brackets secured to each end of the decking and is located below the neutral axis of the decking along the length of the decking. Each stressing bracket is secured to upwardly extending sidewalls of the channel above the tension rod. The decking is attached to the girder framework of a building.
Claims20
A flooring of pre-stressed deck construction comprising an elongate decking having an upwardly facing channel formation extending therealong, ends, a central horizontal plane and a neutral axis;
- having a tension rod extending between the ends of the decking and located in the channel below the neutral axis of the decking along the length of the decking, wherein the channel formation is asymmetrically profiled whereby the neutral axis is above the central horizontal plane.
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