Composite Steel Deck - Stud layout for "full" design value

[manstrom]

It's been a while. I came across a (dumb) question that I don't know 100% know the answer.

In composite steel deck tables, values are given for a deck with no steel studs and a deck with 1 stud per foot. The values with studs are obviously higher.

In order to meet the "1 stud per foot" requirement, is this one stud per foot in a line along a beam in one dimension or is this one stud per foot in two dimensions i.e. a grid of studs at 12" o.c.?

I am fairly certain that it is the former, but I can't find any confirming info.



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[JAE]

How would you have studs at 1 ft. o.c. going across the deck with no beam under them? Nothing for the stud to weld to.

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[manstrom]

I got thru to Can Am. They confirmed that it is 1 stud per ft along the length of the beams. They get that question once a year.

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

-R. Buckminster Fuller