Design the timber floor for a dwelling if it comprises tongued and grooved (T&G) boards carried by 3.6m span joists at 600mm centres.The load imposed by the dead weight of the boards is 0.1kN/m^2by joist is 0.12kN/m^2 and by plaster ceiling on the underside of 0.18kN/m^2. The floor is subjected to a domestic imposed load of 1.5kN/m^2. Use tropical wood -iroko timber whose density is 657kg/m^3
Design the timber floor for a dwelling if it comprises tongued and grooved (T&G) boards carried by 3.6m span joists at 600mm centres.The load imposed by the dead weight of the boards is 0.1kN/m^2by joist is 0.12kN/m^2 and by plaster ceiling on the underside of 0.18kN/m^2. The floor is subjected to a domestic imposed load of 1.5kN/m^2. Use tropical wood -iroko timber whose density is 657kg/m^3
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Design the timber floor for a dwelling if it comprises tongued and grooved (T&G) boards carried by 3.6m span joists at 600mm centres.The load imposed by the dead weight of the boards is 0.1kN/m^2by joist is 0.12kN/m^2 and by plaster ceiling on the underside of 0.18kN/m^2. The floor is subjected to a domestic imposed load of 1.5kN/m^2. Use tropical wood -iroko timber whose density is 657kg/m^3
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