The floor system of a building consists of a 125 mm thick reinforced concrete slab resting on four steel floor beams, which in turn are supported by two steel girders, shown. The cross-sectional areas of the floor beams and the girders are 9,500 mm² and 33,700 mm², respectively. Steel- Steel girder (A = 33,700 mm²) column -3 at 3 m = 9 m B C I Tributary area for 125 mm beam CG concrete slab F G + Steel floor beam (A=9,500 mm²) 1.5 m 1.5 m Determine the total distributed dead load (kN/m) carried by beam DH. 8 m

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The floor system of a building consists of a 125 mm thick reinforced concrete slab resting on four steel floor beams, which in turn are supported by two steel girders, as
shown. The cross-sectional areas of the floor beams and the girders are 9,500 mm² and 33,700 mm², respectively.
Steel-
Steel girder (A = 33,700 mm²)
column
3 at 3 m = 9 m
B
C
I
I
Tributary
area for
125 mm
concrete
slab
beam CG
H
F
G
Steel floor beam
(A = 9,500 mm²)
1.5 m 1.5 m
Determine the total distributed dead load (kN/m) carried by beam DH.
8 m
Transcribed Image Text:The floor system of a building consists of a 125 mm thick reinforced concrete slab resting on four steel floor beams, which in turn are supported by two steel girders, as shown. The cross-sectional areas of the floor beams and the girders are 9,500 mm² and 33,700 mm², respectively. Steel- Steel girder (A = 33,700 mm²) column 3 at 3 m = 9 m B C I I Tributary area for 125 mm concrete slab beam CG H F G Steel floor beam (A = 9,500 mm²) 1.5 m 1.5 m Determine the total distributed dead load (kN/m) carried by beam DH. 8 m
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