- Author
- Whittemore, H. L. | Stang, A. H. | Fishburn, C. C.
- Title
- Structural Properties of One of the "Keystone Beam Steel Floor" Constructions Sponsored by the H. H. Robertson Company.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- BMS 10, December 29, 1938, 10 p.
- Keywords
- steel beams | floors | building construction | housing | costs | tests | loads (forces) | load capacity | deformation
- Identifiers
- structural properties
- Abstract
- For the program on the determination of the structural properties of low-cost house constructions, the H. H. Robertson Co. submitted six specimens representing one of their cellular sheet-steel floor constructions. The specimens were fabricated with "FKX 18-18" panels covered by a concrete fill and a "Hubbellite" composition finish floor. The specimens were subjected to transverse, impact, and concentrated loads. For each of these loads three like specimens were tested, the concentrated-load tests being made on undamaged portions of the specimens used for the impact tests. The deformation under load and the set after the load was removed were measured for uniform increments of load, except for concentrated loads, for which the set only was determined. The strength under transverse load was also determined. The results are presented graphically and in a table.