Joist Hanger Selector App Simpson Strong-Tie, the industry leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, has a new Steel Deck Diaphragm Calculator web app that enables engineers to quickly and efficiently identify the best design and fastener solutions for steel decks given shear and uplift loads. The app provides diaphragm shear strengths of a steel deck when using Simpson Strong-Tie® screws. It features two calculators – one develops tables of diaphragm capacities based on the effects of combined shear and tension and the other provides optimized fastening solutions for a given shear and uplift.(…)
