Steel Stair Design Manual
The tread is the piece of steel that makes up the steps of the stair.
Steel stair design manual. Although complex manual draft ing is very common and is widely used. The metal stair manualpublished by the national association of architectural metal manu facturers fifth edition march 1992 is one of a number of resources available for design procedures design aids and examples. 11 2 11 1 1 1 2 concrete fill by others formed steel sheet treads and riser. Design of stair case.
Includes load tables and dimensional guides. I know the type of loads and where to apply them so i can figure out the stringer and landing beam sizes. Stair treads for any loose field poured type nosings furnished and installed by others. Beams columns braces plate trusses and fasteners.
Stairs can be detailed manual ly in 2d or automatically in 3d. This design manual has been prepared by the steel construction institute as a deliverable of the ecsc funded project valorisation project development of the use of stainless steel in construction contract 7215 pp 056. The manual was designed as a teaching tool for stair technology s stair school. It is a complete revision of the design manual for.
It does not include for example cables ladders chutes grating stairs catwalks handrails or ornamental metal. Stair terminology the tread can be made from grating or from pans both shown in figure 1. Structural steel the structural elements that make up the frame that are essential to supporting the design loads e g. Photographs details and specifications of all types of architectural metal stairs and stair components ranging from strictly functional service stairs to elaborate ornamental stairs.
I am a recent graduate structural engineer and i am given a task to design a steel staircase in the philadelphia region. The goal of this manual is to explain the general principles of basic stair building specif ically focusing on the construction of the straight stair and the l shaped stair. If such provisions are required it will be the responsibility of others to provide lapeyre stair with the proper information in adequate time to make these provisions. I can design stair connections but not so confident.
Stair design includes all steel stair components such as guardrails handrails and posts stringers headers treads pan beams landings posts and bracing.