BS 5950-6:1995 gives recommendations for the design of light gauge profiled steel sheeting used as roof decking, flooring and roof and wall cladding, including the design of profiled steel sheeting as permanent formwork for composite slabs.
It covers single and double skin cladding, but not the design of cladding elements which are not required to carry wind or snow loading. It is primarily intended for a net thickness of steel material up to 2 mm. It does not cover the design of sections with large bend radii.
This Part of BS 5950 applies to profiled steel sheets which consist either of a series of stiffened or unstiffened trapezoidal flutes or of other ribbed profiles which behave in a substantially similar manner. Such sheets are generally made up of flat elements bounded either by free edges or by bends with included angles not exceeding 1358. It also applies to profiled steel sheets which are embossed for use in composite slabs.
Only resistance to out-of-plane loading is covered in this Part of BS 5950. For resistance to in-plane loading by diaphragm action see BS 5950 : Part 9.
For the design of composite slabs using profiled steel sheeting acting compositely with concrete see BS 5950 :Part 4.
NOTE.1. The recommendations given in this Part of BS 5950 assume that the standards of materials and workmanship are as specified in Part 7 of BS 5950.
