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Cofrastra 40
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Cofrastra 40
Corrugated sheet
for composite floors
Application
Cofrastra 40 profiled steel sheeting is designed for the
construction of reinforced concrete intermediate floors,
terraces and flat roofs in all kinds of building structures,
wherever static loads or low dynamic loads (office blocks,
public buildings, high-rise structures, multi-storey car
parks, warehouses) are expected. The corrugated
sheet distinguishes as it can be used in floor sheet of
small thickness (from 9 cm) and, at the same time,
it has high adhesion strength which has an influence
on building floor sheets with big spans with moderate
loading.
Material
Cofrastra 40 sheets are profiled using the technology
of continuous roll forming of flat steel sheet S 350 GD,
specified to PN-EN 10326:2006 and zinc-plated on both
sides with zinc coat thickness of 275 g/m2 (C1 and C2
corrosive environment).
Cofrastra 40 is not available in coating.
Floor slab thickness from
8 cm to 20 cm
Varnished side
Formwork
At the construction stage, Cofrastra 40 profiled sheets
form a non-dismountable flooring formwork, fastened
to fixed props and shored, if required. The formwork
sheeting must be continuous at bays and any edge trims
must be supported on fixed props. There is not a possi-
bility of sheet lap joining on props. That is why stoppers
or flashing should be used on the intermediate props
at any sheet edge trims. Metal sheets are equipped in a
lengthwise snap fastener which makes mounting easier.
But it is advised to additionally stitch the fastener as it
can open especially during long segments. Thanks to their
light weight of 9.97 kg/m2 (for 0,75 mm thickness), the
profiles can be manually handled despite the dimensions.
The formwork sheeting must be continuous at bays and
any edge trims must be supported on fixed props. The
maximum length of a single profile should not exceed
15 m due to restricted handling and manipulation
possibilities on a building site.
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Reinforcement Approval and Standards

At the composite stage, Cofrastra 40 because of its
specific characteristics, the mechanical constraints formed
between the sheet and concrete resulting from the forces
caused by surface friction and ribs is regarded
as a combined (composite) system which partially
or completely substitutes the bottom span reinforcement
of a floor slab. The cross-section of the reinforcement
used in Cofrastra 40 sheeting ranges from 12,02 cm2/mb
to 13,59 cm2/mb, depending on the gauge
of the material. The total thickness of the floor
slab ranges from 9 cm to 20 cm.
When designing continuous reinforced slabs it is necessary
to fill the floor slab with rebars working towards negative
moment at the support. Considering concrete shrinkage,
it is recommended to use ant-crack reinforcement mesh
of at least 80 mm2/m in both directions.
The design of a Cofrastra 40 composite reinforced
concrete slab, its dimensioning for the construction stage
and composite stage and the design assumptions from the
point of view of fire resistance are exclusively based
on the guidelines and methods stated in:
PN EN 1994-1-1: 2008
PN EN 1994-1-2: 2008
PN EN 1993-1-3: 2008
The key parameters required to predict the delamination
resistance and the characteristic values for the design
of a floor slab with regard to its fire resistance have been
determined and verified at the Polish Building Research
Institute (ITB) and published in the Technical Approval
No. AT-15-6138/2009.

Technical parameters
Cofrastra 40 floor sheet geometrical data
bo br
Cofrastra 40 geometrical data

bs [cm] bb [cm] bo [cm] br [cm] hp [cm] hp

hp/2

15,00 12,40 10,35 4,65 4,0 bb

bs
Performance characteristics:

Nominal sheet gauge ts mm 0,75 0,85

Payload gs kg/ m2 9,97 11,19
Effective cross-section of the steel Ap cm2/m 12,02 13,59
Cross-section M.I Ip cm4/m 27,55 31,43
Neutral axis position e cm 1,42 1,42
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Table of allowed spans for the construction stage of Cofrastra 40 sheet

L L L L L L L
fmax < L /180 fmax < L /250 d=100 d=100
Floor sheet
0,75 0,88 0,75 0,88 0,75 0,88 0,75 0,88
thickness [mm]
Floor slab L [m] L [m] L [m] L [m]
thickness [cm]
9 2,15 2,27 1,99 2,11 2,26 2,63 2,45 2,81
10 2,07 2,19 1,92 2,03 2,15 2,5 2,41 2,69
11 2,03 2,12 1,85 1,96 2,05 2,39 2,3 2,58
12 1,99 2,1 1,79 1,9 1,96 2,29 2,2 2,5
13 1,93 2,04 1,74 1,84 1,88 2,2 2,11 2,47
14 1,88 1,99 1,7 1,8 1,8 2,11 2,03 2,37
16 1,79 1,9 1,62 1,71 1,67 1,97 1,88 2,21
18 1,72 1,82 1,55 1,64 1,56 1,84 1,76 2,07
20 1,65 1,75 1,49 1,58 1,47 1,74 1,65 1,95

Nominal concrete consumption

Floor sheet
cm 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 20
thickness

Concrete
m3/m2 0,08 0,09 0,10 0,11 0,12 0,13 0,14 0,15 0,17 0,19
consumption
Floor slab
theoretical kN/m2 2,00 2,25 2,50 2,75 3,00 3,25 3,50 3,75 4,25 4,75
weight*
* In order to determine the total weight of the slab the weight of concrete, the deflection and the weight
of the sheet profile must be taken into account. 25 kN/m3 is the concrete specific gravity assumption
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Composite floor slab performance characteristics

COFRASTRA 40; 0,75mm COFRASTRA 40; 0,85mm

h [cm]
Mpl,Rd VvRd I Mpl,Rd VvRd I
[kNm/m] [kN/m] [cm4/m] [kNm/m] [kN/m] [cm4/m]
9 25,64 43,87 425 28,07 45,85 447
10 29,85 47,34 568 32,83 49,31 597
11 34,06 50,77 738 37,58 52,72 776
12 38,26 54,14 938 42,34 56,08 985
13 42,47 57,46 1170 47,10 59,39 1228
14 46,68 60,74 1435 51,85 62,66 1505
15 50,89 63,96 1736 56,61 65,87 1820
16 55,09 67,14 2074 61,37 69,03 2173
18 63,51 73,34 2872 70,88 75,21 3005
20 71,92 79,34 3842 80,39 81,18 4016
22 80,33 85,15 5002 89,91 86,96 5221
24 88,75 90,75 6365 99,42 92,54 6636
28 105,58 101,37 9764 118,44 103,10 10158

Fire resistance on the basis PN EN 1994-1-2, Appendix D and applied

Non-insulated floor slabs of at least 90 mm, constructed in a special casing to the wave sections of the slab ensures
using Cofrasra 40 profiles, without extra reinforcement a fire stop rating which exceeds REI 30.
in bays have the fire endurance rating of min. REI 30. The approach to dimensioning and essential
The minimum thicknesses of floor slabs which guarantee characteristics have been included in AT-15-6138/2009.
that the fireproof insulation requirements are met are Further details can also be obtained from the Technical
shown in the table. Department of ArcelorMittal.
A proper design of additional reinforcement developed
REI 30 60 90 120 180
Thickness [cm] 9 9 11 13 17

Acoustic insulation
Floor acoustic characteristics without a suspended ceiling
depend on floor slab weight and are compliant with:
Floor slab
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20
thickness
Acoustic
insulation 45 (0;-4) 46(0;-4) 47(-1;-4) 48(-1;-5) 49(-1;-5) 50(-2;-6) 50(-1;-5) 53(-1;-6)
Rw (C:Ctr) dB(A)
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Load bearing capacity of the floor and delamination

According to PN EN 1994-1-1 the load-bearing capacity
of the floor beam as far as the delamination of sheeting m Mpa k MPa TRd Mpa
is concerned is verified using one of the following two
equivalent methods: the evaluation of m-k values and
the partial composition method. The parameters required
to check this aspect of load-bearing capacity have been
129,37 0,1850 0,30
determined during laboratory strength tests carried out at
the Building Research Institute, using methods compliant
with PN-EN-1994-1-1 appendix B.3.

Safe load tables (composite stage)

Continuous floor slab single-span

Span lenghts of the support structure [mm]

Qk
1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000
[kN/m2]
1,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221

0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3
9 6 9 6 9 6 9 6 10 8 12 8 13 8 15 10 16 10 18 10
20 20 20 30 30 30 35 35 35 35

2,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 17 Q188 20 Q221

0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3
9 6 9 6 9 6 9 8 10 8 12 8 13 10 15 10 17 10 20 10
20 20 20 20 30 35 30 30 30 35

3,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 14 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221

0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 3
9 6 9 6 9 6 9 8 10 8 12 10 14 10 16 10 18 10
20 20 20 30 35 40 40 40 40

4,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 11 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 17 Q188 19 Q221

0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 3
9 6 9 6 9 8 9 8 11 10 13 10 15 10 17 10 19 10
20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 40

6,0 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 14 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221

0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3
9 6 9 6 9 8 10 8 12 10 14 10 16 10 18 10
20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

8,0 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 11 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 17 Q188 20 Q221

0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3
9 6 9 8 9 8 11 10 13 10 15 10 17 10 20 12
20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
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Continuous floor slab double-span

L1/3 L2/3

L1 L2
Span lenghts of the support structure [mm]
Qk
1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000
[kN/m2]
1,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
0 10 0 10 0 10 1 10 1 9 2 8 2 9 2 11 3 9 3 8
9 6 9 6 9 6 9 6 10 6 12 6 13 6 15 8 16 8 18 8
20 20 20 20 20 35 35 30 30 30

2,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221
6 6 6 6 6 8 8 6 12 12
0 10 0 10 0 10 1 10 1 7 2 12 2 10 2 5 3 16 3 15
9 6 9 6 9 6 9 6 10 6 12 8 13 8 15 8 16 8 18 8
20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30

3,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221
6 6 6 6 6 8 8 12 12 10
0 10 0 10 0 10 1 7 1 6 2 10 2 8 2 16 3 14 3 9
9 6 9 6 9 6 9 6 10 8 12 8 13 8 15 8 16 10 18 10
20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

4,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221
6 6 6 6 6 8 12 12 12 8
0 10 0 10 0 9 1 6 1 5 2 8 2 15 2 14 3 12 3 5
9 6 9 6 9 6 9 8 10 8 12 8 13 8 15 8 16 10 18 10
20 20 20 20 20 25 30 35 30 30

6,0 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 11 Q131 13 Q131 14 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221 20 Q221
6 6 6 8 8 10 8 12 8 16
0 10 0 10 0 7 1 10 1 8 2 11 2 6 2 12 3 5 3 18
9 6 9 6 9 6 10 8 11 8 13 8 14 10 16 10 18 10 20 10
20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

8,0 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 14 Q188 16 Q188 17 Q188 19 Q221 20 Q221
6 6 8 10 8 12 12 16 12 12
0 10 0 9 0 10 1 12 1 7 2 14 2 12 3 18 3 9 3 8
9 6 9 6 9 8 10 8 12 8 14 8 16 10 17 10 19 10 20 12
20 20 30 30 30 35 30 30 30 40

A floor slab thickness Assumptions for the Tables

A C
D B number of shores per span
B E at the construction stage
F G C type of anti-crack reinforcement mesh
H D rebar gauge over the props (2 cm casing)
E distribution of rebars over the props
F floor slab thickness for REI 60
G rebar gauge in the floor sheet wave,
adapted to fire loads
H fireproof rebar casing
- all loads shown in the table are characteristic values
- assumed concrete grade: C25/30
- assumed reinforcement steel grade: A-IIIN (RB500W)
- assumed load safety factor: 1.5
- assumed floor sheet gauge: 0.75 mm
- all span lenghts are measured at centre lines of the props
- tables based on equal lenght spans
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Continuous floor slab triple-span

L1/3 L2/3 L1/3 L2/3

L1 L2 L3
Span lenghts of the support structure [mm]
Qk
1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000
[kN/m2]
1,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221
6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8
0 10 0 10 0 10 1 10 1 11 2 10 2 15 2 13 3 11 3 10
9 6 9 6 9 6 9 6 10 6 12 6 13 8 15 8 16 8 18 8
20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30

2,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221
6 6 6 6 6 6 8 6 8 8
0 10 0 10 0 10 1 10 1 9 2 8 2 11 2 6 3 9 3 8
9 6 9 6 9 6 9 6 10 8 12 8 13 8 15 8 16 8 18 10
20 20 20 30 30 30 40 30 30 30

3,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221
6 6 6 6 6 8 8 10 12 12
0 10 0 10 0 10 1 8 1 7 2 11 2 9 2 13 3 16 3 15
9 6 9 6 9 6 9 8 10 8 12 8 13 8 15 8 16 10 18 10
20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

4,5 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 13 Q131 15 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221
6 6 6 6 8 8 8 12 12 12
0 10 0 10 0 10 1 7 1 10 2 9 2 8 2 16 3 14 3 13
9 6 9 6 9 6 9 8 10 8 12 8 13 10 15 10 16 10 18 10
20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

6,0 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 12 Q131 14 Q188 16 Q188 18 Q221 20 Q221
6 6 6 8 10 10 8 10 12 10
0 10 0 10 0 8 1 9 1 12 2 11 2 7 2 10 3 13 3 8
9 6 9 6 9 8 9 8 10 10 12 10 14 10 16 10 18 10 20 10
20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

8,0 9 Q131 9 Q131 9 Q131 10 Q131 11 Q131 13 Q188 15 Q188 17 Q188 19 Q221
6 6 6 6 8 10 8 12 8
0 10 0 10 0 6 1 5 1 7 2 10 2 6 3 12 3 5
9 6 9 6 9 8 10 8 11 10 13 10 15 10 17 10 19 10
20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

10 total thickness of the composite floor q operational load

10 Q131
6 slab (cm) for REI 300 q = q1 + g1
1 9
1 number of shores per span q1 changing load
10 8
at the construction stage
30 g1 static load
q131 type of anti-crack reinforcement mesh L- Span lenghts of the support structure
6 mm rebar gauge over the props (2 cm casing) n - number of floor slab spans
9 cm distribution of rebars over the props
8 mm rebar gauge in the floor sheet wave, e.g. L = 3500
calculated to withhold fire loads for REI 60 n=3
10 cm floor slab thickness for REI 60 q1=2,5 kN/m2
g1=1 kN/m2
q = 3,5 kN/m2
taken from Table 3.
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Additional service
Punching Ready-made punching system
Cofrastra 40 may be manufactured with pre-punched
openings for connectors to join floor beams with the floor
slab. This version is designated as COFRASTRA 40P.
All relevant calculations and production of pre-punched
profiles are made on demand.

Formwork of the floor slab edge

A zinc-coated steel strip, bended at the right angle, Floor slab thickness Sheet edging thickness
provides the formwork of the floor slab edge. Standard [cm] [mm]
lengths of the flashing are as follows: from 2 to 4 m. 11 1,20
12 -14 1,50
15 2,00
On the building site other additional and unavoidable Cofrafix clamps - used in suspended floors with safe
accessories and materials must be provided. working load of 1,2 kN / suspension rod.

Expanded plastic sealants

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Reinforcement meshes

The crosswise spacing of the bars is adjusted in a stepless manner a = 300 500 mm
The lengthwise spacing of the bars b = 100, 150, 200 mm

The lengthwise
Ends projections on The lengthwise bars
spacing Mesh sheet length
their length reinforcement section
Mesh of the bars x diameter Mesh sheet weight
types The crosswise spacing Ends projections on The crosswise bars
Mesh sheet width
of the bars x diameter their width reinforcement section
[mm] [m] [mm] [kg] [cm2/m]
150 x 5,0 5,00 100 100 1,31
Q 131 22,5
150 x 5,0 2,15 25 25 1,31
150 x 6,0 5,00 100 100 1,88
Q 188 32,4
150 x 6,0 2,15 25 25 1,88
150 x 6,5/5,0-4/4 5,00 100 100 2,21
Q 221 33,7
150 x 6,5 2,15 25 25 2,21
150 x 7,0 5,00 100 100 2,57
Q 257 44,1
150 x 7,0 2,15 25 25 2,57
150 x 7,5/5,5-4,4 5,00 100 100 2,95
Q 295 44,2
150 x 7,5 2,15 25 25 2,95
150 x 8,0 5,00 100 100 3,35
Q 335 57,7
150 x 8,0 2,15 25 25 3,35
150 x 6,0d-6,0-4/4 6,00 100 100 3,77
Q 377 67,6
100 x 7,0 2,15 25 25 3,77
150 x 8,5/6,0-4/4 6,00 150 150 3,78
Q 378 66,7
150 x 8,5 2,15 25 25 3,78
150 x 6,5/6,5-4/4 6,00 100 100 4,43
Q443 78,3
100 x 7,5 2,15 25 25 4,43
150 x 7,0d/7,0-4/4 6,00 100 100 5,13
Q 513 90,0
100 x 8,0 2,15 25 25 5,13
150 x 10,0 5,00 100 100 5,24
Q 524* 90,1
150 x 10,0 2,15 25 25 5,24
150 x 8,0d/8,0-4/4 6,00 100 100 6,70
Q 670 115,4
100 x 9,0 2,15 25 25 6,70
*10 mm wire mesh are manufactured in accordance with DIN 488. Configuration and structure can be done according
to Customers demands.
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