Innovative nail laminated timber-concrete composite floor deck system

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A substantial amount of research has been conducted over the past 10 years on the development of composite timber floor systems consisting of a concrete slab and timber beams that are connected using shear connectors. A slightly different version of this type of composite systems is to use a cross laminated timber (CLT) or structural composite lumber (SCL) deck inserted between the beams and concrete slab. This modified concept originated from the profiled steel-concrete slab composite system which is widely used in long-span floor construction. The wood deck serves as formwork for the concrete slab and reduces the thickness of the concrete slab. The economics of such a 2-layer deck system is prohibitive due to the relatively high cost of CLT and SCL.