Paper Title
The Flexural Performance of the Profiled Steel Sheeting Dry Board (PSSDB) System as two-way Floor Panel Strengthened with Steel Plates

Abstract
This paper presents the investigation of the flexural behaviour of a composite system called the profiled steel sheeting dry board (PSSDB) system. The system basically comprises of a dry board (DB) connected to a profiled steel sheeting (PSS) using self-tapping and self-drilling screws. Many Conducted researches has shown that the system can be used as flooring, roofing and walling units. However, almost all of them have focused on the one-way behaviour. It�s rare to find studies about the two-way situations. Therefore, this paper focuses on investigating the effect of presence of steel plates on the two-way behaviour of the PSSDB floor panels subjected to a point load using finite element modelling (FEA). The results have shown that changing the plate thickness can enhance the PSSDB stiffness. However, increasing the number of plates or changing the plate width doesn�t greatly affect the performance. Therefore, steel plates can be considered an economic solution to enhance the structural behaviour of the system. Keywords- Two Way Behavior, Profiled Steel Sheeting, Dry Board, Composite Structure