High performance composite floor structure

Claim 1

A composite floor structure comprising: (a) a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced apart I-section supporting beams, each beam having a top member, base member and intermediate vertically oriented web member connecting said top and bottom members; (b) a plurality of horizontally disposed corrugated sheets placed on the I-beams in a manner so that a substantial portion of the top member of each beam is exposed to allow for direct attachment of studs at any point near a longitudinal center line thereof and each sheet having longitudinally extending crest, valley and intermediate webbing portions oriented transversely with respect to the beams, the crest portions each having a body and two ends which ends each slope downwardly at an obtuse angle with respect to the body closing the ends of the crests, said crest, valley and intermediate portions merging together at each end of the sheet forming rigid end edges which terminate in a substantially collinear relationship; (c) a plurality of studs welded to the exposed top portion of at least one of the beams at desired points near the center line thereof and directly over the vertical web portion of the beam; and (d) concrete covering the sheets and the exposed top portions of the beam and surrounding the studs.