Chapter
Slab Design
One-Way
▪ Slabs are used in floor and/or roof construction;
supported by walls, beams and columns.
▪ Slabs are flexural members and design similar
to the design of beams, except
▪ Their dimensions (breadth is fixed to 1m)
▪ There is very low shear in slabs unless otherwise very
heavy concentrated load is applied.
▪ Compression reinforcement is very seldom required
H12-300
H12- 200
H12 -300
PLAN
H12- 200 H12- 300
Longitudinal Section
▪ RC Slab can be
classified in several ways
▪ By continuity
▪ Simply supported
▪ Continuous
▪ By load transfer and/or
deflection
▪ One way
▪ Two way
▪ By structural form
▪ Solid supported by
beams
▪ Solid Column
supported slab
▪ Flat Slab
▪ Rib Slabs
▪ One Way Ribs
▪ Two Way Ribs
(Waffle Slab)
Figure shows the plan of a single span one-way
slab. Design the slab for the following data:
▪ fck = 30 MPa
▪ fyk = 500 MPa
▪ Live Load = 3 KPa
▪ Finishes = 2 KPa
▪ Thickness = ?? any suitable
▪ Cover = 25 mm
STEP-1: Suitable Slab Thickness
▪ Assume that 100As, req/bd will be 0.4 or below
▪ From Figure 6.3 (Mosley book) for fck = 30
▪ Span/d = 26
▪ d = 5000/26 = 192 mm say 200 mm
▪ h = 200 + 25 = 225 mm
1 way slab
STEP-2: Slab Loading
▪ gk = 0.225x25 + 2 = 7.625
kN/m2 length
▪ qk = 3 kN/m2
▪ wu = 1.35x7.625 + 1.5x3 =
breadth=1m
14.8 say 15 kN/m2
STEP-3: Calculation of
bending moment in 1 m
wide strip
▪ M = 15x52/8 = 46.9 kN-m
1m
STEP-4: Calculation of Area of Steel, As
▪ In slab design b = 1000 mm (always)
▪ k = M/(bd2fck) = (46.9x106)/(1000x2002x30) = 0.04
▪ z = 0.95d (always because calculated z > 0.95d)
▪ z = 0.95x200 = 190 mm
▪ As, req = M/(0.87fykz)=(46.9x106)/(0.87x500x190)=568 mm2 /m
for 1 m wide strip
▪ Use H10 bar, spacing, s required
▪ No of bars = 568/78.5 = 7.24 bars
▪ sreq = 1000/7.24 = 138 mm c/c use H10-125 c/c
STEP-5: Final Check of Span/d
▪ No of bars = 1000/125 = 8
▪ As, provided = 8x78.5 = 628 mm2/m wide strip
▪ = 100As, pro/bd = 100x628/(1000x200) = 0.314 < Assume
value 0.4
▪ Therefore provided d = 200 mm is OK
STEP-6: Transverse (secondary steel)
▪ For fck = 30 MPa
▪ As, min = 0.0015bd = 0.0015x1000x200 = 300 mm2/m (for 1 m
wide strip)
▪ Use H10 bar
▪ No of bars = 300/78.5 = 3.82
▪ Spacing = 1000/3.82 = 261
▪ Use H10-250 c/c
H10-125
H10-250
PLAN
H10-125 H10-250
SECTION
▪ Figure on next slide shows a 1-way continuous slab,
design the slab for the following data
▪ Thickness (Choose appropriate)
▪ Live Load = 5 KPa
▪ Finishes = 1.5 Kpa
▪ Total cover = 5 mm
▪ fck = 35 Mpa
▪ fyk = 500 MPa
10.0
m
5.0m 5.0m 5.0m 5.0m
1 way slab
Span-1 Span-2 Span-3 Span-4
Span L, m 5 5 5 5
Assume 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Span/d (Fig 6.3) 29 29 29 29
dminimum (mm) 172 172 172 172
d (mm) 175 175 175 175
Cover, mm 25 25 25 25
Slab thickness, h, mm 200 200 200 200
Self weight of slab, kN/m2 5 5 5 5
Finishes, kN/m 2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Dead Load, gk kN/m2 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5
Live Load, qk kN/m2 5 5 5 5
wu = 1.35gk + 1.5qk, kN/m2 16.3 16.3 16.3 16.3
fck, N/mm2 35 35 35 35
fyk, N/mm2 500 500 500 500
H12-300
H12- 200
H12 -300
PLAN
H12- 200 H12- 300
Longitudinal Section
