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Flat Slab
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Advanced Structural
Concrete Design
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Flat Slab System

• Column Heads
• Division of Panels
• Deflection
• Crack Control
• Shear
• Arrangement of Reinforcement
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Class Objectives
•Identify the types of slab construction, summarizing
the advantages and disadvantages of each
•Explain the methods of analysis of slabs
•Determine the design moments of one-way and two way
slabs
•Design of flat slabs covering:
division into strips, edge and corner columns,
punching shear and provision of shear
reinforcement
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Recommended Reading
• James G. MacGregor, “REINFORCED CONCRETE:
Mechanics and Design”, 3rd Ed., Prentice-Hall,
1997, Ch. 13 and 14.
• Allen, A. H., “REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN
TO BS8110 SIMPLY EXPLAINED”, E&FN Spon,
London 1988, Ch. 14

•The next few slides are from the Reinforced Concrete Council
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Types of slabs
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Analysis of Slabs

course
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One-way spanning slab

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Simplified
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Two way action – A rectangular panel

supported on all four side
• Curvature more severe along lx
• Moment is short span higher
• Evaluation of moment is
complex as behaviour is
highly indeterminate
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Consider two strips AB and ED at mid-span.

Deflection at central point C is the same.

Deflection of udl beam = 5wl 4

384EI

∆ = kwl 4
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∆AB = k nAB ly4

∆DE = k nDE lx4

nAB and nDE are portions of total load intensity transferred to AB and
DE respectively.

Since ∆AB = ∆DE ,

4 4
wl wl
n AB = 4 4 x
nDE =
y

l y + lx l +l
4
y
4
x
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nDE > nAB

Shorter span strip, DE, supports heavier portion of load

and is subject to larger moment.

Assumption – supports are unyielding

If the supports of the single panel is flexible, e.g. beams,

columns, etc. the distribution of moment is more
complex.
Degree of stiffness of yielding support determines the
intensity of the steepness of the curvature contours in the
lx and ly direction and redistribution of moments.
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Two-way spanning slab

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Mid Span
Moments
- corner supported
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Approximate
moment in
one direction
in slabs
supported on
columns at
corners
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Midspan
moment
- edge
supported
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Approximate
distribution of
moment in one
direction in
slabs with
symmetrical
supports on
four sides
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Moment
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Restrained Corners
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Table of Values
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Table of Coefficients
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Adjusted
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Flat Slabs
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Flat Slabs - Analysis

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Flat Slab - Moments

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Widths
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Distribution
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Flat Slab – Moment Transfer

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U-Bars
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Flat Slab – Moment Transfer

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What does it depend on?

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Flat Slab - Shear

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Effective Shear Force

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Deflection
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Shear Reinforcement
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Due to the limited depth special

reinforcement are required involving the
use of shear heads and anchor bars and
wires.
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