RC Slab Design Example 1

Reinforced Concrete Slab Design Example - 1

Design a simply supported, one way internal RC slab in a residential accommodation block.
Refs Output

EC2

DATA
Effective Span of Slab, L = 4.8m; Concrete Compressive Strength Class = C25/30; fck = N/mm2; fyk = N/mm2 ; b = 1000mm; h = 175mm Characteristic Dead Load on slab = 0.78kN/m2 (finishes) Characteristic Imposed Load on slab = 1.50kN/m2 (resi) Concrete Density = 25 kN/m3 Main Bar = 12mm,

DURABILITY & FIRE RESISTANCE

T 4.1 Exposure Class = Required Fire Resistance = 60 mins T NA2 Nominal Cover for Durability = mm T2 Axis Dist, a = mm, Minimum slab depth = mm CEC2 Nominal Cover+ /2 = mm, a < Nominal Cover + /2, h > Minimum slab depth, > mm Effective Depth of Slab, d = h cover main bar =

<

mm

a & h OK Cover = mm d=

LOADING @ ULS - for a 1m width of slab

Characteristic Dead Load, kN Slab Loads Self Weight Total Characteristic Dead Load = kN Gk Total Characteristic Imposed Load = kN Qk Design Ultimate Load, F = 1.35DL + 1.5 IL F= Characteristic Imposed Load, kN

EC 0

(= 1.35Gk + 1.5Qk)

F=

kN

MOMENT @ ULS
Design Ultimate Moment, MEd = K = MEd/bd2fck = K K < 0.167 MEd = kNm

No compression steel required

z/d = 0.82 z/d 0.95 0.82 0.95

z/d = 0.5 + ( 0.25 0.882K) =

z/d OK
mm

Lever Arm, z = z/d d =

mm

z=

MAIN REINFORCEMENT
Required Area of steel, As = MEd / 0.87fykz = Use H12 bars ( mm2) NA9.2. 0.0013bd = 0.00016 fck2/3bd = 0.04bh = As mm2 H12

As =

mm2

As OK

RC Slab Design Example 1

SECONDARY REINFORCEMENT
Required Area of Secondary Reinforcement = 0.2As = 0.2 Use @ bars ( mm2/m) mm2/ m @ Area = bars mm2/m Area OK

CRACKING
Main bar Clear Spacing = Main Bar spacing = Secondary Bar spacing = OK

Cracking

SHEAR @ ULS
Design value of the applied Shear Force, VEd = F/2= Design Shear Stress, vEd = VEd/bd = Provided tension reinforcement ratio,
(support reactions)

N/mm2

d<

vRd,c 0.54

l = (As/bd) 100
= N/mm2

0.25

T 7.1 Concrete Shear Stress Capacity, vRd,c = CEC2

vEd vRd,c

0.50

0.59 1.0

No Shear steel required

DEFLECTION @ SLS
Actual span-to-effective-depth ratio, L/d = Required tension reinforcement ratio, = (As,req /bd)100 =( T.15.10 Basic span-to-effective-depth ratio, N = CEC2 T.15.11 Factor K = CEC2 Factor F1 = Factor F2 = Service stress, s = 435(Gk + 0.3Qk /1.35Gk + 1.5Qk)(As req /As prov) = = N/mm2 Factor F3 = 310/ s = Allowable L/d= N x K x F1 x F2 x F3 = Actual L/d Allowable L/d Deflection OK

fck==

N/mm2 N 32.2

0.30

0.40

22.4 1.0