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BUILDING CODE LD4IMTTIONS ON TCKS MILTIOS

_. .... BSlabs Supported in One Direction Slabs Supported in Two Directions

Country Simply Supported Fixed Simply Supported Fixed
I i dus d 1 d 4 1 d 1d 1

Germany " t

Greece (May be decreased to > 1 if (Valid only if - Otherwise

Portugal slab is seldom loaded] use

Turkey " It

Great t 1 t 1
I Britain LIO
[_ 1 > T-5 t 1 t 1
I 2-for cantilever slab] > > 1

d- 1 d 1
Poland d >1 d 1 man -3 min ? 50
1-3-5 LIt 1Z nax
[For Ln > 2 use 35
d >1 d 1
Yugoslavia A > d > 1

t > perimeter
3 U.S.A.
Two way:
t 1 180
(1956) Flat Slabs: - > - if drop panels

>
-L;1 1otherwise
France Kiniunu d/L ratio is a function of bending moment. See Appendix A.

Notation: d - depth from compression face to center of tensile reinforce-

ment
t - total thickness
L = span
L - span between lines of inflection
Smin =mininum span between opposite supports of slabs supported in
two directions
Imax - maximum span between opposite supports of slabs supported in
two directions

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TABIS 2

BUILDING CODR InEM THICUSS LIMITaTIONS

Two-way Slabs Flat Slabs Reference

Country General Roof________ ________3

Austria 7cm..2.7 6 in. 5cmul.97 in. 15cm - 5.9 in. DIN 1045 Art.22.2
Germany ofI II
GreeceIto
Porul to

Franqe 5cm if cast in place,

and nonmonolithic, 4 if
Same as two-way Regles B.A. 1960,
Art. 4. 6
1
cast in place monolith-
ically, 3/4 above if
prefabricated.

Netherlands 8cm-3.15 in. 7cm 1 pen if drops Gevapend Beton-

voorschriften
G.B.U. 1950
pan, no0 drops
36 Art. 24

Poland none 15cm or -L span Konstruckeje

12
roofor span if e - 56/B-or
Art. 5.4.4 6o

d 6 cm 2.36 in. 15cm or span Statlip Betong-

Sweden
bestimelser 1957

Argentina 15cm Codigo de la

Edificacion
I
Art. 8.7.1.:5.
Spain panshort pnRiglement MKinistare du
1 shr span des
Travaux Publics
pour Le BAton
- Art. 6
Perimeter

U.S.A. Q.2cm-4 in.or Pit 1Z span or a

in. ACI 318-56
with drop panels [1
,% span or 5 in.
if no dros 11
Great Thickness governed by Code of Practice
Britain minlimum thickness to No. 114, (1957)
span ratios only Art. 309.d
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COMPRISO
OFTHIC0MB ENQUZUD FOR U. OF 1.
DIhJGc0m
TEST &LAU BY VARIOUSBunm

Flat Slabs Two-Way Slabs

onr7
ountry Required
hickness Criterion Which
Controls Required
0htcknes ControlsWhich
Criterion

I Jminimium t Minimum t/L*

6"1
'Minim=m t Minimum 'IVJA

Design 7"

U.S. 6" (4") + 5 Perimeter

i Austria 5.9" + (5") 5+
5"-
2.75
2.757
+

Greece 5.9" +. 5! 2.75! +

Portugal 5.9. + 2.75. +
Turkey 5 + 5 2.75"1 +

3 France 8.5" (I,.6") + 8.5" (1.6")

R**
+

5.9" + R--
Argentina

Poland 7.5 (5.9") + MI

Netherlands 6" NR + 3.2" + NR

Sweden 7.5 (5.9") + 3.4"

i Spain 6.9" AR + NE

Great Brit. 6" NR + 6" NI +

5
I ~D1&iYugoslavia 8"
8"
NR+8"
N + 8
NR
E4
+

Where a code specified a minimum effective d, a cover of 1" was assumed,

I i.e., t - d + 1". The span was taken as 240 inches in all cases.
** NE - no requirement.
. Indicates controlling criterion.
codes
Note: The minimum thickness formulae of the Swedish and Netherlands

11I control the thicknesses for these cases. (See page 20.)