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    Reinforced Concrete Flat Slabs

    Analysis and Design

    Forth Year Civil Department


    Prepared by: Dr. Kawan K. Ghafor

    What is a flat slab?


    A reinforced concrete slab supported directly by
    concrete columns without the use of beams
    Types of Flat Slab:

    Uses of column heads (Capitals):


    1. Increase shear strength of slab
    2. Reduce the moment in the slab by reducing the clear or
    effective span

    Uses of drop panels :


    1. Increase shear strength of slab
    2. Increase negative moment capacity of slab
    3. Stiffen the slab and hence reduce deflection
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    Flat Plate : (used for relatively light loads as in apartments or offices)


    suitable span 4.5m to 6.0m with LL= 3-5KN/m2.
    Advantages
    Disadvantages
    * Low cost formwork
    * Low shear capacity
    * Exposed flat ceilings
    * Low Stiffness (notable deflection)
    * Fast
    Flat Slab (used for heavy industrial loads) suitable span 6 to 9m with LL= 57.5KN/m2.

    Advantages
    * Low cost formwork
    * Exposed flat ceilings
    * Fast

    Disadvantages
    * Need more formwork for capital and Drop panels

    Analysis and Design of Flat Slabs

    One of the major analytical method for analyzing and designing Flat slabs
    is Direct Design Method (D.D.M)..
    ACI318 Code limitations for Direct Design method:
    13.6.1 Direct Design Method (DDM) For slab systems with or without
    beams loaded only by gravity loads and having a fairly regular layout
    meeting the following conditions:
    13.6.1.1 There must be three or more spans in each directions.
    13.6.1.2 Panels should be rectangular and the long span be no more than
    twice the short span.
    13.6.1.3 Successive span lengths center-to-center of supports in each
    direction shall not differ by more than 1/3 of the longer span.
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    ACI318 Code limitations for Direct Design method: Continued..

    13.6.1.4 Columns must be near the corners of each panel with an offset
    from the general column line of no more 10% of the span in each direction.
    13.6.1.5 The live load should not exceed 3 time the dead load in each
    direction. All loads shall be due gravity only and uniformly distributed over
    an entire panel.
    13.6.1.6 If there are beams, there must be beams in both directions, and
    the relative stiffness of the beam in the two directions must be related as
    follows:

    Design Procedure
    The basic design procedure of a two-way slab system has five steps:
    1. Determine moments at critical sections in each direction, normally the
    negative moments at supports and positive moment near mid-span.
    2. Distribute moments transverse at critical sections to column and middlestrip and if beams are used in the column strip, distribute column strip
    moments between slab and beam (%85 for Beam and %15 for slab strip).
    3. Determine the area of steel required in the slab at critical sections for
    column and middle strips.
    4. Select reinforcing bars for the slab and concentrate bars near the
    column, if necessary..
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    Positive and Negative Distribution of Moments


    For interior spans, the total static moment is divided between critical
    positive and negative bending sections as (See ACI 318-02 Sect. 13.6.3):

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