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Slab Thickness Design for Concrete Systems

1. The document provides calculations to determine the required thickness of a concrete slab to support a 46 kip total axle load from a lift truck. 2. The required slab thickness is calculated to be 9.5 inches. Selecting a practical thickness of 8 inches provides a safety factor of 1.137. 3. Reinforcement of 2 layers of #4 bars spaced at 6 inches center to center is sufficient both top and bottom to support the design moment of 10.68 ft-kips per foot width of slab.

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Slab Thickness Design for Concrete Systems

1. The document provides calculations to determine the required thickness of a concrete slab to support a 46 kip total axle load from a lift truck. 2. The required slab thickness is calculated to be 9.5 inches. Selecting a practical thickness of 8 inches provides a safety factor of 1.137. 3. Reinforcement of 2 layers of #4 bars spaced at 6 inches center to center is sufficient both top and bottom to support the design moment of 10.68 ft-kips per foot width of slab.

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  • Concrete Slab Design Specifications
  • Slab Thickness Calculation
  • Ultimate Moment Capacity and Design Depth

REFERENCE CALCULATIONS AND FORMULAS OUTPUT

ACI 360R-92

From material , site and designer :

Concrete compressive strength fc'= 4000 psi


Modulous of rupture 
9  MOR= 569.21 psi
Subgrade modulus k= 200 pci
Safety factor SF= 2

From lift truck specifications :

Total Axle load= 46 kips


Wheel Spacing = 80 in
Tire pressure = 250 psi
Wheel contact area = 92 in.
Effective diameter = 10.822 in.

The aacceptable flexural tensile stress   = 355 psi




The stress per 1000 pounds of axle load= 7.7174

Figure 1.0 PCA design chart to select slab thickness for single axle loading

The required slab thickness = 9.5 in.


REFERENCE CALCULATIONS AND FORMULAS OUTPUT
Using the Applied moment app due to actual load with the required slab thickness

The section modulus for the 9.5 [Link]


 3
= 180.5 in

Applied moment Mapp= 64078 in-lb
5.3398 ft-k

This is now applied moment regardless of slabe thickness.

Thickness required for a safety factor close to 1.1



Allowable stress =

= 517.46 psi

 3
The section modulus required  
= 123.83 in

 2
Since the section modulus = the value of t2 = 61.915 in

and the required thickness t= 7.8686 in

The desired practical thickness given a safety factor with respect to load induced cracks

Selecting t= 8 in.
Mapp= 5.3398 ft-kips per foot of width of slab

S.m = 
= 128 in3

Actual stress fb= 500.61 psi.

Safety factor (S.F)= 1.137 > 1 O.k

Seelcting a load factor = 2

The design moment = S.F(Mapp)= 10.68 ft-k (which is per foot width of slab in both directions)
REFERENCE CALCULATIONS AND FORMULAS OUTPUT
The ultimate moment capacitity Mu= Asfy(jud)

clear cover = 1 in.


Bar no. 4
Bar diameter = 0.5 in.
Bar area = 0.2
Steel yield point ,fy= 60 ksi.

The design depth ,d= 6.5 in.



Substituting in the equation for ultimate moment As= 
!

As= 0.4057 square inches /foot of slab width



Bar spacing "

= 5.916 in.

Use S= 6 in.

Use No. 4 bars @ 6in c/c (both ways T&B)

2-layer of #4 @ 6in. c/c spacing B.W

cover= 1in.

t = 8 in.

REFERENCE OUTPUT ACI 360R-92 fc'= 4000 psi MOR= 569.21 psi k= 200 pci SF= 2 46 kips 80 in 250 psi 92 in. 10.822 in. 355 psi
REFERENCE OUTPUT CALCULATIONS AND FORMULAS The section modulus for the 180.5 in3 Applied moment Mapp= 64078 in-lb 5.3398
REFERENCE OUTPUT CALCULATIONS AND FORMULAS 1 in. 4 0.5 in. 0.2 60 ksi. 6.5 in. 0.4057 square inches /foot of slab width 5

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