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Designing Post-Tensioned Flat Slabs

The document discusses post-tensioned flat plate slabs, which are increasingly used due to their economic and safe design. It focuses on the design of these slabs for high-rise buildings, noting that precautions must be taken for shear and deflection criteria. The design can be done using either the load balancing method, where 65-80% of dead load is carried by tendons to reduce deflection, or the equivalent frame method. A numerical model is also investigated using RAM software to analyze two-way reinforced concrete flat slabs with different post-tensioning systems and parameters like concrete strength, slab thickness, jacking force, and slabs with openings. Results show post-tensioning significantly decreases deflection and

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Designing Post-Tensioned Flat Slabs

The document discusses post-tensioned flat plate slabs, which are increasingly used due to their economic and safe design. It focuses on the design of these slabs for high-rise buildings, noting that precautions must be taken for shear and deflection criteria. The design can be done using either the load balancing method, where 65-80% of dead load is carried by tendons to reduce deflection, or the equivalent frame method. A numerical model is also investigated using RAM software to analyze two-way reinforced concrete flat slabs with different post-tensioning systems and parameters like concrete strength, slab thickness, jacking force, and slabs with openings. Results show post-tensioning significantly decreases deflection and

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Abstract

The post-tensioning method is now a days increasing widely, due to its


application. By using post-tensioning method one can design the most
economic and the safe design. While using this method more precautions has
to be made for shear and deflection criteria for the slabs. The proposed study
will focus on the design of flat plate slabs, with a particular concern for
high-rise buildings. For the application of design procedure a one story
building Ignore column stiffness in equations for simplicity of hand
calculations considered as a cases study The design of post- tensioned flat
slab can be done by using load balancing and equivalent frame method.
Among of both the equivalent frame method is widely used. In the load
balancing method the 65 to 80% of the dead load is carried by the tendon
itself. So that there is an upward deflection due to tendon profile resulting
the reduction in overall deflection. In the present study the design of the
post-tensioned flat slab is done by using both methods, load balancing
method and equivalent frame method.
Post tension floors (PT) are one of the most widely used system which are very effective method
regarding ultimate and serviceability limit states. A numerical model for discretized the two-way
reinforced concrete flat slab with different system is investigated by using RAM software. The
effects of different parameters are investigated in this study. Parameters investigated include
concrete strength, thickness of the flat slab, different values of jacking (force (P) / area of strand
(A)) and also, study the flat slab with opening by changing the values of P/A. Results indicated
significant effect of PT system in the flat slab by decreasing the deflection. Also, the magnitude of
the bending moment is reversed at one internal column by increasing the value of P/A for large
thickness.

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