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Grade Slab Design for Heavy Loads

The document outlines the design considerations for grade slabs subjected to concentrated loads, detailing input data such as concrete and steel properties, loading factors, and geometrical parameters. It emphasizes the calculation methods for post and forklift loads, referencing TR-34 for design formulas and including factors like load transfer across movement joints. Key aspects include the use of Bekaert's Dramix 3D fibre and the importance of sub base characteristics determined from plate load tests.

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Grade Slab Design for Heavy Loads

The document outlines the design considerations for grade slabs subjected to concentrated loads, detailing input data such as concrete and steel properties, loading factors, and geometrical parameters. It emphasizes the calculation methods for post and forklift loads, referencing TR-34 for design formulas and including factors like load transfer across movement joints. Key aspects include the use of Bekaert's Dramix 3D fibre and the importance of sub base characteristics determined from plate load tests.

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DESIGN OF GRADE SLABS FOR CONCENTRATED LOADS

Input Data

Concrete cube compressive stress

Concrete cylinder compressive stress

Mean Axial Tensile Strength

Charecteristic Axial tensile strength

Mean value of concrete cylinder strength

Secant Modulus of concrete

Poissons Coeffecient

Coeffecient of thermal expansion


Steel fibre
charecteristics
Bekaert's Dramix 3D fibre has been used in the calculations

Fibre dosage

Sub base
charecterisitics
The sub base constant should be obtained from plate load test. In this case
the

Modulus of subgrade
Load and material
factors
Partial factor for variable action

Partial factor for dynamic variable action

Partial factor for concrete

Partial factor for steel

Loading

Racking Loads

Post Loads per leg

Base plate length

Base plate width

Leg spacing

Forklift Loads

Wheel load

Wheel contact area considered

Equivalent radius of contact

Geometry

Slab length

Slab width

Trial thickness

Charecteristic flexural strength of plain concrete


Design

Post Loads

The design is carried out for the post loads as per the formulae detailed
in TR-34 3rd edition. The four point loads due to back to back racking
configuration of the post legs can act on the floor via a single point load
or a dual point load action.

Radius of relative stiffness

Single point load

Design point load

Equivalent contact radius of the Equivalent contact


radius of the combined
load
load

Dual Point Loads

Equivalent contact radius of the

load
Forklift Load

Single wheel load is acting as per the configuration shown below

Design wheel load

Radius of equivalent circle is given by

Radius of relative stiffness

Therefore

Section Capacity

Section capacity of plain concrete

Dramix SFRC capacity at bottom

Cracked to uncracked moment ratio

Load transfer across free formed movement


joint
Load transfer across the edge of a free formed movement joint is taken
as 15%
Therefore, ratio of load retained

Load transfer across the corner of two free formed movement joints
may be taken as

Therefore ratio of load retained


Single point load
capacities
For a/l=0

For

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