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Approach Slab Design Specifications

The document outlines the design specifications and calculations for an approach slab measuring 6m in length, 1m in width, and 0.5m in thickness. It includes detailed load calculations, design forces, checks for moment and shear, and reinforcement summary, confirming that the design meets the necessary structural requirements. The design utilizes concrete grade C35 and incorporates various reinforcement bar sizes and spacings to ensure structural integrity under applied loads.

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Approach Slab Design Specifications

The document outlines the design specifications and calculations for an approach slab measuring 6m in length, 1m in width, and 0.5m in thickness. It includes detailed load calculations, design forces, checks for moment and shear, and reinforcement summary, confirming that the design meets the necessary structural requirements. The design utilizes concrete grade C35 and incorporates various reinforcement bar sizes and spacings to ensure structural integrity under applied loads.

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Design of approach slab

Length of slab 6m
Width for design 1m
Thickness of slab 0.5 m
Fill over slab 0m
Minimum thickness of wearing coat 0.11 m
Unit wt of concrete 25 kN/m3
Unit wt of earth 20 kN/m3
Unit wt of blinding concrete 23 kN/m3

1. Load calculations

Self wt. of slab 12.5 kN/m


Wt. of wearing coat 2.53 kN/m

Approach slab has been designed for heaviest axles. Two axle of Caltrans P13 are spaced at 5.5m < 6.0m (approach length)
Hence, two axle loads are considered to get the maximum design loads.

Total vertical load of 4x27 kN = 108kN is applied over an area of 1.2mx0.6m, which is dispersed through
wearing coat and earth fill up to the center of approach slab as shown below-

Dispersed width

Value of dispersed load considering 1m of design width, 108kN/0.96m = 112.50 kN/m

Dispersed length

Uniform distributed load to be applied, 112.50kN/1.56m = 72.12 kN/m/m


2. Design forces
Bending
Component Fac. Ser. Fac. Str. Shear force
moment
Self wt. 1 1.25 37.5 56.25
Wearing
1 1.5 7.59 11.39
coat
Vehicular
1 1.35 112.50 222.84
load

Design bending moment (strength combination), Mu 388.219 kNm


Deign shear force (Strength combinations), Vu 189.122 kN
Design bending moment (for service), Mu 290.472 kNm
Concrete grade C 35
Compressive strength of concrete, fc 35 MPa
Ultimate strength of steel, fy 500 MPa
Clear cover, c 100 mm

3. Check for moment


Diameter of bar used, d b 25 mm
Effective depth of section, d s 0.3875 m
Bar spacing, s 150 mm
Bar area, Ab 491 mm2
Area of steel per design strip, A s 3272.49 mm2
Neutral Axis factor, β 0.800
Depth of neutral axis, c = Asfs / 0.85fcb 55.000 mm
Depth of equivalent stress block, a 44.000 mm

Moment resistance factor, Φ str


Flexural moment capacity of section, Mn =As fs (ds - a/2) 0.9
Check 598.048 kNm 0.65
ΦMn > Mu OK

4. Check for shear


Compressive strength of concrete, fc 40 MPa
Ultimate strength of steel, fy 500 MPa
Wall thickness 0.5 m
Width of section 1m
Effective depth of section, de 0.3875 m
Shear depth of section, dv 0.36 m
θ (⁰) 45
β 2
Vc 377.96 kN
Vn 3600 kN
Shear resistance factor, Φ 0.9
Shear capacity of section, min(Vc,Vn) 377.96 kN
Vu(189.13) > 0.5фVc(188.98)
5. Check for steel stress
Depth of section at base of the wall (h) 500 mm
Clear cover for bars 100 mm
Concrete cover for stress limit calculations, dc 62.5 mm
Spacing of bars, s 150 mm
βs 1.143
γe 0.5
Stress limit, fss 195.68 Mpa
Axial load, P 0.00 kN
Bending moment, M 290.47 kNm
Maximum stress in reinforcement bars 177 Mpa
OK

6. Reinforcement summary
Description Dia Spacing
Main bottom
25 150
reiforcement
Top face reinforcement 16 150
Distribution bars 12 150

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