Example on Flat slabs
The following floor plan is intended to be a flat slab system. The slab thickness is 200mm thick and supports
a characteristic dead load of 2.7 KN/m2 in addition to self-weight and a characteristic live load of 3 KN/m2.
The slab is provided on edge beams of bw= 300 mm and h=400mm and all columns are 300mm by 300mm.
Design the slab system using C20/25, S – 400.
Step1 Geometrical and material constants
h 400mm hs 200mm
hw 200mm bw
300mm
t min(hw, 4hs)
200mm
Step 2: Depth check for deflection
According to ACI code minimum thickness of slabs without interior beams: without drop
panels for fyk = 400 Mpa
- Exterior panels with edge beams = ln /33
h d cov er 172.73 15 12/2 193.7mm <200 mm ok!
Step 5: Analysis
Due to symmetry strip-1 & strip-4 are similar and
Strip -2 & strip 3 are similar.
b) Positive moment, M = 53.97 KN.m
Moment share of the beam and slab
Design as per ACI or Euro Code