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DESIGN SLAB ON GRADE

fctkfl : Characteristic flexural strenght of plain concrete
h : Total slab thickness, mm ( h>100 mm)
fctk005: Characteristic axial tensile strength of concrete (5% fractile)
fck : Characteristic compressive strength of concrete (cylender) N/mm2
fcm : Mean compressive strenght concrete ( cylender)
fctm : Mean Axial tensile strength of concrete
Ecm : Secant modulus of elasticity of concrete
Es : Modulus of elasticity of steel
G : Shear modulus
fy : Characteristic strength of steel
ν : Poission's ration
Re3 : Equivalent flexural strength ratio
h : the thickness of slab
ac : Cover
Material And Geometry
Concrete material
Assumption slab on grade with :
Line load : 5 KN/m

fck := 22.5 γc := 1.5 ν := 0.2

2
0.3
fcm := fck + 8 = 30.5 Ecm := 22 
3 fcm  3 4
fctm := 0.3 fck = 2.391   10 = 3.074  10
 10 
fck
fctk005 := 0.7 fctm = 1.674 fcd := = 15 fcu := fck 1.2 = 27
γc

Steel Material
Es 4
fy := 450 γs := 1.05 Es := 200000 Gs := = 8.333  10
2  ( 1 + 0.2)
Slab Geometry
h := 150 ac := 0 d := h - ac = 150

Loading impact slab on grade

Point load (KN)

Fz := 5

Uniformly load (KN/m2)

wL := 5

Line load (KN/m)

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LL := 5

Modulus subgrade
Modulus of subgrade reaction k (N/mm3 ) section 6.2.2

k := 0.05

A . CHECK FOR ULTIMATE LOADING

The characteristic flexural strength of plain concrete

 0.5
fctkfl1 := 1 +  200    fctk005 = 3.606
 
  h  

fctkfl2 := 2  fctk005 = 3.347

fctkfl := min( fctkfl1 , fctkfl2 ) = 3.347

The minimum shear strength of concrete

0.5
kl := 1 + 
200 
 = 2.155
 d 
3 1
2 2
νRdct := 0.035 kl  fck = 0.525

The provided reinforcement :

ϕ := 0 space := 200

2
1000 3.14 ϕ
As := =0
4space
As 100
ρx := =0
1000 d

As 100
ρy := =0
1000 d

Radius of relative stiffness

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The radius of relative stiffness, L,

0.25
 Ecm h3 
L :=   = 651.465
 (
 12 1 - ν
2 ) 
 k

Basic appproach for point load

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The momnet per unit length at which the flexural tensile strength of concrete

 h2 
fctkfl  
M :=
 6  = 12.553
3
10

The positive bending moment capacity Mp (KN.m/m)

Re3 := 0.5

fctkfl  h2 
 ( Re3)   
Mp :=
γc  6  = 4.184
3
10

The negative bending moment capacity Mn (KN.m/m)

 h2 
fctkfl


γc  6 
Mn := = 8.368
3
10

The collapse load Pu in flexure (KN)

Pu := 2  π ( Mp + Mn) = 78.871

Result := "OK" if Fz  Pu
"Not ok" otherwise

Result = "OK"
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1. Point Load (KN)

The radius of contact area "a"

a := 0 L Mp = 4.184
L = 651.465 Mn = 8.368

For an internal load

a
Puinter := [ 2  π ( Mp + Mn) ] if  0.2
L
[ 4  π ( Mp + Mn) ] a
if > 0.2
a L
1-
3 L

Puinter = 78.871

For an edge load

Puedge :=  π ( Mp + Mn)  + 2  Mn if a  0.2

 
 2  L
[ π ( Mp + Mn) + 4  Mn] a
if > 0.2
a L
1-
3 L
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Puedge = 36.455

For corner load

Pucor = 16.737

Pmin1 := min( Puinter , Puedge , Pucor ) = 16.737

Result1 = "OK"

2. Multiple point loads (Not consider this case)

For dual point load

Assumption x
x := 1350

Pudual = 125.693

Result2 = "OK"

For quadruple point loads

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Assumptiom x, y

x := 1350 y := 1050

Puquad = 162.11

Result3 := "OK" if Fz  Puquad

"Not ok" otherwise
Result3 = "OK"

3. Line load and uniformly distributed load

4
Ecm = 3.074  10
0.25
λ :=  3 k  3
 10 = 1.097
 3
 Ecm h 
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3.a Line load (KN/m)

The load capacity of the slab per unit lenght

Ultimate line load capacity controled by positive bending moment

Plinp := 4  λ  Mp = 18.353

Ultimate line load capacity controled by negative bending moment

4
Plinn :=  λ  Mn = 174.788
0.21

Pmin3 := min( Plinp , Plinn) = 18.353

Result4 := "OK" if LL  Pmin3

"Not ok" otherwise
Result4 = "OK"
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3.b Uniformly distributed load (kN/m2)

π π
= 2.865 = 1.432
λ 2 λ

The load capaity per unit area "w"

1 2
wp :=  λ  Mp = 31.249
0.161

1 2
wn :=  λ  Mn = 59.895
0.168

Result5 := "OK" if wL  wn
"Not ok" otherwise

Result5 = "OK"
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4. Dowel calculation (KN)

Assumption The joint opening x

x := 10

The dowel diameter dd

dd := 12

The shear capacity per dowel Psh (KN)

2
dd
Av := 0.9 π = 101.788
4
Av
0.6 fy
γs
Psh := = 26.174
3
10
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The bearing capacity per dowel Pbear

b1 := 8  dd = 96
0.5 fcu  b1 dd
Pbear := = 10.368
3
γc  10

The bearing capacity per dowel Pbend

3
dd
Zp := = 432
4
( 2  fy Zp)
Pbend := = 37.029
3
x γs 10

The deflection of the dowel (mm)

P Applied load per dowel (KN)

P := Fz =
5  10  P 103 
 3 3  
P 10  x 9
δd := 2   +  = 2.636  10- 3

  
(
 π dd4  

)
 
π dd 
2
 24 Es  2 Gs 
  64   4 

Result6 := "OK" if δd  3
"Not ok" otherwise

Result6 = "OK"

B. CHECK FOR SERVICEABILITY

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The influence of creep on deflection under long term loading

Φ := 2

Ecm 4
Ecmt := = 1.025  10
1+Φ

The approximate quantification of slab deflection under a concenttrated load

cp := 1.1 - 1.24 
a
 = 1.1
 L
0.25
 Ecmt h3 
Lcr :=   = 495.006
 ( 2 
 12 1 - ν  k)
 Fz 103 
δp := cp   = 0.449
 2
 k Lcr 
Result8 := "OK" if δp  3
"Not ok" otherwise

Result8 = "OK"

Shrinkage retraint stresses

-6
εsh := 500  10
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The factored shrinkage stress

fsh := 0.2 Ecmt εsh = 1.025

The influence of curling

-6 -4
Δε := 1.5 10  d = 2.25  10

The bending stress

1 Δε
fcur :=  Ecmt = 1.441
2 1-ν

REFERENCES
Concrete industrial ground floors - a guide to design and construction (Third Edition)