® Example on flat slab
An office building is planned using a flat plate floor system with the column layout as
shown in figure below. No beams, dropped panels, or column capitals are permitted.
Specified live load is SkN/m2 and dead load will include the weight of the slab plus an
allowance of 1.129kN/m2 for finish floor plus suspended loads. The columns will be
450mmx450mm, and the floor to floor height of the structure will be 3.6m. Design the
interior panel c, using materials S400, C25/30 and class I work. Straight bar
reinforcement will be used.All columns 45x4Sem
Figure: Two —way flat slab floor1. Flat slab thickness from deflection requirement:
; 2)
Ab Ki +s yf, 243.2, Ta 2 } if p