EXAMPLE 15.1 Consider a case (2) staircase with a 2.0 m effective span between centers of supporting ‘walls, The staircase is internal G.c. mild exposure) without any additional finishes and is to camry an imposed load of 3 kN/m’, R = 175 mm, G = 250 mm, N = 25 mm, W = 75 ‘mm, Use concrete Grade C35 and reinforcement Grade 460, aj 2 b= (2507+ 1757) =305 D=375 sina+75 =233, ‘There is no universal agreement as to how these steps should be designed, but one method is to assume the lever arm as half the maximum thickness from the nose to the soffit measured normal to the soffit. Loading Dead: One step = 4x 0.275 x 0.175 x 24 = 0.58 kNim run of step 305 x0.075x24 =0.55 kN/m run of step 1.13 Nim run of step Imposed = 0.25 x 3.0 = 0.75 kNim run of step Design load = (1.13 x 1.4+0.75 x 1.6)x2=5.6 KN M= (66x 278 =2.80 Nm “Bffective lever am = 233/2= 116m 28x10 AW TTgROET ae OTM Te I-04.For distribution use (0.13 x 1000 x 75)/100 = 98 mmm. suggest 8 at 300 mm centers, yy ond 10 ¢ eaen rp