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Abstract: In Concrete flat slab opening was provided to provide services or to decrease self-weight of the slab. The flat slab with opening system is
commonly used in different types of civil structures such as parking floor, Commercial building. In the Present study, total 15 slabs were casted to check
the Adequacy of flat slabs with openings of different sizes and shapes. At the center of slab openings are provided with rectangular and circular shape.
For rectangular opening 150x100mm and 200x150mm sizes were provided, and for circular opening 150mm and 110mm diameter the sizes of opening
were provided. In this study Finite Element analysis of the flat slabs is proposed. A comparative study is carried out between experimental & analytical
design of 750x500x150 mm slab panels. The ANSYS 16.0 finite element software which is used to analysis reinforced concrete (RC) slab models. The
load has been applied at slab to calculate the maximum and minimum displacement, strain, stresses at each slab. The average deflections of size
150x100 mm rectangular opening were reduced by 25.52% as compared with size 200x150 mm rectangular opening. Similarly for a circular opening of
110mm diameter lesser by 11.39% as compared with 150mm diameter of opening.
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1 INTRODUCTION
Reinforced concrete has long been one of the largely used results are presented herein. For simply supported slabs, the
materials in construction industry. It has various material analytical study on the ultimate load capacity of the slab
advantages, but one of the most significant advantages is the shows that the ultimate total load decreases with the size of
ability to be cast into a wide variety of shapes. In addition, flat the opening and for fixed-end slabs, the results show that the
slab constructions do not restrict the positioning of horizontal opening has insignificant effect on the ultimate area load
services and partitions and help to minimize floor-to-floor capacity for a small opening size of up to 0.3 times the slab
heights. This provides advantages in terms of lower building dimension.
height, with reduced installation costs. In general openings are
unavoidable and absolutely reduce the ultimate strength of Liana L. J. Borges, Et.al.[10]: This paper deals Punching shear
structures. For the analysis of flat slab the finite element tests were conducted on 13 reinforced concrete flat plates with
method has been used for the modeling and analysis of and without openings or/and shear reinforcement. The
reinforced concrete systems for many years. Finite elements openings (one or two) were adjacent to the shorter sides of
have the unique capability to conform to virtually any rectangular supports and had widths equal to those of the
geometry that could be physically implemented. Thus, the supports. The methods of calculating punching shear
FEM has gained acceptance as an appropriate tool for the strengths given in ACI 318-11 and MC90/EC2 are reviewed
analysis of flat plates, especially those with highly irregular or along with some proposed formulations, and their predictions
unusual geometries where the direct design and equivalent are compared with the test results.
frame techniques are not valid [1]. In this study, two way
reinforced concrete slabs with openings are modeled using Ashraf Mohamed Mahmoud [3]: in this paper, they used Ansys
Analysis System ANSYS 16.0 software to understand the 10 finite element software for modeling and load was
behavior of slab with different opening conditions. The aim of calculated by Newton-Raphson method. Punching shear
this study is to determine the effect of stresses and deflection reinforcement increases with the deformation capacity and
due to openings. strength. FEM element Solid 65 was used for concrete and
beam 188 for stud element. Several important parameters are
2 LITERATURE REVIEW incorporated in the analysis, namely the column size, the slab
thickness and the punching shear reinforcement system in
Chee Khoon Ng, Et.al.[4]: a study on simply supported and
order to study their effects on the flat slab behavior. Reduction
fixed-end; square slabs with opening at the ultimate limit
was observed 40% in the proposed load–rotation values,
state using the yield line method was carried out and the
leading to somewhat non-agreeing values. An increase in the
proposed strength capacity values of 22% compared to the
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experimentally available data was concluded, leading to a
Mr. Ashish S. Bora is currently pursuing Master’s degree program in
structural engineering in MIT World Peace University, India, E-mail:
good agreement between them.
bora.ashish92@gmail.com
Prof. D. G. Gaidhankar is currently associate professor in School of Civil Ozgur Anil, Et.al. [11]: They studied the effects of opening size
Engineering, MIT World Peace University, India,
E-mail-darshan.gaidhankar@mitpune.edu.in and location on the punching shear behavior of two–way
Prof. M. S. Kulkarni is currently professor and head of school of Civil reinforced concrete (RC) slabs was investigated. The
Engineering, MIT World Peace University, India,
experimental study was carried out on eight experimental
specimens with openings at different variable locations and a
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3 OBJECTIVES
Comparative study of experimental and software study
using flat slab with opening with various conditions and
flat slab without opening.
The study helps to identify the effective alternatives for
different shape of openings at the different location are
found out.
To find the reduction in the ultimate load carrying
capacity of the RC Slab having rectangular cross-sections
with circular and rectangular opening cross section. Fig 4.2 Set-up for slab testing
To model the RC slab using three-dimensional non-linear
finite element analysis in ANSYS 16.0 software. The deflection of the specimens was measured from CHT vs
load graph which is generated at computer. The results from
experimental test are discussed below.
4 EXPERIMENTAL TEST
Experimental work has been carried out of RCC slab panels Table 5.2 Slab specimens with rectangular openings
casted and cured on site for 28 days. The total 15 slabs are
casted in that panel size was 750x500x150mm with and
Designation Size of Opening Load (kN) Deflection (mm)
without opening with the rectangular and circular shape
opening provided with M25 & FE500. An opening size is kept RO1 150X100 115 7.31
RO2 150X100 113 7.11
in rectangular shape of 200x150mm and 150x100mm and for
RO3 150X100 110 7.05
circular shape 150mm and 110mm diameter for the casting.
RO4 200X150 110 10.62
Steel reinforcement of 8mm diameter bar at 100mm spacing
RO5 200X150 105 8.90
center to center was used in both the direction of slab and
RO6 200X150 107 9.30
provides 20mm cover for slab.
Table 4.3 Slab specimens with circular opening
Table 4.1 Properties of specimens
Designation Opening shape Opening size No. Designation Size of opening Load (kN) Deflection (mm)
RO1,RO2,RO3 Rectangular 200x150 3 CO1 15O mm 132 12.31
RO4,RO5,RO6 Rectangular 150x100 3 CO2 15O mm 130 11.50
CO1,CO2,CO3 circular 150mm 3 CO3 15O mm 128 10.97
CO4,CO5,CO6 circular 110mm 3 CO4 11O mm 167 13.77
CS1,CS2, CS3 Without - 3 CO5 11O mm 160 12.40
CO6 11O mm 165 13.07
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5 ANALYTICAL WORK
Fig 5.3 Total Deformation of slab with rectangular opening
5.1 Element Type
200x150mm
SOLID186 is a higher order 3-D 20-node solid element that
exhibits quadratic displacement behavior. The element is
defined by 20 nodes having three degrees of freedom per
node: translations in the nodal x, y, and z directions. BEAM
188- For steel BEAM188 is used. The element is a linear,
quadratic, or cubic two-node beam element in 3-D. BEAM188
has six or seven degrees of freedom at each node. These
include translations in the x, y, and z directions and rotations
Fig 5.4 Equivalent Stress of slab with rectangular opening
about the x, y, and z directions. Three dimensional Flat slabs
200x150mm
with various opening are modeled in ANSYS WORKBENCH
with dimension of 750x500x150 mm. In rectangular opening
Case3- Rectangular slab3 with Circular opening of 150mm
are provided of 200x150 and 150x100mm and for circular
diameter
opening with diameter of 150 mm and 110 mm respectively.
The results like total deformation, directional deformation and
equivalent stresses are carried out in finite element analysis of
slabs.
Case4- Rectangular slab3 with Circular opening of Table 6.1 Bending test results of slab specimens
110mm diameter
Ultim
Size of Experimenta Analytical
Sr. ate
opening l deflection deflection
load
1 150X100 115 7.31 6.8586
2 150X100 113 7.11 6.7329
3 150X100 110 7.05 6.548
4 200X150 110 10.62 6.7329
5 200X150 105 8.90 6.548
Fig 5.7 Total deformation of RC slab with circular opening 6 200X150 107 9.30 6.848
110mm diameter 7 150 φ 132 12.31 10.434
8 150 φ 130 11.50 10.883
9 150 φ 128 10.97 10.314
10 110 φ 167 13.77 12.250
11 110 φ 160 12.40 11.699
12 110 φ 165 13.07 12.060
13 Without 165 8.19 7.3711
14 Without 170 8.45 7.5944
Fig 5.8 Equivalent stress of RC slab with circular opening 15 Without 175 8.56 7.8178
110mm diameter
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opening of 110mm diameter lesser by 11.39% as compared [12]. S Durgadevagi and N. A. Jabez “A Comparative
with 150mm diameter. Analysis of Slab with Different Shape of Cutout for
The reduction is observed in the values 25-35% of first Various End Conditions Using ANSYS” Journal of
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Equivalent stress of Slab without opening is [13]. Zienkiewicz, O. C. and Cheung, Y. K., “The Finite
approximately more by 34-38% and 16-30% in rectangular Element Method for Analysis of Elastic Isotropic and
opening and circular opening respectively. Orthotropic Slabs,” Institution of Civil Engineers, vol.
28, pp. 471–488, August 1964.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I sincerely thank Prof. Mr. D. G. Gaidhankar who guided me
throughout the research work and suggested the correct
means to carry out the work in every aspect for his consistent
guidance and inspiration throughout the seminar work, which
I am sure, will go a long way in my life.
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