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DESIGNOFTWOWAYEDGESUPPORTEDSLAB
Aconcreteflooristobecomposedofrectangularbaysmeasuring3035.Beamofwidth16inchand
depth32inch.areprovidedonallcolumnlines,thustheclearspandimensionfortwowayslabpanels
are28.533.5.
GivenData:

fc'=4000psi

fy=60,000psi

L.L=100psf

I.D.L=20psf

Calculations:

The minimum thickness for the slabs of this type is often taken equal to

times the panel

perimeter.

h=2(28.5+33.5)

=8.27

Using9.5foratrialdepth.Thecorrespondingdeadloadis

150= 118.75psf.Thus,thefactored

loadsonwhichthedesignistobebasedare:

LiveLoad=1.7100=170psf

DeadLoad=1.4(118.75+20)=194.25psf

TotalLoad=364.25psf

Use365psf

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CONSIDERINGEDGECORNERPANEL01

Withtheratioofpanelsidesm=

.
.

= 0.85>0.5,themomentcalculationsfortheslabmiddle

stripsareasfollows:
NegativeMomentsAtContinuousEdges(Table12.3)

Ma,neg=0.071365(28.5)2=25,2593inlb

Mb,neg=0.029365(33.5)2=14,2548inlb

PositiveMoment(Tables12.4&12.5)

Ma,pos.dl=0.039194.25(28.5)2=73,840inlb

Ma,pos,ll=0.048170(28.5)2=79,535inlb

Ma,pos,total=15,3375inlb

Mb,pos.dl=0.016194.25(33.5)2=41,855inlb

Mb,pos,ll=0.020170(33.5)2=45,787inlb

Mb,pos,total=87,642inlb

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Negativemomentsatdiscontinuousedges( positivemoments)

Ma,neg= (15,3375)=51,125inlb

Mb,neg= (87,642)=29,214inlb

Therequiredreinforcementinthemiddlestripswillbeselectedas:
SHORTDIRECTION:
Midspan:

,
.

=215=0.0037

As=0.0037128.12=0.36in2/ft
UsingTablesweget;#4bar@6 c/c
ContinuousEdge:

=355=0.0063

As=0.0063128.12=0.61in2/ft
2

UsingTableA6weget;#4bar@3 c/c(As=0.67in /ft)

DiscontinuousEdge:
Thenegativemomentatthediscontinuousedgeisonethirdthepositivemomentinthespan;itwould
adequate to bent up every third bar from the bottom to provide negative moment steel at the
discontinuousedge.
CheckforACIspacingcriteria:

Bentupofeverythirdbarresultina19.5spacing,whichislargerthanmaximumspacingof2h
=19inpermittedbytheACICode.
Sincethereisalittledifferencebetweenthepermittedspacingvalueandrequired(calculated)souse
thespacingaspercalculations.
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Provide#4bars@19 c/c
LONGDIRECTION:
Midspan:

=123=0.0021

As=0.0021128.12=0.20in2/ft
UsingTablesweget;#4bar@12c/c
ContinuousEdge:

=200=0.0035

As=0.0035128.12=0.34in2/ft
UsingTableA6weget;#4bar@7c/c
DiscontinuousEdge:
Thenegativemomentatthediscontinuousedgeisonethirdthepositivemomentinthespan;itwould
adequate to bent up every third bar from the bottom to provide negative moment steel at the
discontinuousedge.
CheckforACIspacingcriteria:

Bentupofeverythirdbarresultina36spacing,whichislargerthanmaximumspacingof2h=
19inpermittedbytheACICode.
Soprovidethebarsatdiscontinuousedgeas#4bars@19c/c
SHEAR
The reactions of the slab are calculated from the table 12.6, which indicates that 71 % of the load is
transmittedintheshortdirectionand29%inthelongdirection.Thetotalloadonthepanelbeing28.5
33.5365=348,483lb,theloadperfootonthelongbeamis(0.71348,483)/(233.5)=3,692lb/ft
andontheshortbeamis(0.29348,483)/(228.5)=1,773lb/ft.thesheartobetransmittedbythe
slabtothesebeamsisnumericallyequaltothesebeamloads,reducedtoacriticalsectionadistanced
fromthebeamface.Theshearstrengthoftheslabis:

Vc=0.8524000128.12=10,476lb

Wellabovetherequiredshearstrengthatfactoredloads.
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