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Slab Design Example

This document provides design specifications and calculations for a one-way slab in an office building. Key details include: - The slab has an exterior span of 18 ft and interior span of 16 ft, with beam spacing of 18 ft. Concrete strength is 5000 psi and reinforcement is #4 bars with 60,000 psi yield strength. - Calculations are shown to design the slab thickness as 7 inches, check shear strength, and design flexural reinforcement. The required reinforcement is 0.167 in2/ft at a maximum spacing of 12 inches. - Bending moments are calculated for design sections along the slab. Reinforcement amounts, spacing, strains and moment capacities are calculated and checked to meet requirements.

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Slab Design Example

This document provides design specifications and calculations for a one-way slab in an office building. Key details include: - The slab has an exterior span of 18 ft and interior span of 16 ft, with beam spacing of 18 ft. Concrete strength is 5000 psi and reinforcement is #4 bars with 60,000 psi yield strength. - Calculations are shown to design the slab thickness as 7 inches, check shear strength, and design flexural reinforcement. The required reinforcement is 0.167 in2/ft at a maximum spacing of 12 inches. - Bending moments are calculated for design sections along the slab. Reinforcement amounts, spacing, strains and moment capacities are calculated and checked to meet requirements.

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CE 403, Fall 2015  Slab Design Example  1 / 5 

  (ACI 318‐11 Referenced) 
   
Design a one‐way slab for an interior bay of a multi‐story office building using the information 
specified below.  Neglect compression reinforcement.  Assume partitions cannot be damaged 
by deflections.  Round slab thickness up to the nearest ¼”. 
Use a spreadsheet to design each section and show your results with a sketch (elevation view). 
Submit hand calculations matching the spreadsheet for one section.  Include units on all 
numbers. 

Exterior Span Interior Span Exterior Span


Spacing
Beam
Spacing
Beam

span
slab
Spacing
Beam
Spacing
Beam

Lbeam Lbeam Lbeam


 
Plan View of Floor System 
 
f'c = 5000 psi  wSD = 10 psf  beam spacing = 18 ft 
fy = 60,000 psi   wLL = 100 psf  bw of beam = 14 in 
 
   
CE 403, Fall 2015  Slab Design Example  2 / 5 
  (ACI 318‐11 Referenced) 
   
Slab Thickness, t.   
Set h = hmin for deflection.     Use ACI Table 9.5(a):  hmin = L / 28,  
L = distance from center of support to center of support = beam spacing = 16 ft 
hmin = (16’ x 12”/’) / 28 = 6.857 “,                                         use h = 7.0” 
 
Check shear strength:  Vu = 1.15 wu Ln / 2 at exterior face of 1st interior support (ACI 8.3, pg 
109) 
wu  1.2(w self  w SD )  1.6w L

12" 7.75"
w self  (0.150 kcf )( )( )  0.0969klf
12" /' 12" /'
wu  1.2[0.0969 klf  (0.010 ksf )(1' )]  1.6(0.100 ksf )(1' ), wu  0.288klf

16"
l n  clear span beamspacing  bwof beam  16' , l n  14.67 ft
12" / 1
Vu  1.15(0.288klf )(14.67 ft )/ 2  2.79k
 
Vc  (0.75)(2 f c' bw d )
 
Use #4 bars for flexural reinforcement (revise if needed)  Use #4 bars 
cover = 0.75 in (ACI 7.7.1, pg 93)  for flexural reinf. 
 1 4
d  h  cover  bar  7.75"  0.75" ( )", d  6.75"
2 2 8
 
Vc  (0.75)( 2 4000 psi (12in )(6.75in )  8.59 k  
  Vc  8.59  2.79k  Vu , OK  
 
 
2. Design Flexure Reinforcement at each Section 
Min. Reinforcement: 
As _ min
 0.0018 (ACI 10.5.4)
bh
 
in 2
A s_min  (0.0018)(12" )(7.75" ), As _ min   0.167
ft width
Max. Reinforcement Spacing  (ACI 10.5.4): 
S max_ slabs  min[18in, 3h]  min[18in, 3(7.75in)]  18in  
 
CE 403, Fall 2015  Slab Design Example  3 / 5 
  (ACI 318‐11 Referenced) 
   
Distribution of reinforcement (ACI 10.6.4): 
40,000 40,000
S max_ distrib  min[15  2.5cc , 12 ]
2 2
fy fy
3 3
 bar 14
cc  h  d   7.75in  6.75in   0.75in
2 28  
40,000 40,000
S max_ distrib  min[15  2.5(0.75in), 12 ]
2 2
(60,000 psi) (60,000 psi )
3 3
S max  min[ S max_ slabs , S max_ distrib ]  min[18in, 12in ], S max  12in
 
 
Design of Bar Spacings: 
 

ln 
 
Elevation View of Floor Slab 
 
 
We can design one half of the slab length due to symmetry. 
Design Sections 

 
M Coeff. 
1/24  1/14  1/10  1/11  1/16  1/11 
(ACI 8.3) 
Mu, k‐ft  3.40  5.83  8.17  7.43  5.10  7.43 

As_req’d, in2  0.167 0.202  0.283  0.257  0.177  0.257 

Sreq’d, in  12  11.87  8.48  9.33  13.57  9.33 

S, in  12  9 8 8 12 8

As_prov'd, in2  0.2  0.267  0.3  0.3  0.2  0.3 

a, in  0.235  0.314  0.353  0.353  0.235  0.353 

s  0.0659  0.0486  0.0429  0.0429  0.0659  0.0429 

Mn, k‐ft 5.97  7.91  8.87  8.87  5.97  8.87 


CE 403, Fall 2015  Slab Design Example  4 / 5 
  (ACI 318‐11 Referenced) 
   
Calculations for Column 2 provided below.  Calculations for Columns 3 through 7 performed by 
spreadsheet (attached) 
Typical calcs. for first column of above table: 
ln2 (16.83 ft ) 2
M u  wu  (0.288klf )  3.40 k - ft
24 24  
 
As_req’d: 
Set  M n  M u
a
 As fy (d  )  M u (Assume steel yields at ultimate strength)
2
a
Assume: d-  0.95d  
2
in
(3.40k-ft) (12 )
Mu ft in 2
As _ req'd    0.118  As _ min
 fy 0.95d (0.90)(60ksi)(0.95)(6.75in) ft  width
in 2
 As _ req'd  0.167
ft width
 
Rebar spacing, s: 
A 0.20in 2
s  bar   14.4in  Smax  12in
A s_req'd in 2
0.167  
12" width
s  12in
 
Strain in Reinforcement, s 
12 in 2 1 bar 12in in 2
As _ prov'd  Abar  (0.20 )( )( )  0.20  
s bar 12in ft  width ft  width
From C = T:
0.85 fc' a b  As f y
0.85(5ksi) a (12in)  (0.20in 2 )(60ksi), a  0.235in
 
a 0.235in
yt    0.294in
1 0.80
0.003 0.003   s 0.003 0.003   s
 , 
yt d 0.294in 6.75in
 s  0.0658
  s  0.004 = ACI min. for beams and slabs, OK
 s  0.005 so  = 0.90 as assumed, OK  
CE 403, Fall 2015  Slab Design Example  5 / 5 
  (ACI 318‐11 Referenced) 
   

Mn: 
a 0.235in 1 ft
 M n   As f y (d  )  (0.90)(0.20in 2 )(60ksi)(6.75in  )
2 2 12in
 M n  5.97k  ft
   
 
Design bar cutoffs: 
Extension of top bars past face of support (from Text Figure A‐5c) = 
ln 176"
  44"  3' 8" at end beams
  4 4  
0.3 ln  0.3 (176" )  53"  4' 5" at interior beams
 
Temperature & Shrinkage Steel: 
Use #4 bars (not bent by workmen walking on) 
in 2
Also,  As _ req'd for T&S reinforcement = As _ min for slabs = 0.167  
ft  width
Abar 0.20in 2
s   14.4in,
As _ req 'd 0.167in 2
12in 12in
s max  min[18" , 5 h]  min[18in, 5(7.75in) ]  18in T & S Reinf : #4bars @ 12in  

#4 @ 12” #4 @ 8” 7.75”


3’ 8” 4’ 5” #4 @ 12”
4’ 5”

#4 @ 9” #4 @ 12”

6” min (Typ.) clear cover = 0.75” top, bottom and sides

Slab Details   

 
 

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