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Manila Office

KAFD_Hotel_Plot_1.08
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CHECKED BY

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RJB/GB

03/30/00

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04/17/15

RB

04/17/15

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DESIGN BASIS STATEMENT (Inc. sources of info/data, assumptions made, standards, etc.)

1.0 Design Methodology

This slab deflection verification has been done to ensure that the version's of PROKON
(Continuos Beam Module Ver. 2.4.13 and SAFE 12.2.0, Manila Office is currently using is giving
acceptable result.
A manual calculation has been done based from the method as per ACI-318 and BS8110 Part2
and compared it to the result of PROKON (Continuos Beam Module Ver. 2.4.13 and SAFE 12.2.0)
With this, it has been found out that both SAFE 12.2.0 and PROKON gives the same result with
manual calculation in terms of flexural reinforcement and deflection. SAFE 12.2.0 uses the
provision of ACI 318 in terms of calculating the effective moment of inertia,however uses ACI435
in calculating modulus of rupture of concrete no manner what design code has been specified in
the preferences either using British Standard, Austrailian Standard, etc. while PROKON longterm
deflection is based from BS8110 Part 2 . Likewise in terms of ULS (flexural required
reinforcement) PROKON, SAFE12.2.0 and Manual Check gives the almost the same results.
PROKON (Continuos Beam Module Ver. 2.4.13) - applicable only to one way spanning reinforced concrete slab
SAFE 12.2.0 - applicable to any type of reinforced concrete slab

2.0 Parameters used

Fcu = 45 N/mm2 (BS CODE 8110)
Fc' = 55 N/mm2 (ACI - 318)
Ec = 29000 N/mm2 (BS CODE 8110)
Ec = 34856 N/mm2 (ACI - 318)
As = 2946 mm2 Tension reinforcement
span = 10m (simply supported)
Section = 1000 x 350 (bxd)
SDL = 5.00 kN/m
LL = 3.0 kN/m
Unit Weigth = 25 kN/m3
creep coefficient = 2.0
free shrinkage strain = 3.00E - 04
Time - dependent factor for sustained load, = 2.0 (5 years or more)

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Summary
METHOD

Total long Term Deflection

CODE

Manual Check

89.53

0.62fr(ACI-318)
BS 8110-1997

Manual Check

89.77

Prokon W 2.4.13

84.62

ACI-318

Prokon W 2.4.13

89.84

BS 8110-1997

RAPT 6.2.2

81

ACI-318 -fr (N/A)

RAPT 6.2.2

89.1

BS 8110-1997 - fr (N/A)

SAFE 12.2.0

54.13

0.62fr(ACI-318)

SAFE 12.2.0

85.89

0.33fr(ACI-435)

SAFE 12.2.0

82.94

0.62fr(BS 8110-1997)

SAFE 12.2.0

82.94

0.33fr(BS 8110-1997)

Conclusion:
SAFE 12.2.0, underestimate the long term deflection to the fact that it is using a
modulus rupture of concrete based from ACI-318 which is 0.62 fc' and this parameter
can not be controlled by the user as it is internally calculated by the program.
ACI-435 stated that using fr = 0.62 fc' underestimate the calculated long term
deflection, in that case it is advised to used fr=0.33 fc', which produced good
correlation between the calculated deflection and the reported field deflection.
See appendix B and C for detail verification.

Recommendation (when using SAFE 12.2.0)

1.0 When using British Standard please note that we are using fcu,

and the modulus of rupture the program uses fc'. The relation
between the cube strength is, fc' = 0.8 fcu
2.0 To resolved the scenario of the problem above, instead of

allowing the software to calculate the modulus of rupture, go to

main menu select run, then cracking analysis option and select
user define, and input the calculated modulus of rupture using the
equation 0.33(0.8Fcu).
3.0 In the first iteration used reinforcement based from finite
element design, however if locatized areas have significant
deflection, re run the model again by using quick tension rebar
specification to minimized the deflection, but take note that this
deflection are only true in the areas where reinforcement specified
have been provided in the actual design.
4.0 Deflection should be based from load case sequencing as detail in the
appendix
"A" in this report.

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Appendix A
- Load Case Sequencing when checking longterm deflection
Dead , Nonlinear(Long Term Cracked) with creep and shinkage, start from unstressed condition
SDL, Nonlinear(Long Term Cracked) with creep and shinkage, start from stressed state Dead
LL, Nonlinear (Cracked) , start from stressed state SDL

NOTE:
For

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APPENDIX B: SAFE 12.2.0

ACI 318

54 mm
fr = 0.62(fc')^0.5

fr = 0.33(fc')^0.5

85.89 mm

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APPENDIX C

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