DESIGN ENG. M.

SAEED REFAI
DATE : 22/10/2012
REV: 1

Slab on grade checks

Wheel load "P" = 110000 N

Soil type Well graded Gravel "GW" Fig. 4.19 Ref.(2)
Subgrade reaction "k" = 0.120 N/mm3
Contact stress = 0.48 N/mm2 "70psi"
Fcu = 25 N/mm2
Slab thickness "t" = 150 mm
Poisson ratio "u" = 0.15
Ec = 22136 N/mm2 Ref.(1)
Allowable concrete tensoin stress "Fct" = 3.0 N/mm2 Ref.(1)
Radius of contact area "a" = 269 mm Ref.(2)

Case-1 The load at Corner of slab

Radius of relative stifness "L" = 480 mm Eq. 4.19a Ref.(2)

Actual tension stress at top of concrete slab = 1.9 N/mm2 Eq. 4.19b Ref.(2)
< 3.0 Safe

Case-2 The load at distance from the edge of the slab

Actual tension stress at bottom of concrete slab = 3.4 N/mm2 Eq. 4.20 Ref.(2)
> 3.0 Unsafe

Case-3 The load at the edge of the slab

Actual tension stress at bottom of concrete slab = 4.2 kg/cm2 Eq. 4.21 Ref.(2)
> 3.0 Unsafe

Ref.(1) Egyptian Code for Design and Cconstruction of Concrete Structures ECCS203-2001
Ref.(2) Design of Concrete Structures, Winter and Nilson, Eighth edition
Ref.(3) Handbook of Concrete Engineering, Mark Fintel
 Axle Loading= 400000 N
Contact stress= 0.48 N/mm2
No of wheels per axe= 4
Radius of Contact Area= 257 mm
Effective Contact Area For One Wheel= 207168 mm2
Wheel spacing= 4000 mm

Subgrade reaction "k"= 0.148 N/mm3

Fcu= 25 N/mm2
Modulus of rupture= 3.32 N/mm2

Selected Factor of Safety= 1.7

Allowable stress= 1.955 N/mm2

Stress/1000Lb of axle load 3.1535481954

 89.92 Kips
70.007 Psi

10.11 in
321.11 in
157.48 in

545.2 P/in^3
3625.8 Psi
482.1 Psi

283.6 Psi