WORKING STRESS DESIGN

ONE WAY SOLID SLAB DESIGN:

According to ACI Code minimum thickness of one way RCC Slab is:
1
a. Minimum Thickness of Simply supported slab t=
25
1
b. Minimum Thickness of Semi-continuous slab t=
30
1
c. Minimum Thickness of Fully continuous slab t=
35
1
d. Minimum Thickness of Cantilever slab t=
12
Assumed minimum depth of Slab = .033L meter to .04L meter.

Effective depth of Slab, d=

√ M
Rb
Here, d= Effective depth of slab
b= Width of Considered Strip
M= Bending Moment
1
R= fc j k
2
n
K= fs
n+
fc
fc=
K
j= 1 -
3

W.S.D Method
Step-1: Design Load :

Step-2: maximum shear force :

For Simply Supported & Continuous Slab
 W
Maximum Shear force, V =
2
For Semi-Continuous Slab
At free end V=0.40W
At Continuous end V=0.60W

For Cantilever Slab V= W

STEP-3: MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENT

WL
For Simply Supported Slab maximum bending Moment M=
8
WL
For Semi-continuous Slab maximum bending Moment, M=
10
WL
For Continuous Slab maximum bending Moment M=
12
STEP-4: FIND DEPTH OF SLAB:

Effective depth of Slab, d=

√ M
Rb
Here, d= Effective depth of slab
b= Width of Considered Strip
M= Bending Moment
1
R= fc j k
2
n
K= fs
n+
fc
fc=
K
j= 1 -
3
¯
Dia of ¿
Total Depth = Effective depth + Clear Covering+ 2
¿
STEP-5: AREA OF TENSILE REINFORCEMENT :
M
Area of reinforcement for assumed strip, As =
fsjd
bas
Spacing of bar S=
As
 b= assumed strip width
as=Sectional area of one Rod
As=Total Sectional area of assumed Strip.

STEP-6: SHEAR STRESS :

V
Shear Stress at support ν = bd
Vcr
Shear stress at a distance d from Support ν = bd

V= Shear force at support

Vcr= Shear force at distance d from support
Allowable shear stress of concrete Vc=0.292 √f ' c
Step-7: Bond Stress:
V
Bond Stress u=
Σajd

Σa = Sum of Perimeter for cross section of main rod in a

strip
Allowable bond stress
2.29 √ f ' c
For top bar =
D
3.23 √ f ' c
For Bottom Bar =
D
And Maximum =35.2 kg/cm2
Here,
D = Diameter of Rod

STEP-8:AREA OF SHRINKAGE & TEMPERATURE REINFORCEMENT

For Deformed Bar A’s= 0.002bt
For Plain Bar A’s = 0.0025bt
100 as
Spacing of Temperature rod S =
A' s
Here,
 as = Cross sectional area of one rod

STEP-9: DETAIL SKETCH

 U.S.D METHOD OF DESIGN
1. Design Load :
Ultimate Load Wu = 1.7L+ 1.4D

2. Maximum Shear Force :

3. Maximum Bending Moment :

4. Depth of Slab :
f 'c 6117
Balanced Steel Ratio ρb=0.85β1 x
fy (6117 +fy)
Here,

β1= Ratio of Stress

Max Steel Ratio, ρmax = 0.75 ρb

¿ fy
Maximum Nominal Resisting Moment, Mn = ρfy bd2 ¿ 1-0.59
f 'c
]

Maximum Bending Moment or Factored Load Moment, Mu = ФMn

Ф= Moment factor
Mu
Area of Tension Reinforcement As= a
Ф fy( d− )
2
ρdfy
a= 0.85 f ' c

d
Critical Shear at distance d from internal support, Vu (critical) = Vu – W X
100
Vu
Shear Stress, Ʋu = bd

Allowable Shear stress by Concrete, Ʋuc = 0.53 Ф √ f ' c

6.39 √ f ' c
Allowable Ultimate Bond stress, Uall =
D