One Way Slab
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Shoaib Mohammad QuraishiOne Way Slab
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Shoaib Mohammad QuraishiOne Way Slab
A slab made of reinforced concrete with no voids and supported on two sides only then it will bend or
deflect in the direction perpendicular to the supported edges. The structural action is one way and
almost all loads being carried by the slab in the shorter direction. This type of slab is called One Way
slab. If the slab is supported on all four sides and the ratio of longer side to shorter side is greater than
or equal to two, then again structural action will be one way and the slab will be One Way slab.
Plan of a one way slab which has support on two sides only Plan of one way slab which has support on all four sides in
(beams along the shorter dimension). the form of beams but its longer side is greater than twice
the shorter side.
STEPS FOR DESIGNING OF ONE WAY SLAB
One term which you will encounter frequently in One Way slab designing is span. Remember that span
is “the distance between the two supports which are carrying almost the entire load of slab”. Also bear
this in mind we design the slab using a portion of slab i.e. a unit length of slab.
The steps for designing of one way slab are discussed below
Determine the type of one way slab you have. The different types of one way slabs are
o Simply supported
Plan of one way slab with beams and columns on four sides.
o One end continuous
Plan of one way slab with beams and columns on four sides.
This slab has continuity on one side in the form of adjoining slab.
o Two end continuous
Plan of one way slab with beams and columns on four sides.
This slab has continuity on both sides in the form of adjoining slabs.
o Cantilever
Plan of one way slab with beam and columns on one side.
Calculate the slab thickness based on the type of slab given by ACI code.
Calculate loads on slab. The different types of loads on slab are
o Dead load
Self weight
Finishes load
Partition wall load
Sunk load
o Live load
Calculate the maximum moment values on different parts of the selected section of the slab.
Using the value of moment calculate the value of Ru using the formula
Mu
R u=
b d2
Using the above calculated value of Ru calculate the value of ρ .
ρ fy
(
R u =∅ρ f y 1-
1.7 f `c )
This will give a quadratic equation solving which we can obtain values of ρ .
Compare this value of ρ with ρmin . Which ever will be greater will be used.
Calculate area of steel, As, using the value of ρ calculated above by using the formula
A s=ρbd
If ρmin was used then As will be calculated according to the following conditions.
For steel having strength 40-50 ksi
A s (min )=0.002 bh
For steel having strength 60 ksi
A s (min )=0.0018 bh
For steel having strength greater than 60 ksi
60,000
A s (min )=0.0018 ×
fy
Clear cover will be decided according to the following
For #14 - #18 bars
Cover = 1/2”
For bars > #11
Cover = 3/4”
Spacing will be calculated by using
Ab
s= ×12
As
