Flat Slab & Flat Plate System PDF

FLAT SLAB and FLAT PLATE
Er. Salman Khursheed

Assistant Professor
Building Engineering and Management
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Classification of Flat Slabs :
1. FLAT PLATE/FLAT SLAB SYSTEMS :

Consist of solid RCC slabs and columns (no beams)
2. FLAT PLATE SYSTEMS :

Systems with solid RCC slabs (with or without drop panels) and RCC
columns (without column heads)
3. FLAT SLAB SYSTEMS:

Systems with solid RCC slabs (with or without drop panels) and RCC
columns with columns heads.
MERITS OF FLAT PLATE/ FLAT SLAB SYSTEMS :
1. Pleasing clear flat ceiling.
2. Can reduce storey height to accommodate more number of floors.
3. Simple and less form work.
4. Easy and quick construction.

DEMERITS OF FLAT PLATE/ FLAT SLAB SYSTEMS :
1. Thicker slabs needed to resist punching shear.

2. Heavier weight and costlier system compared to beam and slab
system (25 to 40% costlier).
3. Weaker under horizontal loads (due to EQ/wind). Provision of
shear walls needed for multi-storied buildings above 6 to 8 floors and
above systems.
4. Ideally requires regular square layout of panels. Difficult to
analyse for panels with irregular layouts.
5. Difficult to provide large openings e.g. for stairs and lift wells.
These may need beam slab framing.
Applications of FLAT Slabs and plates :
1. Parking Buildings
2. Libraries etc.
Few Buildings of FLAT Slabs and Plates:
1. NDMC parking at Connaught Place, New Delhi.

2. MCD parking in front of LNGP Hospital, New Delhi.
3. National museum building, Janpath, New Delhi.
4. Central secretariat Library at Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
FLAT SLAB SYSTEMS :
1. Consist of a solid concrete slab with drop panels and column Heads.
2. Thickness of slab = 125 to 250 mm

3. Spacing of columns = 4 to 8 m centres
4. Column heads & drop panels provide resistance against punching shear.
FLAT PLATE
No beams, no column
heads with/ without
drop panels.
FLAT SLAB
No beams with column
heads with/ without
drop panels..
DROP PANELS & COLUMN HEADS OF A FLAT SLAB RESIST

PUNCHING SHEAR
SPAN RANGE : MERITS :
4 m to 8 m (i) Neat obstruction free ceiling.
(ii) Easy shuttering.
APPLICATIONS :
(iii) Aesthetically & Architecturally pleasing.
(i) Parking Buildings.
(iv) Reduced storey height may be adopted.
(ii) Library Buildings.
DEMERITS :
(i) Heavy dead weight
and Hence costlier
system.
(ii) Weaker for lateral
loads.
(iii) Needs regular
layout and more or
T= span/30 less square panels.
t’=1.25t
STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF A FLAT SLAB SYSTEM

FLAT SLAB SYSTEMS
FLAT PLATE WITH DROP PANELS
FLAT SLAB WITH DROP PANELS
PUNCHING SHEAR FAILURE OF A FLAT PLATE
NATIONAL MUSEUM PHASE-III AT JANPATH New Delhi
STRUCTURAL LAYOUT PLAN AT TYPICAL FLOOR
NATIONAL MUSEUM PHASE III AT JANPATH New Delhi
STRUCTURAL LAYOUT PLAN AT TYPICAL FLOOR
FLAT SLAB = 270 mm THICK

COLUMNS :
13 TO 25, 29 TO 36, 40 TO 47, 51 TO 58, 68 TO 69 = 750 mm DIA.
1, 16, 71, 84, 85, 86 = 510 X 510 mm.
COLUMN NOS :
2 TO 15, 17, 26, 27, 28, 37, 38, 39, 48, 49, 50, 59, 60, 61, 70, 72, 73, 74,
76, 77, 78 = 510 X 610 mm
79, 81, 82, 83, 75, 80 = 510 X 1270
FLAT PLATE SYSTEMS :
Consist of only slabs & columns beams being
committed.
SECTION
FLAT PLATE SYSTEMS :
Consist of only slabs & columns beams being committed.
ISOMETRIC VIEW
MERITS :
1. Pleasing clear flat ceiling.
2. Can reduce storey height to accommodate more number of storeys.
3. Simple and less form work.
4. Easy and quick construction.
DEMERITS :
1. More thickness of slab is needed to resist punching shear stress.
2. Heavy weight and costlier system compared to beam & slab system.
3. Problematic if concentrated loads are to be supported or large
openings to be provided (will need framing)
4. Weak in Horizontal loads (seismic) resistance.
CORPORATE PARK : DLF QUTAB ENCLAVE, PHASE III
10 STOREYED BLOCK (Flat Plate construction)
Storey height = 3200 mm

Slab thickness = 275 mm
All columns = 600 x 600 mm
Concrete mix = M30 for Columns; M20 for others members
TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
D.L.F. CORPORATE PARK BUILDING GURGAON ( FLAT PLATE)

FLOOR SYSTEMS – COMPARATATIVE COSTS (Rs. PSFT)
1. Beam and slab systems : 100-110
2. Waffle slab system : 175-185
3. Flat slab system : 140-150
CONCLUSION :
Adopt beam and slab floor system unless there is justification for adopting any
other system due to functional, architectural and aesthetic reasons.
TWO WAY FLAT PLATE
HORIZONTAL SYSTEMS
TWO WAY FLAT SLAB WITH DROPS
HORIZONTAL SYSTEMS
SKIP JOIST WIDE MODULE
HORIZONTAL SYSTEMS
ONE-WAY JOIST SLAB
HORIZONTAL SYSTEMS
TWO-WAY JOIST SLAB (WAFFLE)
HORIZONTAL SYSTEMS
ONE-WAY BEAM AND SLAB
HORIZONTAL SYSTEMS
TWO - WAY BEAM AND SLAB
HORIZONTAL SYSTEMS
ONE - WAY FLAT SLAB
HORIZONTAL SYSTEMS
(iii) BEAM AND SLAB FLOOR
SYSTEM
HORIZONTAL SYSTEMS

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FLAT SLAB and FLAT PLATE

Er. Salman Khursheed

1. FLAT PLATE/FLAT SLAB SYSTEMS :

2. FLAT PLATE SYSTEMS :

3. FLAT SLAB SYSTEMS:

1. Pleasing clear flat ceiling.

2. Can reduce storey height to accommodate more number of floors.

3. Simple and less form work.

4. Easy and quick construction.

1. Thicker slabs needed to resist punching shear.

Few Buildings of FLAT Slabs and Plates:

1. NDMC parking at Connaught Place, New Delhi.

2. Thickness of slab = 125 to 250 mm

DROP PANELS & COLUMN HEADS OF A FLAT SLAB RESIST

STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF A FLAT SLAB SYSTEM

FLAT SLAB = 270 mm THICK

Storey height = 3200 mm

D.L.F. CORPORATE PARK BUILDING GURGAON ( FLAT PLATE)

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