EXAMPLE 1: TWO-WAY SLAB

Engr. Kenneth Lua

GIVEN
s := 5m

l := 6m

s
= 0.833
l

thickness of slab t := 100mm

width of beam b := 250mm

height of beam h := 500mm

DEAD LOAD
kN
γconcrete := 24
3
m

Slab:

p slab := γconcrete t = 2.4 kPa

p floor_finish := 0.77kPa + 0.12kPa + 0.008 6.35kPa + 0.38kPa = 1.321 kPa

Beam:
kN
wbeam := γconcrete b  h = 3 
m

kN
wwall := 3kPa  3 m = 9 
m
LIVE LOAD:

p LL := 2.9kPa

LOAD COMBINATION: 1.2D + 1.6L

SOLUTION:

( ) (
p u := 1.2 p slab + p floor_finish + 1.6 p LL = 9.105 kPa )
pu  s kN
wu.slab := = 15.175
3 m

kN
(
wu.beam := 1.2 wbeam + wwall = 14.4
m
)
kN
wu.1 := wu.slab + wu.beam = 29.575
m uniform load on the
beam

Using the alternate

method:
Dead Load:
s kN
(
wDL.slab := p slab + p floor_finish  = 6.201
3 m
) (ws)/3

kN
wDL.beam := wbeam + wwall = 12
m

Live Load:
s kN
wLL := p LL = 4.833
3 m (ws)/3

Ultimate Load:
kN uniform load on the
( )
wu.2 := 1.2 wDL.slab + wDL.beam + 1.6 wLL = 29.575
m
( ) beam
using alternate method