SIMPLIFIED METHOD FOR REINFORCED TWO-WAY SLABS SUPPORTED

ON FOUR SIDES
Application
The design bending moments and shear forces for strength in reinforced two-way simply
supported or continuous rectangular slabs, which are supported by walls or beam on four sides,
may be determined form Clause 7.3.2 to 7.3.4 provided that:
a) the loads are essentially uniformly distributed;
b) the reinforcement is arranged in accordance with the requirements of Clause 9.1.3.3;
and
c) bending moments at supports are caused only by the action of loads applied to the
beam or slab

Design Bending Moments

The design bending moments in a slab shall be determined as follows:
a) The positive design bending moments at mid-span, M*x and M*y, on strips of unit width
spanning, and , respectively shall be calculated form the following equations:

where
and

is the uniformly distributed design load per unit area factored for strength and
are given in Table 7.3.2.

The moments, so calculated, shall apply over a central region of the slab equal to threequarters of and respectively. Outside of this region, the requirement for strength
shall be deemed to be compiled with by the minimum strength requirement of Clause
9.1.1.
b) The negative design bending moments at a continuous slab edge shall be taken as 1.33
times the midspan values in the direction considered.
If the negative moment on one side of a common support is different from that on the
other side, the unbalanced moment may be redistributed.
c) The negative design bending moment at a discontinuous edge, where there is a
likelihood of restraint, may be taken as half the midspan value in the direction
considered.

Torsional Moment at Exterior Corners

The torsional moment at the exterior corners of a slab shall be deemed to be resisted by
complying with the requirements of Clause 9.1.3.3.

Load Allocation
For calculating shear forces in the slab or forces applied to the supporting walls or beams in the
absence of more accurate calculations, it may be assumed that the uniformly distributed load
on the slab is allocated to the supporting beams or wall.

DEFLECTION OF SLABS
General
The deflection of a slab shall be determined in accordance with Clause 9.3.3.
Alternatively, for reinforced slabs, the span-to-depth ratio of the slab comply with Clause 9.3.4.

Deemed to Comply Span-to-depth Ratio for Reinforced Slabs

One-way Slabs and Two-way Flat Slabs

For a reinforced one-way slab, or a multiple-span reinforced two-way falt slab of essentially
uniform depth, fully propped during construction, subject to uniformly distributes loads and
where the live load (q) does not exceed the dead load (g), the slab deflections shall be deemed
to comply with the requirements of Clause 2.4.2 if the ratio of the effective span to the
effective depth is not greater than the value given by:

where
= the definition limit selected in accordance with Clause 2.4.2 and the
deflection () is taken on the central-line between the supports used to
calculate
=

the effective span

the effective design load, per unit are, take as

a) (1.0 +
)g + (
)q, for total deflection; or
b)
g+(
)q, for the deflection that occurs after the
addition or attachment of the partitions
where
is determined in accordance with Clause 8.5.3.3 and
are gien in AS 1170.1

and

1.0 for one-way slab

0.95 for a two-way flat slab without drop panels

1.05 for a two-way flat slab with drop panels, which extend at least L/6 in
each direction on each side of a support centre-line and have an overall
depth not less than 1.3 D, where D is the slab thickness beyond the drops

the deflection constant, which may be taken as

a) for simply supported slabs, 1.6; or
b) for continuous slabs, where in adjoining spans the ratio of the longer
span to the shorter span does not exceed 1.2 and where no end span
is longer than an interior span
i. 2.0 in and end span; or
ii. 2.4 in interior spans

Rectangular Slabs Supported on Four Sides

For a reinforced concrete slab, support on four sides by walls or beams, subject to uniformly
distributed loads and where the live load (q) does not exceed the dead load (g) the slab
deflection shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of Clause 2.4.2 if the ratio of the
shorter effective span to the effective depth satisfies the requirements given in Clause 9.3.4.1,
except that
a)
shall be taken as 1.0; and
b) the appropriate value of shall be taken from Table 9.3.4.2

TABLE 7.3.2
BENDING MOMENT COEFFICIENTS FOR RECTANGULAR SLABS SUPPORTED ON
FOUR SIDES

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

4.5

1.75

2.0

0.024
0.028
0.028
0.034
0.034
0.035
0.043

0.028
0.032
0.035
0.038
0.046
0.041
0.049

0.032
0.036
0.041
0.040
0.056
0.046
0.053

0.035
0.038
0.046
0.043
0.065
0.051
0.057

0.037
0.041
0.050
0.045
0.072
0.055
0.061

0.040
0.043
0.054
0.047
0.078
0.058
0.064

0.044
0.047
0.061
0.050
0.091
0.065
0.069

0.048
0.050
0.066
0.053
0.100
0.070
0.074

Long span
coefficients
( ) for all
values of
/
0.024
0.028
0.028
0.034
0.034
0.035
0.043

0.043

0.054

0.064

0.072

0.078

0.084

0.096

0.105

0.043

0.056

0.066

0.074

0.081

0.087

0.093

0.103

0.111

0.056

Short span coefficients (

Values of

Edge condition

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Four edges continuous

One short edge discontinuous
One long edge discontinuous
Two short edges discontinuous
Two long edges discontinuous
Two adjacent edges discontinuous
Three edges discontinuous (one long
edge continuous)
8 Three edges discontinuous (one short
edge continuous)
9 Four edges discontinuous

TABLE 9.3.4.2
SLAB-SYSTEM MULTIPLIER (
FOUR SIDES

) FOR RECTANGULAR SLABS SUPPORTED ON

Deflection constant (
Ratio of long to short side

Edge condition

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Four edges continuous

One short edge discontinuous
One long edge discontinuous
Two short edges discontinuous
Two long edges discontinuous
Two adjacent edges discontinuous
Three edges discontinuous (one long edge continuous)
Three edges discontinuous (one short edge continuous)
Four edges discontinuous

)
/

1.0

1.25

1.5

2.0

4.00
3.75
3.75
3.55
3.55
3.25
3.00
3.00
2.50

3.40
3.25
3.95
3.15
2.75
2.75
2.55
2.35
2.10

3.10
3.00
2.65
2.90
2.25
2.50
2.40
2.10
1.90

2.75
2.70
2.30
2.65
1.80
2.20
2.15
1.75
1.70