FEAST Software Pvt.

Ltd RCC One-Way Slab

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS & SPECIFICATIONS

For

RCC one way Slab design by WSM

Client : FEAST Software Pvt. Ltd

Project : DOS: Civil

Description : Analysis of RCC Slab by WSM

Version : 1.0

Reason for Modification : New format

Assignment Name Start Date End Date Signature

SRS preparation: Aniket 08/05/2017 08/05/2017

SRS testing :

Code development :

Code testing:

GUI development :

GUI testing:

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Table of Contents

Sr. No. TITLE Page No.

Table of Contents

Revision History

List of abbreviations

Input

Output

Design/Analysis steps

Flow chart

Parameter constraints

GUI messages

GUI layout

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Revision History

Signature
Sr. No. Name Date Reason for change Version No of Tech
Director

1 Aniket 09/05/2017 New R0

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List of abbreviations

Sr.
Symbol Description Unit
No.

1 b Slab width, 1000mm always mm

2 d Effective Depth mm

3 t Thickness of slab mm

4 c Effective Cover (D-d) mm

5 cbc Permissible stresses in Concrete MPa

6 st Permissible stresses in steel Mpa

7 Diameter of Steel Bars mm

8 n Number of Steel Bars ---

9 Ast Area of tensile steel = /4 2 mm2

10 M Moment of Resistance kN-m

11 xc Critical Depth of Neutral Axis mm

12 xa actual Depth of Neutral Axis mm

13 C Total Compression N

14 T Total Tension N

15 z Lever Arm mm

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1. Inputs

RCC one way Slab (Design)

i. Width of slab (b)=1000mm always mm

ii. Effective Depth of beam (d) mm
Or Overall depth (D) and cover (C) mm

iii.
Moment of resistance kNm
Or

Live load kN/m2

Floor finishes load kN/m2

iv. Material
Permissible stresses in Concrete (cbc) MPa

Permissible stresses in steel ( st) MPa

v. Length of span (l) mm

vi. Effective cover ( d' ) mm

vii. % pt %

2 Outputs

RCC One-Way Slab (Design)

1. Steel stress of service loads ( f s ) (Calculated in Step 3.1) Mpa

2. Modification factor (MF) (Calculated in Step 3.1)

3. Effective depth provided ( d provided ) (Calculated in Step 3.2) mm

4. Thickness of slab (t) (Calculated in Step 3.2) mm

5. Design moment (M) (Calculated in Step 3.3) kN-m
6. Modular ratio (m) (Calculated in Step 3.1)

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7. Depth of Neutral Axis (xc) (Calculated in Step 3.2) mm

8. Lever Arm (z) (Calculated in Step 3.3)
9. Design shear force (V) (Calculated in Step 3.3) kN-m
10.Maximum depth of Neutral axis (Xu max) (Calculated in Step 3.4) mm
11.(Q) (Calculated in Step 3.4)
12.Effective depth required ( d required ) (Calculated in Step 3.4) mm

13.Area of main steel ( Ast main ) (Calculated in Step 3.5) mm2

14.Spacing ( S main ) (Calculated in Step 3.5) mm

15.Area of distribution steel ( Ast dis ) (Calculated in Step 3.5) mm2

16.Spacing ( S dis ) (Calculated in Step 3.5) mm

17.%pt provided (%pt) (Calculated in Step 3.6) %pt

18.k,tc,tv (Calculated in Step 3.6) Mpa
19.%pt, fs, MF (Calculated in Step 3.8) %,Mpa
20.(l/d) permissible, (l/d) actual (Calculated in Step 3.8)

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3. Design Steps

3.1 Steel stress & modification factor,

f s = 0.58 x f y

1
MF
1
0.225 0.00322 x f s 0.625 x log 10
%pt

fs Steel stress of service load Mpa To be calculated

%pt Percentage of steel - Input
MF Modification factor - To be calculated

User has to define % pt on the basis of assumption (generally varies from 0.12 to
0.5%).

3.2 Effective depth & thickness of slab,

L
d permissible
Bv x MF

Bv = basic values as per IS code,

MF = modification factor.

t d d'

L Clear span of slab mm Input

BV Basic value - As per IS code
MF Modification factor - Calculated in 3.1
t Thickness of slab mm To be calculated
d Effective depth of slab mm To be calculated
d Effective cover of slab mm Input

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3.3 Design moment (M), Design shear force (P)

If user has provided design moment then consider that value or else calculate as
follows,

Dead Load = 25 x thickness of slab

Live load & floor load as per input

w DL LL FL
w x L eff 2
M moment
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w xL
V shear force
2

L eff = L + d

DL Dead load kN/m2 To be calculated

LL Live load kN/m2 Input
FL Floor load kN/m2 Input
W Design load kN/m2 To be calculated
M Design moment/Input kNm To be calculated
V Design shear force/Input kN To be calculated

3.4 Maximum depth of Neutral Axis (xu max), Q, d required

cbc
Mr b x x c x x z M
2
xc 280
z d m
3 3cbc
xdxm
x c cbc
st cbc x m

b=1000mm always, Es =200000 N/mm2

Compute the equation & get the value of drequired.

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Check 1 If d required > d provided then revise the depth by addition of 5mm &
redesign.

m Modular ratio - To be calculated

cbc Permissible stresses in Concrete Mpa Input
st Permissible stresses in steel Mpa Input
xc Critical depth of Neutral Axis mm To be calculated
z Lever arm mm To be calculated
d Effective Depth required mm Input
xc Actual Depth of Neutral Axis mm To be calculated
b Slab width = 1000mm mm Input
Mr Moment of resistance kNm Input

3.5 Area of reinforcement

M
A st
st x z

Ast Area of tensile steel mm2 To be calculated

st Permissible stresses in steel Mpa Input
z Lever arm mm Calculated in 3.4
1000 x A1
Sv
A st

Sv Spacing of bars mm To be calculated

Ast Area of tensile steel mm2 Calculated above
A1 Area of bars ie 8, 10, 12 mm2 To be calculated

Distribution steel/minimum steel = 0.12 % x b x D

Check 2: Ast main < minimum area

If main area of reinforcement is less than minimum area required, then provide
minimum Ast as main Ast.

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b Width of slab mm 1000mm always

D Overall thickness of slab - Calculated in 6.2

3.6 %pt, k, c, v,

100 x A stprovided
%pt
b x d provided

b = 1000mm always.

Find value of K in IS 456 as per thickness of slab (page no 84).

Find c, as per IS 456 (page no 84)

V
v
b x d provided

%pt Percentage of steel - To be calculated

Ast Area of steel provided mm2 Calculated in 3.5
b Width of slab mm 1000mm always
d Effective depth of slab provided mm Calculated in 3.2
tc Shear capacity of concrete Mpa To be calculated
tv Shear capacity of beam Mpa To be calculated
V Shear force kN Input

Check 3 If v K c , increase d provided & redesign.

3.8 Deflection check

%pt provided = 100 x Ast provided

b x d provided

A strequired
f s' 0.58 x x fy
A stprovided

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MF'
1
0.225 0.00322 x f s' 0.625 x log 10
%pt provided

Actual deflection = L/d

Permissible deflection = Bv x MF

Check 4 If Actual deflection > permissible deflection then revise the depth by
addition of 5mm & redesign till satisfies the condition

pt Percentage of tensile steel mm2 To be calculated

Ast Area of main tensile steel mm2 Input
b Beam width mm Input
d Effective Depth mm Input
fs Steel stress of service load revised Mpa To be calculated
fy Diameter of vertical stirrups mm Input
%pt Percentage of steel - Input
MF Modification factor revised - To be calculated
L Clear span of slab mm Input

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7. Flow chart Start

Input (3.1)

Calculate d provided & thickness (3.2)

Calculate d required (3.4)

No d provided
Revise the depth by addition of 5mm
> d required
& redesign till the condition satisfies

Yes

Calculate Area of Steel Ast (3.5)

No Ast >
Revise the depth by addition of 5mm
& redesign till the condition satisfies AMin
st < A
Ast st min

no
Yes

Calculate Vu, k, (3.6)

Revise the depth by addition of 5mm

No
& redesign till the condition satisfies

Yes
Calculate %pt provided, fs, MF (3.7)

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Calculate (l/d)actual , (l/d)permissible(3.7)

Revise the depth by addition of 5mm (l/d)per >

& redesign till the condition satisfies (l/d)act

Stop

8. Parameter Constraints

Under-reinforce One-Way RCC Slab (Design)

Sr. Input Lower Upper Decimal Units

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No. Limit Limit allowed

1. Steel Reinforcement 6 12 No mm
Diameter. Choose from a
drop-down menu
between 6, 8, 10, 12

2. Spacing of bars s 2 --- No --

s < smax

and s > smin

smin is lesser of

(a)

(b)

(c)

Smax is greater of

(a)

(b)

(c)

3. Overall Thickness t of 50 ---- Yes mm

slab choose from a drop-
down menu or specify
value for other.

50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100,

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110, 120, 125, 130, 140,

150, 160, 170, 180, 190,
200, or other.

4. Grade of concrete 20 200 No MPa

(numeral indicates fck).
Choose from drop-down
menu M20, M25, M30,
M35, M40, or other.

5. Grade of Steel (Numerals 250 550 No MPa

indicate fy). Choose from
drop-down menu Fe250,
Fe415, Fe500, Fe550

9. GUI Messages

1. Lx > Ld then, revise grade of concrete or grade of steel.

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10. GUI Layout

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