'Flat slab'' is a reinforced concrete slab supported directly by concrete colum

beams having drop panel or column head or both.

Flat slab' is defined as floor system with sheer load of the slab being concen
supporting columns and a square slab called ‘drop panels’. Without drop pa
system is called as ''Flate Plate Slab''.

Drop panels play a significant role here as they augment the overall capacit
flooring system beneath the vertical loads thereby boosting cost effectivene

Flat Slabs are considered suitable for most of the construction and for asym
layouts like floors with curved shapes and ramps etc. The advantages of app
many like depth solution, flat soffit and flexibility in design layout.

Uses of Drop Panels

It increase shear strength of slab
It increase negative moment capacity of slab
It stiffen the slab and hence reduce deflection
rectly by concrete columns without the use of

of the slab being concentrated on the

anels’. Without drop panels the same floor

ment the overall capacity and sturdiness of the

oosting cost effectiveness of the construction.

nstruction and for asymmetrical column

. The advantages of applying flat slabs are
design layout.
 ACI 318-14, Section 8.2.4 describes two qualifications:
(A) Depth of the drop panel must be at least ¼ of the slab thickness
(B) The drop panel must extend 1/6 of the span length from the cen

Thickness of Drop Panel:

Flat Slab thickness = 250 mm
Max. Span Length = 10 m
L= 800 mm
Column Size
B= 400 mm

Min. Drop thickness = 62.5 mm

Total Slab Thickness at drop = 312.5 mm

Interior Panels
Min Drop Length = 1666.67 mm in each direction
Both Dir Drop Length = 3333.33 mm
Provide = 3350 mm

For Rectagular Drop

Length = 3750 mm
Width = 3350 mm

Edge Panels
Type A
Min Drop Length = 1666.67 mm in each direction
Both Dir Drop Length = 3333.33 mm
Drop Width = 1866.67 mm
Provide Drop Length = 3350 mm
Provide Drop Width = 1900 mm

For Rectagular Drop

Length = 3750 mm
Width = 1900 mm

Type B
Min Drop Length = 1666.67 mm in each direction
Both Dir Drop Length = 3333.33 mm
Drop Width = 2066.67 mm
Provide Drop Length = 3350 mm
Provide Drop Width = 2100 mm

For Rectagular Drop

Length = 3350 mm
Width = 2500 mm
Corner Panels
Min Drop Length = 1666.67 mm in each direction
Both Dir Drop Length = 1666.67 mm
Drop Width = 1666.67 mm
Provide Drop Length = 1700 mm
Provide Drop Width = 1700 mm

For Rectagular Drop

Length = 2100 mm
Width = 1700 mm
tions:
¼ of the slab thickness away from the drop panel; and
an length from the center of support in each direction

3350 3350

3750 3350
Recatangular Drop Panel Square Drop Panel

ch direction

ch direction

1900 1900

3750 3350
Drop Panel at Edge(Rect.) Drop Panel at Edge(Sq.)

ch direction

2500 2100
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Drop Panel at Edge(Rect.)

3350 3350
 Drop Panel at Edge(Rect.) Drop Panel at Edge(Sq.)

ch direction

1700 1700

2100 1700
Drop Panel at Corner(Rect.) Drop Panel at Corner(Sq.)