RC Slab Design — IS 456:2000

Limit State Method · Plain & Reinforced Concrete, Fourth Revision

3 · Two-Way Slab Design

Restrained panel, Annex D · Case 1 — Interior panel — all four edges continuous

Shorter span, lx
4.000m
Longer span, ly
6.000m
ly / lx
≤ 2.0 for two-way action
1.500OK
Effective depth, short span dx
D − cover − ø/2
174mm
Effective depth, long span dy
D − cover − ø_main − ø_dist/2
164mm
Panel plan — edge conditionsCase 1
CONTINUOUSCONTINUOUSCONT.CONT.ly = 6.000 mlx = 4.000 mPANEL PLAN · ly/lx = 1.500
Cross-section — bar layeringshort span in the lower layer
D = 200 mmd = 174 mmd' = 164 mmb = 1,000 mm design stripclear cover = 20 mmshort-span ø12 @ 150 c/clong-span ø8 @ 200 c/cSECTION A–A · slab cross-section (all bar positions to Cl. 26.4 cover)

Table 26 row for Case 1

ly/lx1.001.101.201.301.401.501.752.00
αx (−) support0.0320.0370.0430.0470.0510.0530.0600.065
αx (+) midspan0.0240.0280.0320.0360.0390.0410.0450.049
αx (−)Table 26
table value, exact ly/lx
0.0530
αx (+)
table value, exact ly/lx
0.0410
αy (−)
constant for all ly/lx
0.0320
αy (+)
constant for all ly/lx
0.0240
Mx (−) at continuous short-span edge
αx(−)·wu·lx² = 0.0530 × 16.50 × 4.000²
13.992kN·m/m
Mx (+) short-span midspan
αx(+)·wu·lx²
10.824kN·m/m
My (−) at continuous long-span edge
αy(−)·wu·lx²
8.448kN·m/m
My (+) long-span midspan
αy(+)·wu·lx²
6.336kN·m/m
BMD — short span (lx)
+10.824 kN·m/m13.99213.992span = 4.000 mShort span moments
BMD — long span (ly)
+6.336 kN·m/m8.4488.448span = 6.000 mLong span moments

Midspan (positive moment)

Ru = Mu/(b·dx²)
0.358N/mm²
pt required
fck/(2fy)·[1 − √(1 − 4.598Ru/fck)]·100
0.0836%
Design pt (≥ 0.12 % of b·D)Cl. 26.5.2.1
0.1379%
Ast required
240mm²/m
Spacing required
1000·Ab/Ast,req
471.2mm
Ast provided
754mm²/mOK

Support (negative moment) — top steel

Ast required
240mm²/m
Spacing required
471.2mm
Ast provided at the same spacing
754mm²/mOK

Midspan (positive moment)

Ru = Mu/(b·dy²)
0.236N/mm²
Design pt
0.1463%
Ast required
240mm²/m
Ast provided
251mm²/mOK

Support (negative moment) — top steel

Ast required
240mm²/m
Ast provided
251mm²/mOK

Case 1 interior panel — all edges continuous, so no corner torsion steel is required.

Reinforcement planhatched corners = torsion mesh
short-span ø12 @ 150 c/c (bottom, lower layer)long-span ø8 @ 200 c/c (bottom, upper layer)torsion mesh lx/5 = 800 mm
Design shear, Vu
0.5·wu·lx/2 — short span share
16.500kN/m
τv = Vu/(b·dx)Cl. 40.1
0.095N/mm²
100·Ast/(b·dx)
0.433
τcTable 19
0.461N/mm²
kCl. 40.2.1.1
1.20
k·τc
0.553N/mm²
Verdict
No shear reinforcement required (Cl. 40.2.3)OK
Span used for the check
shorter span lx
4.000m
Basic l/dCl. 23.2.1
26
fs
0.58·fy·(Ast,req/Ast,prov)
92.3N/mm²
Modification factorFig. 4
2.0000
Allowable l/d
52.000
Provided l/d
lx / dx
22.989OK
wu = 16.50 kN/m² (factored UDL along span)R = 34.44 kN/mR = 34.44 kN/mBOTTOM ø12 @ 150 c/cTOP over support — 0.3·Lcritical section, d from face (Cl. 22.6.2.1)clear span = 4.000 meffective span leff = 4.174 mD = 200 mm
LocationBarSpacingAst req.Ast prov.Status
Short span — bottom, midspanø12150 mm c/c240 mm²/m754 mm²/mOK
Short span — top, at supportø12150 mm c/c240 mm²/m754 mm²/mOK
Long span — bottom, midspanø8200 mm c/c240 mm²/m251 mm²/mOK
Long span — top, at supportø8200 mm c/c240 mm²/m251 mm²/mOK