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Slab details
Slab description;
Slab type; Fabric reinforced
Slab thickness; h = 300 mm
Reinforcement details
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Characteristic strength of steel; fy = 250 N/mm
Fabric reinforcement to bottom of slab; A252
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Area of reinforcement in each direction; As = 252 mm /m
Percentage of reinforcement provided; As_percent = As / h = 0.084%
Reinforcement is within recommended limits
Diameter of reinforcement; s = 8 mm
Depth of nominal cover to reinforcement; cnom = 50 mm
Average effective depth of reinforcement; d = h - cnom - s = 242 mm
Wearing surface
Sub-base
Subgrade
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Characteristic axial tensile strength (5% fractile); fctk_0.05 = 0.7 fctm = 1.8 N/mm
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Secant modulus of elasticity; Ecm = 22000 N/mm (fcm / 10 N/mm ) = 31 kN/mm
Characteristic flexural strength of concrete; fctk_fl = min(2, [1 + (200 mm / h)1/2]) fctk_0.05 = 3.3 N/mm2
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k1 = 1 + (200 mm / d) = 1.9
Minimum shear strength of concrete; vRd_ct = 0.035 N/mm2 k13/2 (fck / 1 N/mm2)1/2 = 0.5 N/mm2
Subgrade construction
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Modulus of subgrade reaction; k = 0.200 N/mm
Partial safety factors
Bar and fabric reinforcement; s = 1.15
Reinforced concrete; c = 1.50
Permanent actions; G = 1.20
Variable actions; Q = 1.50
Dynamic actions; D = 1.60
Properties of reinforced slabs
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Allowance for restraint stresses; frest = 1.5 N/mm
Negative moment capacity; Mn = (fctk_fl - frest) h2 / (6 c) = 17.6 kNm/m
Positive moment capacity; Mp = min(0.95 A s fy d / s, Mn) = 12.6 kNm/m
Poisson’s ratio; = 0.2
Radius of relative stiffness; l = [E cm h3 / (12 (1 – 2) k)]1/4 = 0.779 m
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Characteristic of system; = [3 k / (Ecm h )] = 0.917 m