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SLAB DETAILING

This chapter provides a step-by-step tutorial for the design, detailing, estimate and bar bending of slabs in one floor of a multi-storied building. The whole module can be sub divided into the following. 1.1 Description of the problem 1.2 Layout in AutoCAD 1.3 Steps involved in aadspro 1.4 Bar Bending Schedule 1.5 Results

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1.1 Description of the problem
Example 1 The structure for this problem is a double storied building; in which the first floor slab is to be designed. Plan of the building is shown in fig.1.1.1.

Fig.1.1.1

1.2 Layout in AutoCAD

In AutoCAD A layout of the slab is provided in AutoCAD as shown in the fig 1.2.1. Here the beam and the column position should be marked correctly, so that (span + wall thickness) of each slab can be easily picked out. Here wall thickness of the building is taken as 24 cm including finishes.

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Fig.1.2.1

1.3 Steps involved in aadspro In aadspro

Select Slab from the Main menu and Slab Design from drop down menu. It contains plates, Slab Section Design (fig.1.3.1) and Slab Analysis. In Slab Section Design plate Provisions are given for selecting characteristic values of concrete and steel, i.e. fck = 25 MPa and fy = 415 MPa. Also enter the clear cover = 30 mm and the dia of the reinforcement = 8 mm to be used.

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Fig.1.3.1 For analysis use calculate button against the moment and shear values. Then you will be taken to Slab Analysis plate, which contains three more plates viz. Analysis, Design/Estimation and Factored Load.

In Factored Load plate (fig.1.3.2) modify the values of dead load, thickness of finishes, live load and factor of safety according to which the programme calculates the total factored load, which can be transferred to the Analysis plate.

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Fig.1.3.2

In Analysis plate (fig.1.3.3) Select Slab from the options of slab, cantilever, circular simple and circular fixed. Select Slab depth as per span (or Slab Depth is Constant as required). Enter BBS NO in dwg for bar bending schedule. User can enter Starting bar No (BBS) as per requirement. Default starting number is 1. Enter the thickness of the slab in cm and select in the analysis plate.

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Fig.1.3.3

A window of Automatic Slab Picking Utility (Fig.1.3.4) automatically opens up.

In Automatic Slab Picking Utility plate (fig.1.3.4)

Fig.1.3.4

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Select slab and input unit. Select for picking slabs from AutoCAD.

In AutoCAD, select all the slabs using a cross window. The slab points picked will be updated into a table within this utility. Double click or press F9 on the Slab name to edit the coordinates In AutoCAD, the selected slabs would be marked by the respective Slab name and a temporarily line (Fig.1.3.5) spanning across the slab inner dimensions. These can be erased by using in the above plate. option allows the user to manually select any missed out slabs. From the table, to delete any slab detail, select the Slab name and Ctrl + Delete. Data from the table can be exported to or imported from excel file using respectively. Close option closes this utility. and

Fig 1.3.5 Enter plate. for transferring all the co-ordinate points to Slab Design System

In Slab Design System plate

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Slab Design System plate is divided into three more plates viz., Final details, Moments and Modify slab. In Modify Slab ((fig.1.3.6) Enter Wall thickness = 24 cms. An option is present for Auto Depth, which provides depth for the selected slab depending on the shorter span (i.e. Lx) as shown in the fig.1.3.7.User can modify this table.

Fig .1.3.7 In Effective Depth, we can edit the Depth, Load & dia of bar as per requirement. In Effective Depth, the volume of individual slabs are shown.(beams are excluded) fig.1.3.8 Total Volume of all the slabs are added up and shown at the bottom of the slab

Fig .1.3.8

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Fig.1.3.6

Minimum spacing of reinforcement at discontinuous supports. coefficient of top bar at discontinuous support. coefficient of top bar at continuous support. for splitting the top and bottom reinforcement. Enter for detailing to start in the AutoCAD.

The AutoCAD command which appears after selecting Start Detailing is

Slab detailing starts after picking the bottom left points of two slabs. Moments and reinforcement details will be calculated in the software.

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In Moments (fig .1.3.9) Corresponding to each slab, which is represented by a slab number as shown in AutoCAD, the moments at the midspan and support both in X and Y direction is shown. Extra moments in X and Y direction, if present, is also shown.

Fig .1.3.9

In Final Details (fig .1.3.10) Corresponding to each slab numbers, the short span (Lx) and long span(Ly), the main bars and the corresponding spacing in X and Y direction is obtained. Extra bars in both the directions can also be obtained in this plate.

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Fig .1.3.10

In Slab Reinforcement plate(fig.1.3.11) In Straight Slab Info, the reinforcement details are automatically transferred from Slab Design System plate.

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Fig .1.3.11 Here, L (H) - Length of bar in Horizontal direction on the Left side of slab. M (H) - Length of bar in Horizontal direction on the Middle of slab. R (H) - Length of bar in Horizontal direction on the Right side of slab. B (V) - Length of bar in Vertical direction on the Bottom of slab. M (V) - Length of bar in Vertical direction on the Middle of slab. T (V) - Length of bar in Vertical direction on the Top of slab. HSpc VSpc - Size of bar in Horizontal direction of slab. - Size of bar in Vertical direction of slab.

LHNos, MHNos, RHNos - Number of bars in Horizontal direction. BVNos, MVNos, TVNos - Number of bars in Vertical direction. S. Len - Length of Slab. S. Wid - Width of Slab The various columns in the table above (fig.1.3.11) are explained in the fig below. (Fig .1.3.12).

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Fig 1.3.12 Note: Reinforcement at continuous support wont be divided into two, but will be taken as a single member for a slab. The same member for the adjacent slab will be taken as zero. converts these values to Slab-BBS plate.

1.4 BAR BENDING SCHEDULE

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In Slab -BBS plate, (fig .1.4.1)

Fig .1.4.1 Slab BBS gives the bar bending schedule for the problem. button, fills the Tot: Bars and Len (Bar) mm columns in the table. An option Here, Brmk = Bark mark Type = Type of reinforcement Size = Bar diameter size Mem No = Number of repetitions of the member. Bar No/Mem = Number of bars of same length and dia. Total Bars = Mem No x Bar No/ Mem Len(Bar)mm = Length of bar in mm ShpCode = Shape code (Each shape is represented by a design) Save Excel Enter option saves the schedule to Excel. . For details, refer Full floor beam design. number) A, B etc = Representations in shape code. (For details, refer Full floor beam is also provided to import from Excel.

1.5 RESULTS
The slab reinforcement detailing automatically starts in AutoCAD.

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The length of each bar, bar diameter and corresponding spacing is obtained. Here D =110 represents depth of the slab. 34, 37 etc represents bar number for Bar bending schedule. Here both the Bottom and Top reinforcement are shown together. Fig.1.5.1 shows Bottom reinforcement of the slabs.

Fig.1.5.1 Fig.1.5.2 shows Top reinforcement of the slabs.

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Fig.1.5.2