Design of RCC Post-Tensioned Flat Slabs
Design of RCC Post-Tensioned Flat Slabs
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INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NIRMA UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD – 382 481, 09-11 DECEMBER, 2010 1
• Larger spans and greater slenderness, which results in describe the load-deflection relationship of a section of a
reduced dead load, which also has a beneficial effect member
upon the columns and foundations and reduces the
overall height of buildings or enables additional floors to
be incorporated in buildings of a given height.
7. Find out the effective force per tendons Superimposed dead load - 1 KN/m2
8. Calculate the section properties i.e. area, section modulus Analysis and design is done by using following methods
and moment of inertia. Load balancing method
9. Calculate the load balanced by the tendons and the net load Equivalent frame method
causing bending for the span. For the application of design procedure a office building is
10. Determine the section properties such as area, section consider as a case study. The plan of the office building
modulus and the moment of inertia. (G+4) is considered. This building is designed by considering
11. Calculate equivalent frame properties i.e. determine four cases with different floor systems. The different floor
column stiffness, equivalent column stiffness, slab systems used for these four cases are as follows
stiffness and distribution factor at each interior and Case 1: Post-tensioned flat slab
exterior joint. Case 2: Reinforced concrete flat slab
12. Determine the stresses at faces of the support and at the Case 3: Post-tensioned slab with reinforced concrete beams
midspan. Case 4: Reinforced concrete slab with reinforced concrete
13. Check for the ultimate flexural capacity. beams
14. Determine the flexural strength. For the above four cases the quantities of reinforcing steel,
15. Calculate the shear, locate the critical section for shear prestressing steel, concrete required for the slab, beam and
and determine shear at critical section. column is calculated and are presented in the tabular form.
16. Check the shear at exterior, interior and edge column. Along with this a total cost of the building per square meter is
17. Determine the deflection of span considered and check it found and the comparison of all the four cases with respect to
with allowable deflection. cost is given here.
IV . PARAMETRIC STUDY
IV. ESTIMATING AND COSTING The design and the estimation of the office building for the
From the analysis and design results of the office building the four different floor systems is done and finally the rate per
total estimation for the quantities for a typical floor is square meter for the construction of this building is found out.
calculated. The quantities of concrete, reinforcing steel, The fig 6 shows the variation of the rate per square meter for
prestressing steel and the formwork and their cost according these four different cases. The observation made from the
to the current rate excluding the labour charges for all the four above work is as follows:
cases are given in the table .3..The rate per square meter for a
typical floor (which includes slab, beam and column) of a 1. From the economic point of view the post-tensioned flat
building in each case is according to the values calculated slab is the most economical among all four floor systems and
form the detail estimation. the reinforced concrete slab with reinforced concrete beam is
the costlier one for this span.
2. If we consider the post-tensioned flat slab and reinforced
TABLE 1 concrete flat slab, the thickness of reinforced concrete flat
. RATE ANALYSIS FOR THE CASES CONSIDERED slab is 12.5% greater and its cost is 27% greater than the post-
tensioned flat slab.
3. From both post-tensioned floor system building the post-
Reinforc Prestressin
Concrete Form Rate tensioned flat slab is more economical than the post-tensioned
ing steel g steel
Item (m3) work per slab with reinforced concrete beams.
(Kg) (Kg)
sqm
4. The quantity of prestressing steel is 4 Kg/m2 for post-
tensioned flat slab and 3.2 Kg/m2 for post-tensioned slab with
PT
31659.5 Rs. reinforced concrete beams i.e. the prestressing steel required
flat 507.52 8400 2100 for the post-tensioned flat slab is greater.
6 2800/-
slab
RCC
5. The reinforcing steel required for the post-tensioned flat
85550.7 Rs. slab and post- tensioned slab with reinforced concrete beam is
flat 549.69 ----- 2100
8 3600/-
slab 15 Kg/m2 and 20.15 Kg/m2 respectively.
PT 6. The reinforcing steel is more in case of post-tensioned slab
slab
Rs. with reinforced concrete beams because the slab transfers the
with 641.33 42271 6720 2100
3200/- load on the beam and more loads is taken by the beams itself.
RCC
beam 7.The reinforcing steel for the reinforced concrete flat slab is
RCC 41 Kg/m2 while for the reinforced concrete slab and beam it is
slab Rs. 40 Kg/m2.
626.31 86701.2 ---- 2100
with 3800/-
beam 8. The amount of concrete required for a floor is more in case
( Rate of concrete=4400/-per m3, Rate of steel=50/-per kg, of post-tensioned slab with reinforced concrete beams while it
Rate of form work=400 /- ), Rate of prestressing steel=130/- is least for the post-tensioned flat slab floor system.
per kg) 9. The floor to floor height available in case of post-
V . RESULTS AND CONCLUSION tensioned flat and reinforced concrete flat slab is 2.65m while
The analysis, design and the estimation of the office in case of post-tensioned slab with reinforced concrete beams
building for the four different floor systems is done and and reinforced concrete slab and beams is 2.4m.
finally the rate per square meter for the construction of this 10. If we consider the period of construction for a floor it is
building is found out. The fig .6 shows the variation of the less in case of post- tensioned flat slab than the other three
rate per square meter for these four different cases. The cases as the post-tensioning allows the earlier removal of the
observation made from the above work is as follows: formwork. In case of post-tensioned slab with reinforced
concrete beams the formwork of slab can be removed earlier
but the formwork for the reinforced concrete beams cannot be
removed earlier.
11. While estimating the cost of the each building the labour
charges are not considered, as the time period reduce the
labour charges will reduce in case of post-tensioned flat slab.
12. The wall load is considered on all over the floor (KN/m2)
for the post-tensioned building While analysis. So there is
flexibility to the user to construct a wall wherever required in
case of post-tensioning..
VI. REFERENCE