Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) 339

CHAPTER

6 Stair Case
Landling

Waist slab
(75 mm) Vertical head room = 2m
Flight

min=3 max=12

Going

Pitch / Slope < 38°

Tread
• It is the horizontal distance between 2 risers.
• Width of tread lies between 200 mm to 300 mm.

Riser
• It is the vertical distance between 2 treads.
• Value of riser is 150mm to 200 mm.

Nosing
• It is the horizontal projection of a tread in outward directory to increase the space for resting of
foot.

Flight
• It is a series of no of steps between 2 landings.
• Minimum no of steps should be 3 and maximum number of steps should be 12.
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Going
• It is the horizontal projection of flight.

Waist slab
• The slab provided below this step in one landing and flight
• The thickness of this slab in known as waist (minimum waist = 75mm)

Pitch
• It is the vertical angle drawn between vertical axis and the line joining points of nosing.
• Pitch should not be greater than or equal to 38o.

Vertical Head Room

• It is the vertical distance between 2 landings.
• Height of vertical head room is 2m.

Indian standard recommendations

for riser and tread dimensions
R × T = 40000 to 45000 mm (R = Riser)
2 R + T = 380 to 600 mm (T = Tread)

Loading Conditions
(1) Live load
• The live load over staircase is taken as 3kN/m2 when the building is not subjected to
overcrowding.
• Live load is taken as 5 kN/m2 when the building may be subjected to over crowding.
(2) Dead load

1
Self w eight of step = × R×T×
2
Self weight of wa.st slab = D × b ( = unit weight of RCC)
(3) The landing width of stair case should not be less the width of staircase
Width of staircase – 1.2 m – 2m Public buildings
1 m – 1.2 m residential, private buildings