Design Procedure of Slab using Direct Design Method (DDM):

1- Find the relative stiffness of the beam.

Where: αf: is the relative stiffness of the beam, Ib: is the moment on inertia of the beam, Is: is the moment of inertia of the slab, Ecb: is
the modulus of elasticity of concrete of beam and Ecs: is the modulus of elasticity of concrete of slab.

B effective of exterior beam equal to the least one of:

a) 4ts + bw
b) d+ bw
B effective for interior beam equal to the least one of:
a) 8ts + bw
b) 2d + bw

2- Find the thickness of the slab using one of the choices as below.
3- Calculate the total design moment (Mo) for interior and exterior span:

4- Distribute the total design moment as below:

a) For interior span: -
 b) For exterior (end) span: -

5- Distribute the negative moment between the column and middle strip as below:
 x: smaller dimensions
y: larger dimensions

6- Distribute the positive moment between the column and middle strip as below:
7- Distribute the moment between the strip and beam as below:

8- The moment of the middle strip as below:

9- Calculate the reinforcement are of the strips as below:

2 ts