Reinforced concrete main members

Reinforced concrete main members

 loads

Dead Live

- Own weight -People

- Wall load - furniture

- Flooring cover -movable objects

Load transfer
 Loads on beams
• Own weight of beam

• Wall load

• Secondary beam load

• Slabs load
 Own weight of beam
• gbeam = b×(tb – ts)×γc (KN/m)
 Wall load
gwall = bw×γw×hw (KN/m) where hw = hfloor - tb
Secondary beam load
 Slabs load

• Dead loads ( gslab=O.W+F.C ):

• Own weight of slab (O.W) = ts×γc (KN/m2)
• Flooring cover (F.C) = 1.5-2.0 (KN/m2) or more
according to the flooring material.
• Live loads ( pslab ):
• Live load value depends on the building type and
its function, (residential, office, hospital, garages
and others). In the residential buildings the value
of live loads ranging 2.0-3.0 (KN/m2).
 Slab loads distribution
Slab supported on four beams
• long direction (L)
• short directions (Ls)
• Rectangularity ratio r = L / Ls
• One-way slab if ( r > 2.0)
• Two-way slab if( r ≤ 2.0)
Slab loads distribution
 One-way slabs
•Slabs supported on one beam in case of balconies its call
cantilever slabs
 One-way slabs
•Slabs supported on two parallel beams in case of corridors
 One-way slabs
•Slabs supported on four beams (r > 2)
 Two-way slabs
•Slabs supported on two intersection beams
 Two-way slabs
•Slabs supported on four beams (r ≤ 2)