By:

Muhammad Fakhri Salim

BP:
1810922022

Lecturer : Jean Susan Kadir

• A Reinforced Concrete Slab is the one of the most important component in a
building. It is a structural element of modern buildings. Slabs are supported
on Columns and Beams.
• RCC Slabs whose thickness ranges from 10 to 50 centimetres are most often
used for the construction of floors and ceilings.
• Thin concrete slabs are also used for exterior paving purpose.
Construction Process
• A concrete slab can be cast in two ways: It could either be prefabricated or
cast in situ.
• Prefabricated concrete slabs are cast in a factory and then transported to the
site ready to be lowered into place between steel or concrete beams.
• They may be pre-stressed (in the factory), post-stressed (on site), or
unstressed. Care should be taken to see that the supporting structure is built
to the correct dimensions to avoid trouble with the fitting of slabs over the
supporting structure.
• In situ concrete slabs are built on the building site using formwork.
Formwork is a box-like setup in which concrete is poured for the construction
of slabs.
• For reinforced concrete slabs, reinforcing steel bars are placed within the
formwork and then the concrete is poured.
• Plastic tipped metal, or plastic bar chairs are used to hold the reinforcing
steel bars away from the bottom and sides of the form-work, so that when
the concrete sets it completely envelops the reinforcement.
Types of Slabs
Flat Slab:
A flat slab is a one-way or two-way system with thickenings in the slab at the
columns and load bearing walls called ‘drop panels’
Advantages:
• Simple formwork
• No beams
• Minimum structural depth
• Doesn’t require shear reinforcement

Disadvantages:
• Medium spans
• Generally not suitable for supporting brittle (masonry) partitions
• Drop panels may interfere with larger mechanical ducting
• Vertical penetrations need to avoid area around columns
• For reinforced flat slabs, deflection at the middle strip may be critical.
Types of Slabs
Waffle slabs
• Waffle slabs provide a lighter and stiffer slab than an equivalent flat slab,
reducing the extend of foundations. They provide a very good form where
slab vibration is an issue, such as laboratories and hospitals.
Benefits
• Flexible
• Relatively light, therefore less foundation costs and longer spans are
economic speed of construction
• Fairly slim floor depths
• Robustness
• Excellent vibration control
• Thermal mass
• Good for services integration
• Durable finishes
• Fire resistance
Types of Slabs
Corrugated Slab, usually where the concrete is poured into a corrugated steel
tray. This improves strength and prevents the slab bending under its own weight.
The corrugations run across the short dimension, from side to side.
Reinforcement Design in Slabs
A one way slab has structural strength in shortest direction.
Main reinforcement should be along slab’s short direction.
A two way slab has structural strength in two directions.
Main reinforcement runs both in short and long direction and stay perpendicularly
with one another.
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