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• Stair case
Stair cases are used for the purpose of giving access to different floors of a structure.
• Parts of stairs
There are two main parts namely flight and landing. Series of steps are provided in the
flight. The vertical height of the step is called the rise and the horizontal distance between
the vertical faces of risers is known as going. The horizontal distance available on the
step is called tread. The horizontal length obtained by deducting going from the tread is
called nosing. These parts can be seen in the Figure 1.
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R
W
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Straight stairs
Dog legged stair
Open well or open newel stairs
Geometrical stairs such as spiral, circular, etc.
Transversely spanning stair cases can be seen in figure 2. Here the main steel is provided
transversely and the distribution steel is in the longitudinal direction.
STEPS
STRINGER STRINGER
BEAMS BEAM
0.1L-0.15L
0.5 Ast
Ast
L
2
Here the main steel in provided longitudinally and the distribution steel is in the
transverse direction.
• Effective span
The effective span is defined as follows based on the type of support.
Where flight supported at the ends of the landings in such a way that both landing and
flight spans in the same direction, the effective span is the distance between the center to
center of the supporting beams or wall. Refer Figure 3.
Where spanning on the edge of a landing slab which spans parallel with the riser, the
effective span is the distance equal to the going of the stairs plus at each end either half
the width of the landing or one meter, whichever is smaller. Refer Figure 4.
Where supported at top and bottom riser by beams spanning parallel with the riser, the
distance center to center of the beams is the effective span. Refer Figure 5.
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X Y Y
X
Le
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• Guide lines
Guide lines to be followed for fixing the dimensions of component parts of stair.
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1. Rise (R) is 150mm to 180mm and tread (T) is 220 mm to 250 mm for a residential
building.
2. For public building rise is kept between 120 to 150 mm and tread between 250 to
300 mm
3. Sum of tread (T) and twice the rise (2R) should be between 500 mm to 650 mm
4. The width of the stair is dependent on the usage and is between 0.8 m to 1 m for
residential building and 1.8 m to 2 m for public building.
5. The width of the landing is equal to the width of stairs.
6. The number of steps in each flight should not be greater than 12
7. The pitch of the stair should not be more than 38 degrees.
8. The head room measured vertically above any step or below the mid landing shall
not be less than 2.1 m.
• Design of stairs
Design for maximum bending moment and check for maximum shear force. The depth is
to be fixed from deflection criteria. Stair case slab is designed as slab. All rules regarding
the detailing are similar to that of slab. Enough development and anchorage lengths for
steel should be provided.
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b. Sectional elevation of first flight
c. Sectional elevation of second flight
d. Prepare the bar bending schedule 20 Marks
Solution:
Data: As above
Exercise Problems:
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Beam consists of 4-#16 at bottom out of which 2-#16 are curtailed up.
Two hanger bars #12 at top is also provided. Two legged stirrups #8 at 150 mm c/c up
to 750 mm from the face of supports and the spacing is increased to 200 mm c/c near
the center.
Solution: All details are given. First draw the rough sketch and then the final drawing
and detailing. For bar bending schedule, measure the length of bars on the drawing
sheet and use it for the calculation.
• December/January 2007
A dog legged stair case has to be provided for a public building with the staircase
room size 2.6 m x 5.4 m (internal). The following details are given:
e. Plan of staircase
f. Sectional elevation of first flight
g. Prepare the bar bending schedule 20 Marks
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Ld =564
FLOOR LEVEL
Ld =564
MAIN STEEL
# 12 @ 120
Wall
DIST. STEEL
# 8 @ 200
150
GL
FOUNDATION
500 mm
GROUND FLIGHT
500 mm
Le = 4710 mm
PLAN
Figure 6. Detailing for stair case when supported at the ends on landing on walls
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Y=0.3 l or Ld Y
l
X = 0.15 l or Ld LANDING
X BEAM
DS
Y
MAIN STEEL
150
GL
FOOTING
500
GROUND FLIGHT 150
500
Le
PLAN