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PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this example is to verify slab flexural design in SAFE
One dead load case (DL4KPa) and one live load case (LL5KPa), with uniformly
distributed surface loads of magnitudes 4 and 5 kN/m2, respectively, are defined
in the model. A load combination (COMB5kPa) is defined using the AS 3600-
2009 load combination factors, 1.2 for dead loads and 1.5 for live loads. The
model is analyzed for both load cases and the load combinations.
The slab moment on a strip of unit width is computed analytically. The total
factored strip moments are compared with the SAFE results. After completing
analysis, design is performed using the AS 3600-2009 code using SAFE and also
by hand computation. Table 1 shows the comparison of the design
reinforcements computed using the two methods.
RESULTS COMPARISON
Table 1 shows the comparison of the SAFE total factored moments in the design
strip with the moments obtained by the hand computation method. Table 1 also
shows the comparison of the design reinforcements.
Reinforcement Area
Strip (sq-cm)
Load Moment
Level Method (kN-m) As +
CONCLUSION
The SAFE results show an exact comparison with the independent results.
HAND CALCULATION
The following quantities are computed for the load combination:
ϕ = 0.8
b = 1000 mm
α=
2 1.0 − 0.003 f 'c = 0.91 > 0.85, Use α 2 = 0.85
h f ′ct , f
2
Ast .min = 0.24 bd
d f sy , f
= 0.24•(150/125)2•0.6•SQRT(30)/460•1000•150
= 370.356 sq-mm
COMB100
w d = 4.0 kPa
w t = 5.0 kPa
w = 12.3 kN/m
M -strip * = 24.6 kN-m
2M *
a =−
d d2 − = 10.065 mm < a max
0.85 f 'c φ b