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Structural Engineering - Slabs

The document describes calculating deflection and bending moments for 3 slab support cases (A, B, C) under a uniformly distributed load using finite element analysis in SAP2000. It provides the modeling steps and outputs the results in a table for the vertical deflection at the center and bending moments at various points along the slab.

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Structural Engineering - Slabs

The document describes calculating deflection and bending moments for 3 slab support cases (A, B, C) under a uniformly distributed load using finite element analysis in SAP2000. It provides the modeling steps and outputs the results in a table for the vertical deflection at the center and bending moments at various points along the slab.

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1) Calculation of c, mx, my for cases A, B, C and a uniformly distributed load q


through elastic FEA
URN number = 6094777, A=7 & B=7. Thus q=77kN/m2:
c: vertical deflection at the slab centre
mx: bending moment in the mid-span section b-b
my: bending moment in the mid-span section a-a
Modelling of cases A, B, C using plate elements through SAP2000
Step 1: Open new model, units kN, m.
Step 2: Work on X-Y plane.
Step 3: Define material CONCRETE with E=30000000kPa and self-weight=25kN/m3.
Step 4: Define area section Slab, plate (thin) with thickness=0.2m.
Step 5: Draw Poly Area (4 points) for the slab perimeter (x=5m, y=15m) with Slab section.
Step 6: Select the area and generate mesh automatically with maximum element size 0.1m on both axes.
Step 7: Select the boundary nodes and assign them restraint condition Uz=0.
Case A: all boundary nodes, Case B: y axis boundary nodes, Case C: 4 edge nodes for pin support.
Step 8: Define Load Cases DEAD and UNIFORM. DEAD for the self-weight and
UNIFORM for load q (assign area loads, uniform -77kN/m2 in Z global axis).
Step 9: Run linear static analysis for both load cases.
Table 1: Slab response for load q+self-weght.
Case A
Case B
Case C
c [m]
0.030
0.032
2.71
y=1.5
-69.1
-35.53
-783.56
y=3.0
-73.81
-47.03
-1441.73
mx (b-b)
y=4.5
-66.68
-50.38
-1914.58
[kNm]
y=6.0
-61.13
-51.26
-2195.96
y=7.5
-59.25
-51.42
-2289.69
x=0.5
-88.15
-91.98
-40.97
x=1.0
-156.05
-163.58
-73.93
my (a-a)
x=1.5
-204.24
-214.60
-98.05
[kNm]
x=2.0
-232.98
-245.16
-112.70
x=2.5
-242.55
-255.36
-117.64

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Figure 1: Plate moments for the 3 cases provided and load self-weight + q.

Case A

Case B

Moments mx for self-weight + q=77kN/m2

Moments my for self-weight + q=77kN/m2

Case C

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