The floor system shown is made of concrete (self-weight of concrete is 25kN/m³). Its thickness is t. The slab is supported on beams on all sides on its perimeter. Find: (a) The weight of the slab as uniformly distributed load per unit area of slab (in kN/m²) (b) the distributed load that is transferred to the beams using proper tributary areas (in kN/m) D is the last digit of your student number = ... 2 6*Z t= 0.30m+0.05*D (in meters) = 0.4m Z = 5m + 0.1*D (in meters) = 5.2 m %3D
The floor system shown is made of concrete (self-weight of concrete is 25kN/m³). Its thickness is t. The slab is supported on beams on all sides on its perimeter. Find: (a) The weight of the slab as uniformly distributed load per unit area of slab (in kN/m²) (b) the distributed load that is transferred to the beams using proper tributary areas (in kN/m) D is the last digit of your student number = ... 2 6*Z t= 0.30m+0.05*D (in meters) = 0.4m Z = 5m + 0.1*D (in meters) = 5.2 m %3D
Chapter2: Loads On Structures
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1P
Related questions
Question
Pls help ASAP
Expert Solution
Step 1
Given Data
Floor system made of concrete
Self weight of concrete = 25 kN/m3
D=2
Thickness of slab = t = 0.25m+0.05*D (m) = 0.35 m
(a) Weight of the slab as uniformly distributed load per unit area of slab = Weight of concrete per m3 * Thickness of slab
= 25 (kN/m3) *0.35 (m) = 8.75 kN/m2
Step by step
Solved in 2 steps with 2 images
Recommended textbooks for you
Structural Analysis (10th Edition)
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9780134610672
Author:
Russell C. Hibbeler
Publisher:
PEARSON
Principles of Foundation Engineering (MindTap Cou…
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781337705028
Author:
Braja M. Das, Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Structural Analysis (10th Edition)
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9780134610672
Author:
Russell C. Hibbeler
Publisher:
PEARSON
Principles of Foundation Engineering (MindTap Cou…
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781337705028
Author:
Braja M. Das, Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Fundamentals of Structural Analysis
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9780073398006
Author:
Kenneth M. Leet Emeritus, Chia-Ming Uang, Joel Lanning
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Traffic and Highway Engineering
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781305156241
Author:
Garber, Nicholas J.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning