Slabs binder11 pages — to print and put in the binder
Solid slab and ribbed slab, and the beam that carries them — every step on one page, with the BST numbers.
Every page: a short answer, why it works, one solved example and the pitfalls. Every number was checked against the BST engine.
Pages with the Building tag — for building technicians only. Architecture technicians skip them.
The route
One exercise, from start to finish. Read it first.
- 01Solid slab — the whole wayFrom the data to the bars, in one exercise
The slab — step by step
Equivalent span, thickness, loads, moments and reinforcement — in depth, with the pitfalls.
- 02Equivalent span L₀One coefficient per span — the largest governs
- 03Slab thicknessDeflection governs, not strength
- 04Design loads Building1.4 on the permanent load, 1.6 on the live load
- 05Moments in the slab BuildingCoefficient × F × L² — no diagrams from scratch
- 06Slab reinforcement Buildingd, ω, As — and a bar every how many cm
From the slab to the beam
Load transfer to the beams, and the dimensions of the beam that carries the slab.
- 07Load transfer to the beams0.4 to the end, 0.6 to the interior, cantilever — everything
- 08Beam dimensionsDepth in a solid slab, width in a ribbed slab
Ribbed slab
What changes when solid concrete is replaced by ribs and blocks.
- 09Ribbed slabThe same route — four changes
- 10Solid or ribbed?The same slab, two solutions
Appendix
All the tables — next to every exercise.
- 11Tables appendixL₀, load transfer, K₁₁, K₁₃, moments, bars — on one page
Slabs binder · BST · beamsolvertool.com/en/learn/concrete/
All pages as a print-ready PDF — in the Binders to download of BST PRO