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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET) Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2017, pp. 53–60, Article ID: IJCIET_08_09_008

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STUDY ON EDGE SLAB-COLUMN

CONNECTION IN FLAT SLAB

T. S. Viswanathan, V. Sairam and K.Srinivasan

School of civil and chemical engineering, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Giriraj Mannayee

School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT University, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, India

ABSTRACT

The major concern in flat slabs is the concentration of high stresses in the slab

column connection resulting in punching shear failure of the entire slab system. Hence

in the present study an attempt has been made to study and analyze the effect of edge

column in a flat slab. A numerical investigation was conducted using the finite element

software ABAQUS to evaluate their ability to resist punching shear in a flat slab. The

nonlinear characteristics of concrete were achieved by employing the concrete

damaged plasticity model in the finite element program. Linear and nonlinear analysis

of edge slab-column connection was carried out for slab of depth 150mm and 200 mm.

Remarkable reductions in deflection is observed when the depth of slab is increased.

Keywords: Flat slab system, punching shear, edge slab-column connection, plastic

damaged plasticity model, Abaqus.

Cite this Article T. S. Viswanathan, V. Sairam, K. Srinivasan and Giriraj Mannayee,

Study on Edge Slab-Column Connection in Flat Slab, International Journal of Civil

Engineering and Technology, 8(9), 2017, pp. 53–60.

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1. INTRODUCTION

Flat slab is a reinforced slab which does not have beams or girders and in which the slab

directly rests on the column. Its load transfer mechanism includes transfer of load directly

from slab to supporting columns. Flat slab provides more head room as there are no beams

and hence provides more working area. The minimum overall thickness of flat slab is 125mm

and maximum is 250mm. The columns are provided with flared portion at the top which is

known as a column head which in turn increases the resistance of the slab against punching

shear. A portion of the slab thickened in the vicinity of the column is known as a drop. The

absence of drops and column heads in a flat slab constitutes a flat plate. The major concern in

flat slabs is the concentration of high stresses in the slab column connection resulting in

punching shear failure of the entire slab system. This may be due to improper design for shear

especially in exterior columns. Punching shear induces a cone shaped perforation starting

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from the top surface of the slab and leads to progressive collapse of the slab system. Being a

brittle failure mode, it requires high safety class in structural design. The three possible types

of shear action are (i) One way shear of the slab (wide beam action), (ii) Two way shear

around columns (punching shear action) and (iii) Shear caused by moment transfer.

The finite element method is a numerical technique widely used in the engineering field.

With the advancement of the understanding of the material properties of concrete, various

constitutive laws and failure criteria have been developed to model the behaviour of concrete.

Therefore, an increasing number of researchers are using finite element analysis to study the

response of reinforced concrete structures. Finite element modeling of a flat-plate system

requires that the punching shear failure of the slab column connections is reproduced

properly. Such a simulation has been the focus of many numerical studies using various

elements.

ABAQUS is well-established commercial finite element software. Its constitutive models

treat concrete as a continuous isotropic linearly elastic-plastic strain hardening fracture

material. The software provides the capability of simulating damage using three crack models

(Fig 1) for reinforced concrete elements: (i) the smeared crack concrete model (ii) the brittle

crack concrete model and (iii) the concrete damaged plasticity model (CDP). The CDP model

was selected for the present study because this technique has the ability to present complete

inelastic behavior of concrete both in compression and tension, including damaged

characteristics.

The concrete damaged plasticity model assumes that the two main failure mechanisms in

concrete which are tensile cracking and compression crushing.

Figure 1 Different Crack models for RCC Elements

2. RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE

Many studies have been carried out on punching shear effect of interior columns on flat slab.

Not much study has been done on effect of punching shear on edge slab-column connection.

Hence in the present study an attempt has been made to study and analyze the effect of edge

column in a flat slab.

The present study is carried out to achieve two main objectives:

• To evaluate punching shear effect of edge slab-column connection.

• To compare behaviour of edge slab-column connection in slabs of varying depth.

Figure 2 Punching Shear

Study on Edge Slab-Column Connection in Flat Slab


3. MODELLING

To study and find the percentage reduction in stress with increase of depth of slab, three slabs

of different depths were modelled in Abaqus. Slab 1 was modelled with a depth of 150mm;

slab 2 was modelled with depth of 200 mm. The size of the slab model is similar to the one

used by Aikaterini S. Genikomsou(1)

. Slabs with a size of 1350 mm x 1000 mm x 150 mm are

considered. Reinforcement bars of diameter 12mm are used in the modelling. The concrete is

assumed to be homogeneous and isotropic. The slab is simply supported along the three sides

and load of 5 kN/m2 applied at a column stub area of 250 mm x 250 mm (Fig 3). The column

stub is represented as a uniform load applied over an area 250 mm x 250 mm equivalent to the

area of the stub, as is generally used in this kind of slab analysis. In the model ‘Hex’ type of

mesh is considered of size 30 mm (Fig 4).

Figure 3 Support conditions simply supported at edges

Figure 4 Meshing of slab

4. INPUT PARAMETERS

The default parameters in ABAQUS and the parameters proposed in other publications are

used. The parameters needed to describe the plastic properties of concrete are as following:

4.1. Dilation Angle (ψ):

The ratio of volume change to shear strain is called the dilation angle. The range of dilation

angle is taken 30-40ᵒ.

4.2. Eccentricity:

This value is used to get a soft curvature of the potential flow and gives almost the Similar

dilation angle for a wide range of confining pressure values. an eccentricity of 0.1 is used.



4.3. σbo/σco Parameter:

σbo/σco Parameter is the ratio of the initial biaxial compressive strength to the uniaxial

compressive strength. The default value of 1.16 is used in this model.

4.4. Viscosity Parameter:

It is required when a convergence problem is caused by softening behaviour. As flat-slab

models cause convergence difficulties, the viscosity parameter is assumed to be 0.05.

4.5. Kc Parameter:

The value of the Kc parameter is to be determined considering the yield surface in the

deviatory plane (Fig 5). Kc is the ratio of the second stress invariant on the tensile stress

meridian (T.M.) to the second stress invariant on the compressive stress meridian (C.M.). The

value 2/3 is used in the calculations.

Figure 5 Kc Parameters

5. INELASTIC PROPERTIES

5.1. Compressive behaviour:

An accurate model of compressive behaviour is necessary for the analysis. Values of yield

strength, ultimate strength and compressive damage were taken from the ABAQUS

verification manual (Table 1), which assumes that the yield strength is 74% of the ultimate

strength and the plastic strain at failure is 0.12%.

Table 1 Compressive Stress-Strain Value for Concrete

Sl. No. Stress

(N/mm2)

Inelastic

Strain

Compression

damage factor

1 24.00 0.0000 0.000

2 29.20 0.0004 0.129

3 31.70 0.0008 0.242

4 32.30 0.0012 0.341

5 31.76 0.0016 0.426

6 30.37 0.0020 0.501

7 28.50 0.0024 0.566

8 21.90 0.0036 0.714

9 14.89 0.0050 0.824

10 2.95 0.01 0.969



5.2. Tensile Behaviour

The concrete damaged plasticity model allows determination of post failure behaviour in

tension by defining strain, crack opening or fracture energy towards plastic tensile stress.

These three options are related to one another and the choice of them depends on the

knowledge of structural behaviour and material. The input values required for tensile

behaviour were taken from the ABAQUS verification manual (Table 2). Tensile behaviour of

steel and other material properties (Table 3&4) are also from the ABAQUS manual.

Table 2 Tensile Stress-Strain Values for Concrete

Sl. No. Stress

(N/mm2)

Cracking

Strain

Tensile

damage

factor

1 1.780 0.0000 0.00

2 1.450 0.0001 0.30

3 1.113 0.0003 0.55

4 0.960 0.0004 0.70

5 0.800 0.0005 0.80

6 0.536 0.0008 0.90

7 0.359 0.0010 0.93

8 0.161 0.0020 0.95

Table 3 Material Properties

Poisson’s

ratio

Elastic modulus

(MPa) Material

0.167 26480 Concrete

0.300 200000 Steel

Table 4 Tensile Stress-Strain Values of Steel

Yield Stress

(MPa) Plastic strain

200.2 0

246 0.02374

294 0.04784

374 0.09436

437 0.13880

480 0.18140

6. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

6.1. Linear analysis:

To understand the basic behaviour of slab, linear analysis was performed. Shear stress

distribution around edge slab column was analysed (Table 5) which is within the admissible

limit. According to IS 456 permissible shear stress is 0.25√fck. Deflection of 150 mm depth

slab (Fig 7) is 0.095mm which is within the permissible limit.



Table 5 for Slab of 150mm

Shear Stress

(N/mm2 ) Node no.

0.101 807

0.107 871

0.113 935

0.109 999

0.107 1063

0.104 1126

0.102 1190

0.070 1254

0.011 1318

Figure 6 Shear stress distribution of slab

Figure 7 Deflection for 150mm slab

6.2. Non-Linear analysis:

Non- linear analysis was performed for two different thickness of slab. Slab was analyzed for

shear stress distribution around slab column connection. Shear stress distributions around slab

column connection at the same node for the two slabs are compared. Shear stress distributions

along the width as well as radial direction are considered for comparison (Table 6 &7). Shear

stresses are appreciably reduced for 200mm depth of slab compared to 150mm in all direction

of slab column connection.



Table 6 Shear stress along width of slab (N/mm2)

Slab of 150mm Slab of 200mm

2.203 1.789

1.642 1.314

1.393 1.073

1.135 0.891

0.986 0.756

0.872 0.664

0.755 0.571

0.643 0.493

0.554 0.414

0.375 0.309

0.282 0.269

Figure 8 Shear stress for Non-linear analysis of slab

Table 7 Shear stress along radial direction of slab (N/mm2)

Slab of 150mm Slab of 200mm

1.934 0.825

1.548 0.648

1.473 0.619

1.2 0.556

0.743 0.434

0.546 0.342

0.332 0.278

0.324 0.235

0.321 0.22

0.361 0.195

0.268 0.189



7. CONCLUSIONS:

Linear and nonlinear analysis of edge slab-column connection was carried out for slab of

depth 150mm and 200mm.

• A stress reduction of up to 26-28% is observed by increase in depth of the slab.

• For reducing shear and moment, provision of drop/column head or shear

reinforcements in the column is recommended.

• The unbalanced shear and moments in the slab near the column caused varying

stresses which needs to be studied further.

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