The objective of this course is to assist a licensed design professional, forensic structural engineers, consulting engineers or/and a licensed general contractor to deeply know, and understand the analysis, and design of one-way concrete slab as per ACI 318-19 code. One-way slab is a type of concrete slab in which loads are transferred in one direction to the supporting beams and columns. Therefore, the bending occurs in only one direction. The design of one-way slab is simple and can be carried out easily. The ACI 318-19 provides a number of requirements regarding slab thickness, concrete cover, and reinforcement ratio which facilitate the design process. For instance, the ACI 318-19 specifies minimum slab thickness that satisfies deflection.

Learning Objectives:

• Behavior of one-way slab
• Basic design principles based on ACI 318-19
• Reinforcements in concrete slabs: main reinforcement & temperature and shrinkage reinforcement
• ACI Provision for design of one-way slab
• Summary of design procedure steps in the form of points with explanation
• Reinforcement detailing
• Detailed step by step design example