Comparison between BS 8110: Part 1: 1997 and Eurocode 2 for design the reinforced concrete slab

Abstract

In European countries, the use of codes of practice Eurocode 2 (EC 2) has been applied since 2004. However, in Malaysia, BS 8110 is still used for the design of the building. Thus, the code of practice is being implemented EC 2 slowly and begins with learning to students in universities. In this study, the objective of research is to compare the difference in the concept of the design using BS 8110: Part 1 : 1997 and EC 2, to compare manual calculation and spreadsheet of Microsoft Excel 2007 for 3 types of slabs and to prepare a spreadsheet for the analysis and design of slabs. The main focus will focused on the slab, 3 types of slabs to be designed is simply supported one–way slab, simply supported two-way slab and restrained two-way slab. The design will be based on the code of practice BS 8110 and Eurocode 2 and the software used is Microsoft Excel. Therefore, a study was conducted to review the design steps and also to explain technically on EC 2 design on the slab design. For a better understanding on EC 2 and BS 8110 design process, a work example of EC 2 and BS 8110 on slab and comparison of area of reinforcement on several types of slab has been done. In this research the scope of comparison both of code practice is only focus on area of reinforcement required and shear resistance with varies of dimension. The result has indicated that although the design process of EC 2 is more technical but it is easy to use and understand. The result of research was then show that the area of reinforcement required while using EC 2 is much lesser than BS 8110.