Effect of Depth of Periphery Beams on Behavior of Grid Beams on Grid Floor

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International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology E-ISSN 2277 4106, P-ISSN 2347 5161 2015 INPRESSCO, All Rights Reserved Available at http://inpressco.com/category/ijcet Research Article Effect of Depth of Periphery Beams on Behavior of Grid Beams on Grid Floor S. A. Halkude, C. G. Konapure and S. P. Pasnur * 1 Department of Civil Engineering, W.I.T. Solapur, Solapur University, India Accepted 15 April 2015, Available online 25 April 2015, Vol.5, No.2 (April 2015) Abstract By investigating various parameters involved, a solution for optimum structural configuration can be found for the grid floor. The present work includes the parametric investigation in terms of flexural actions such as bending moments and shear force. Spacing of grid beam is one of the important parameters considered for investigations, along with depth of grid beam & depth of. Stiffness method is used for analysis which is less time consuming as compare to other analysis methods, where spacing of grid beams i.e. () is varied for hall size (L/B) with constant ratio. Here the of s () are varied, for considered depth of s; various of grid beams (GB) are varied to arrive at optimum solution. Keywords: Grid floors, spacing of grids beams, s (), grid beams (GB), stiffness method 1. Introduction 1 An assembly of intersecting beams placed at regular interval and interconnected to a slab of nominal thickness is known as Grid floor or Waffle floor. In this type of floor, a mesh or grid of beams running in both the directions is the main structure, and the slab is of nominal thickness. These floors are used to cover a large column free area and they are generally employed for architectural reasons for large rooms such as auditoriums, vestibules, theatre halls, show rooms of shops where column free space is often the main requirement (N.Krishnaraju 5). One of the limitations of grid floors is the construction cost which is prohibitive. Some of the researchers have carried out the cost comparison between flat slab and grid slabs using the plate theory. On the basis of analysis and design carried out, they concluded that concrete required in grid slab is more as compared to flat slab with drop and flat slab without drop (Amit A. Sathawane et al 2012). Study on economical aspects of long span slabs between flat slab and grid slabs. Thus, grid slab is found to be more economical for long span slab in comparison to flat slab. Analytical study on square waffle slab for medium size floor system is considered to achieve the optimum dimensions of rib spacing, i.e. depth and width (J. Prasad, et al, 5). Various research papers shows that, the cost of grid floors depends upon various parameters like span and *Corresponding author: S. P. Pasnur spacing of grid beams, size of the peripheral & grid beams, span to depth ratio etc. The present work includes the study on effect of depth of s and behavior of grid beams on grid slab. For this stiffness method is used for analyzing various spacing of grid beams for a hall size (L/B) with constant ratio. And at the same time various of s and grid beams are considered. 2. Methods of analysis Grid is highly redundant structural system and therefore, it is statically indeterminate. Rankine- Grashoff method is an approximate method. Plate analogy method is a rigorous method. But both the methods consider simple support conditions. To overcome this limitation of support condition, stiffness method is adopted which can be used for all types of supports. Stiffness method is an accurate & more suitable to arrive at design moments and shear force. And also it takes less time for analysis. This method is based on matrix formulation of the stiffness of the structure and gives closed form solution. There are various application software s available, in which Stiffness method shows higher value of shear force as compared to other methods discussed. (Dr. S. A. Halkude, S. V. Mahamuni), have carried study for comparison of various methods of analysis. They found that in comparison with other methods, stiffness method is accurate and there is no limitation of support condition. 1303 International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.2 (April 2015)

Max. SF in GB (kn) Max. B.M in GB (knm) 3. Problem formulation 3.1 Typical Plan of Grid System considered depth of, various of GB considered are 0.40m to 0.75m varying at an interval of 0.05m. 310 290 270 230 210 190 Figure 1 Plan of typical grid system A grid system is analyzed using any of the methods given above. Above notations are used where, L= length of a typical hall B= breadth of the hall l = spacing along length b = spacing along width 4. Parametric study Hall considered is of size L= 10m, B = 10m, i.e. L/B =1. This hall is further attached by two similar halls such that No of panels=3, and is varied from 1 to 1.7 at an interval of. Graph 1 Variation of maximum BM in GB for various of GB From the Graph 1, it is observed that for a given depth of, initially no significant change in bending moment in GB is observed up to a depth of GB 0.5m. For grid beam having depth greater than 0.5m, the bending moment in grid beam increases with increasing depth of GB. For a given depth of, it is observed that rate of increase of BM in grid beam becomes steeper with increasing depth of. For a given depth of GB, bending moment in grid beam decreases with increasing depth of. Table 1; Constant parameter; L/B=1, Width (B) =10m, Variable parameters; No. of panels and ratios No. of panels 3panels 4panels ratios 1 to 1.7 varying at an interval of 1 to 1.7 varying at an interval of 180 5panels 4.1 Case I; =1 1 to 1.7 varying at an interval of Here the of s considered are 0.50m to 0.75m varying at an interval of 0.05m. For Graph 2 Variation of max. SF in GB for various From Graph 2, it is observed that for a given depth of the max. in GB increases linearly with increasing depth of GB. Similar variation is observed for all the of. However shear force in GB decreases with increase in depth of. 1304 International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.2 (April 2015)

Max. BM in GB (knm) of GB (mm) of GB (mm) Max. SF in GB (kn) 0.09 0.07 0.05 0.03 0.02 180 160 Graph 3 Variation of max. of GB for various From the Graph 3, it is observed that for a given depth of the max. of GB decreases with increasing depth of GB. This nature of decrease is nearly alike with increase in depth of, however deflection decreases. Similar variation is found for () 1.1 ratios. 4.2 Case II; =1.2 330 310 290 270 230 210 190 170 Graph 4 Variation of Max. BM in GB for various From the Graph 4, it is observed that for a given depth of, the max. BM in GB increases with increasing depth of GB. The variation is parabolic in nature. The max. in GB increases with slower rate initially, and after a certain point, it increases steeply, for given depth of. The max. BM in GB remains practically same even though the depth of increases. The max. BM in GB decreases with increasing depth of for a given depth of GB. Graph 5 Variation of max. SF in GB for various From the Graph 5, it is observed that for a given depth of the max. in GB increases with increasing depth of GB. The variation is alike for all the of. As the depth of increases, the max. in GB decreases for the given depth of GB. 1 0.09 0.07 0.05 Graph 6 Variation of max. of GB for various From the Graph 6, it is observed that for a given depth of the max. of GB decreases with increasing depth of GB. This nature of decrease in deflection of GB is nearly alike with increase in depth of, however deflection decreases. For a ratio above () 1.2 and upto () 1.4, it is found that the bending moment in grid beams goes on increasing; shear force was found to be minimum for () 1.2 ratios. For () 1.3 to 1.4, shear force is found to be increasing. 1305 International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.2 (April 2015)

Max. of (mm) Max. SF in GB (kn) Max. SF in (kn) Max.BM in GB (knm) Max. BM in (knm) 4.3 Case II; =1.4 700 650 600 550 500 450 Graph 7 Variation of max. BM in for various From the Graph 7, it is observed that for a given depth of, the max. bending moment in is increasing with increase in depth of GB. In this case it is observed that the max. bending moment in goes on reducing with increasing of for a given depth of GB. 550 500 450 350 Graph 8 Variation of max. SF in for various From the Graph 9, it is observed that for a given depth of, the deflection of is decreasing. With increase in depth of, the max. of is decreasing. With increasing depth of GB similar trend is observed for all the of. 4.4 Case III; =1.6 385 365 345 325 305 285 265 245 225 205 185 Graph 10 Variation of max. BM in GB for various From the Graph 10, it is observed that for a given depth of, the max. bending moment in GB increases with increasing depth of GB. Initially the variation is parabolic in nature for smaller of. Later as the depth of increases above 0.60m, the nature of variation is found to be a straight line with increase in depth of GB. It is also observed that as the depth of increases max. bending moment in GB increases with steeply, for given depth of GB. From the Graph 8, it is observed that for a given depth of, the max. shear force in increases with increase in depth of GB. It is also observed that shear force decreases by a very negligible amount, even though the depth of is increased. 3 1 0.09 0.07 0.05 Graph 9 Variation of max. of for various of GB for a constant width 180 Graph 11 Variation of max. SF in GB for various From the Graph 11, it is observed that for this case the variation of max. shear force in GB is observed to be the same as in case of = 1.3. The variation remains linear with steeper slope. It means the max. shear force in GB is increasing linearly with increasing depth of GB, for given depth of. However as the depth of increases, there is a decrease in max. SF in GB. 1306 International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.2 (April 2015)

Max. SF in GB (kn) Max.BM in GB (knm) of GB (mm) of GB 4 Graph 12 Variation of max. of GB for various From the Graph 12, it is observed that for a given depth of the max. deflection of GB decreases with increasing depth of GB. This nature of decrease in deflection of GB is nearly alike with increase in depth of, however deflection decreases. 4.5 Case 2; =1.7 From the Graph 14, it can be observed that for this case, the variation of max. shear force in is observed to be the same as previous case. The variation remains linear with similar slope. It means the max. shear force is increasing linearly with increasing depth of GB, for given depth of. 8 6 4 MaximumBM Graph 15 Variation of max. of GB for various From the Graph 15, it is observed that for a given depth of, the deflection of is decreasing. With increase in depth of, the max. of is decreasing. With increasing depth of GB similar trend is observed for all the of. 4.6 Various max. flexural actions for L/B=1, No of panel=3, for =1.0 to 1.7 Graph 13 Variation of max. BM in GB for various From the Graph 13, it is observed that the nature of variation in max. bending moment in GB is observed to be the same as that of for the previous case. The rate of decrease in max. bending moment in is almost same as the rate of increase in max. bending moment. After analyzing such combinations and looking towards the variations, it can be observed that the variations in BM, and SF in are similar for all ratio. It is also found that variations in BM, and SF in GB are alike. Now, the variations of max. flexural actions can be compared with the ratios of grid dimensions for different of. Table 2 Comparison of Max. BM in GB for various of Depth (m) 0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7 0.75 1 290.6 272.1 256.1 255.9 262.3 299 1.1 277.1 263.3 249.2 270.57 285.31 312.1 1.2 233.3 252.9 272.1 297.78 299.91 310.9 1.3 253.3 266.1 282.4 305.8 324.9 326.8 1.4 256.6 276 297 317.5 337.3 356.9 1.5 268.5 290.9 312.7 334 354.7 374.9 1.6 278.1 298.6 318.4 337.6 355.8 373.6 Graph 14 Variation of max. SF in GB for various 1.7 313.7 328.9 330.6 351.3 370.2 389 1307 International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.2 (April 2015)

Max. SF in GB (kn) Min. deflection of GB (mm) Max. BM in GB (knm) Graph 16 Variation of Max. BM of GB for various From this Graph 13, it is observed that for initial depth of up to 0.60m, variation of BM in grid is not consistent with depth of GB. However with increasing depth of, the nature of the max. BM in GB becomes more consistent i.e. with increasing depth of the variation of BM in GB tend to becomes linear. Table 3 Comparison of max. shear force in GB for various of Depth (m) 0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7 0.75 1 361.9 358.6 356.5 346.6.9 330.9 1.1 349.7 348.6 348.3 363.9 37 353.5 1.2 291.5 294.3 297.5 313.9 317.96 317.9 1.3.9 302.4 297.5 31 314.8 310.5 1.4.5 361.4 353.9 364.8 367.6 361 1.5 294.8 306.9 302.3 316.1 321.4 321 1.6 341 341.2 341.9 343.1 345.1 347.7 1.7 386 384.5 383.5 383.8 384 385.5 450 430 410 390 370 350 330 310 290 270 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 depth (0.50)m depth of (0.55)m depth of (0.60)m depth of (0.65)m depth of (0.70)m depth of (0.75)m depth of 0.5m depth of 0.55m depth of 0.6m depth of 0.65m depth of 0.7m depth of 0.75m Graph 17 Variation of max. SF of GB for various Nature of variation of shear force of GB observed is as shown in Graph 17, It is observed that up to 1.2, the shear force of GB decreases. For =1.2 to 1.4, there is slight increase in shear force. The max. shear force of GB is observed for =1.4 for all of. Table 4 Comparison of in GB for various of Depth (m) 0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7 0.75 1 0.077 0.075 0.073 6 0.056 3 1.1 7 0.032 0.029 0.022 0.02 1.2 5 1 0.075 4 0.056 0.053 1.3 5 0.079 5 1 0.055 0.052 1.4 5 2 0.09 0.074 0.056 1.5 15 04 0.076 7 0.056 0.05 1.6 35 19 0.098 4 7 0.07 1.7 14 0.079 0.074 0.07 9 6 4 0.02 0 Graph 18 Variation of min. deflection of GB for various For a given depth of, the nature of variation in deflection is as seen in the Graph 18. The minimum deflection of GB for all the of is observed to be at =1.1 and max. deflection of GB is observed for =1.4 for all of. With increasing depth of the variation in deflection of GB is getting minimized 5. Conclusions From the observations conclusions are drawn which will be helpful in understanding seismic structural behavior. These various conclusions are as presented below. 5.1 Spacing of grid beams 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 depth of 0.5m depth of 0.55m depth of 0.60m depth of 0.65m depth of 0.7m depth of 0.75m 1) It is found that, BM in GB decreases mildly up to 1.2. For () higher than 1.2 and up to 1.7, BM in GB goes on increasing with increase in ratio. 1308 International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.2 (April 2015)

2) It is found that shear force in GB decreases for () 1.2. For () above 1.2, SF in GB increases linearly with increasing ratio till () 1.7. 3) It is found that the deflection of GB is found to be maximum for () 1.4. 5.2 Effect of various flexural actions with respect to depth variations of 1) It has been observed that, for given depth of, the max. BM in GB goes on decreasing with increasing depth of grid beams. After attaining a minimum value of BM in GB, BM in GB further increases with increasing depth of grid beam. 2) in GB decreases with increase in depth of up to 0.6m and the increase is mild. For a depth of above 0.6m, shear force in GB increases steeply. 3). in GB decreases with increase in depth of. The deflection in GB is minimum when depth of grid beams is equal to depth of. 5.3 Effect of flexural actions on 3 panels, 4 panels and 5 panels 1 It is observed that, there is no significant change in BM in and in GB with increase in number of panels. When depth of is equal to depth of GB, it is observed that, initially BM in decreases for a smaller depth of. 2 in GB decreases with increase in. However, it is observed that there is not much variation in shear force in GB due to increasing number of panels. 3 Obviously the deflection in and GB decreases with increase in depth of and the same thing is observed by increasing the number of panels. References A Sathawane, R.S. Deotale (2012.), Analysis and Design of Flat Slab and Grid Slab and Their Comparison, International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp.837-848 Ibrahim Vepari, Dr. H.S. Patel (May 2011), Study on Economical Aspects of Long Span Slabs. 13-14 May 2011 B.V.M. Engineering College, V. V. Nagar, Gujarat, India, National Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering & Technology, 13-14 P. F. Schwetz, F. P. S. L. Gastal, L. C. P. Silva F (9), Numerical and Experimental Study of a Real Scale Waffle Slab, IBRACON Structures and Materials Journal,vol. 2, No.4, p. - 403 N. Krishnaraju (5), Advanced Reinforced concrete design (IS: 456-0) (C B S Publishers and distributors, CBS Plaza, New Delhi, India) S. Timoshenko and S. Woinowsky-Krieger Theory of plates and shell (McGraw-Hill Book Company) S. Timoshenko and J. N. Goodier (1951) Theory of Elasticity (McGraw-Hill Book Company) Charles E Reynolds and James C. Steedman (1988), Reinforced Concrete Designer s Handbook (E and F N Spon Taylor and Francis Group) IS: 456 (0), Code of practice for plain and R.C. Structures, (Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi) I.S.875 (1987) Part-I, Part-II (Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi) John J Panak and Hudson Matlock (1972), A Discrete Element Method of Analysis for Orthogonal Slab and Grid Bridge Floor System, (Research No 56-25, Development Methods for Computer Simulation of Beam Columns And Grid Beam And Slab System Research Project 3-5-63-56, Center for Highway Research, The University of Texas At Austin) Baishali Das (2010), Static And Dynamic Analysis Of Grid Beams, Project report for Bachelor of Technology, Department of civil engineering, National Institute of technology, Rourkela J. Prasad, S. Chander, A.K. Ahuja (5), Optimum Dimensions of Waffle Slab for Medium Size Floors, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing) Vol. 6, No. 3, Pages 183-197, S. A. Halkude, S. V. Mahamuni (February 2014), Comparison of Various Methods of Analysis of Grid Floor Frame, International Journal of Engineering Science Invention, Volume 3, Issue 2, PP.01-07 1309 International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.2 (April 2015)