ACI 340.4R : 1985

Volume 3 of the ACI Design Handbook series presents Design Aids for use in the engineering design and analysis of reinforced concrete slab systems carrying loads by two way action. These Design Aids consist of tables and graphs that eliminate the need to repeatedly perform certain routine calculations. The Design Aids have been developed for use in simplifying the application of both the Direct Design Method and the Equivalent Frame Method as outlined in "Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete (ACI 318-89)." Design Aids are provided for the selection of the slab thickness; for the computation of slab, beam, and column stiffnesses; and for the selection of stiffness, carry over, and fixed end moment factors for slab beam elements used in the Equivalent Frame Method.