Design of building slabs

LimitState:SLAB can be used to analyze complex slab geometries with ease. Its analysis will often demonstrate that concrete slabs require far less reinforcement and simpler bar mark arrangements than other methods indicate, generating designs that are simpler and easier to build.

Around 60% of the structural cost of a typical new building is accounted for by the floor. LimitState:SLAB can help engineers to design slabs that are thinner, and contain less reinforcement than conventional approaches. The reinforcement can also be regularly arranged, so that it is easier to detail and easier to fix, and hence less costly to construct. In contrast, to designs obtained via elastic analysis (e.g. elastic FEA), this can lead to significantly reduced cost designs.