A Comparative Study on Two Way Slab with and without Opening with Different Boundary Conditions using Ansys

Analytical determination of displacements and stresses in reinforced concrete material was a difficult task and engineers had to rely on empirical formulas because concrete consists of heterogeneous material and creep and shrinkage influenced deformations in it. The slab is made of brittle materials like concrete, show increasing deflection during their service life due to mechanical and environmental loadings. In this project, a parametric study on a slab to study stress and deflection was carried out. The study consisted of various specimens of slabs with different span ratio which was modeled and analyzed. The study revealed that the modeled slabs with opening showed greater deflection when compared to the deflection slabs without opening under different boundary conditions and found that all the results were subjected to within the permissible limits as per Indian Standard.