Question

In steel structural design, for the design of office buildings, it is suitable to use one way slab or two way slab?

Answer 1

In steel structure design of office buildings the type of slab used are both one way and two way slabs as for long corridors one way slab is preferred as one length is longer as compared to another dimension and in the case of office cabins and meeting rooms two way salbs are used as both dimensions are comparable in two way slabs and two way slab is supported on four sides and one way slab is only supported on two sides only.But for high rise ofice buildings only two way slabs are preffrred as they resist loads in both directions whereas one way slabs resist loads only in one direction.