Uno  formula  
INDUSTRIAL FLOORS & PAVEMENTS - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP
OUTLINE
This course provides design engineers the opportunity to design
concrete industrial floors from first principles and then understand
the workings of software programs designed to speed up the
process. It also provides insights into overseas Codes and their
design guidelines eg American (PCA), British (T34), NZ (TM38),
Sth Africa (PCI) Finally the workshop addresses practical aspects
of floor construction.
WORKSHOP
8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 10.45 Session 1 - Soil Properties and Soil Tests;
Concrete Flexural Strengths and Fatigue Tests
This session deals with the basic soil properties and tests such as:
CBR ... California Bearing Ratio
k ... Modulus of Subgrade Reaction
LL ... Liquid Limit
PL ... Plastic Limit
PI ... Plasticity Index
SPT ... Standard Penetration Test
CPT ... Cone Penetration Test (Dutch cone)
UCS ... Unified Classification System for Soils (eg CH, ML)
Es ... Soil Modulus Es
Ese ... Equivalent Youngs Modulus for Soil
The session then covers concrete properties including flexural
strength and tensile strength of concrete (and associated testing)
according to AS3600-2009 and the alternative values suggested
by the CCAA, RMS (prev RTA-NSW), VICRoads, QLD Main
Roads, Main Roads WA.
Tutorial exercises (and solutions) will be issued in the final 20
minutes of this segment to be completed by all.
10.45 – 11.00 Morning Tea
11.00 – 12.30 Session 2 - Basic Design Theory
Concrete Slab /Pavement Thickness Design This session addresses the remaining areas important in industrial
(Aust & Overseas)
This session outlines the history and derivation of concrete
pavement models & tests adopted over the past 100 years and
how one arrives at the present various thickness formulas that
exist in the marketplace today and how they may differ from each
other.
Course attendees will work through each of these thickness
formulas and calculate a pavement thickness according to local
and overseas guidelines.
Models to be addressed in detail (eg soil springs vs elastic
soil modulus) include the formulas of Boussinesq, Winkler,
Westergaard, Meyerhof, Kelly, Pickett plus FEM, T34 –1985
(CCAA-Aust), T48 –2009 (CCAAAust), TR34 (Concrete Society-
UK). Tests carried out over the years to substantiate these
formulas will also be shown.
Tutorial exercises (and solutions) in simple conventional concrete
thickness design to be completed by all.
Cancellations made more than 5 working days prior to a course will incur a 20% processing fee of the full registration amount.
Cancellations made 5 working days or less will incur forfeiture of the full registration fee.
(Gives  an  approximate  answer  for  poor  soils  where  P  T  is  the  Axle  load  is  in  Tonnes)  
Westergaard  formula  
SPEAKER VENUES
Uno  formula  
Westergaard formula
Paul J. Uno * Brisbane Mercure Hotel, cnr North Quay and Ann St,
Uno formula t = 60(PT)0.5   BE MBdgSc MIE(Aust) CPEng Brisbane QLD (07) 3237 2300
 
* Melbourne Hotel Grand Chancellor, 131 Lonsdale Street,
(gives approx answer where PT (Gives  an  approximate  answer  for  poor  soils  where  P  
= Axle load in tonne) Engineering Training Instutute Australia
T  is  the  Axle  load  is  in  Tonnes)  
Melbourne VIC (03) 9656 4000
  Paul Uno has over 35 years experience in * Sydney The Hills Lodge, 1 Salisbury Rd (cnr Windsor Rd)
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch - (Provided at venue) the design and construction industry. He
  Castle Hill NSW (02) 9680 3800
has worked for companies such as CSR
1.30 – 3.00 Session 3 - Wheel Loads, Post Loads, * Perth Ibis Hotel 334 Murray Street Perth WA
Westergaard  formula   Readymix, Transfield, Boral, Spancrete,
Uniformly Distributed Loads & Combined Loads
Dept. of Housing, Australian Institute of
08 9322 2844
This session continues the theme of the previous section with
respect to thickness design.
Steel Construction, HH Robertson and
the Cement And Concrete Association of
REGISTRATION FORM
Parameters such as Interior Loading vs Edge Loading, Wheel Australia.
Please return to:
loads vs Post loads (eg Racking loads), and UDL’s are compared, Engineering Training Institute Australia (Attn: Vincent)
He presented precast concrete courses nationally for the
primarily using the CCAA manual vs Meyerhof and Westergaard PO Box 913 Baulkham Hills NSW 1755
method.
NPCAA in 2005 and 2006 and was also acknowledged as
a key contributor to the NPCAA/CIA publication “Precast Tel: 02 9899 7447 Fax: 02 9899 5995 Mob: 0413 998 031
Punching shear calculations and deflections under UDL’s are Email: registrations@etia.net.au
Concrete Handbook”.
outlined in accordance with CCAA-2009 manual and the T34-
He has been a member of the American Concrete Institute Concrete Industrial Floors Design
2003 UK publication.
Software addressing conventional slab design will be featured.
since 1992 and a member of the Concrete Institute of Australia & Construction Workshop
since 1982. At present he is a consultant, a presenter for
Tutorial exercises (and solutions) in simple conventional concrete tick
Cement and Concrete Services as well as a University lecturer.
thickness design to be completed by all. • Sydney NSW Mon 10 August 2015
He currently lectures in Properties of Materials (Concrete)
3.00 – 3.15 Afternoon Tea • Brisbane QLD Tue 1 September 2015
at Civil Engineering, Sydney University as well as lecturing
3.15 – 5.00 Session 4 - On site Practical Contruction Issues at UNSW in the faculty of Built Environment in both in • Melbourne VIC Wed 9 September 2015
- Floor Flatness & Levelness Construction Science (Materials) and in Building Structures • Perth WA Mon 5 October 2015
- Dowels & Joint Design (Concrete & Structural Steel Design).
- Abrasion Resistance Paul is also the present chairman of the Australian Standards No. of Attendees Total
- Steel vs Plastic Fibres committee BD-066 for the Tilt Up & Precast Concrete Code
Industrial Floors Workshop $520
@
AS3850.
- Curling & Delamination
- Plastic Shrinkage Cracks
• CCS Software Design STIF Program (Ver3) @
$550
- Plastic Settlement Cracks
(includes T48-2009 method & Westergaard Method)
floor design.
It explains the basis of the F-number system used in the USA (for
flatness and levelness) that is more superior than that adopted
Total Payment $
(GST included)
in Australia at present (namely Class A, B and C floor tolerance
system). Cheque [payable to ‘Engineering Training Institute Australia’]
The basics behind dowel design and key joint selection will be
addressed as will the aspects of early sawcutting and proper Name ____________________________________________
finishing techniques to achieve proper floor abrasion properties.
The use of steel fibres and plastic fibres used in industrial floor Company _________________________________________
slabs will be covered weighing up their pro’s and con’s as well as
giving explanations of terms such as Re3 values. Street / PO Box _____________________________________
Finally slab curling, surface delamination and the various forms
of slab cracking that occur will be covered, including the reasons Suburb_________________________ Postcode____________
why these phenomenon occur and how to stop it from happening.
Ph (___ )________________ Fax (____ )__________________
Calculators Required for some sessions
5.00 - 5.15 Certificate of Attendance and
Email_____________________________________________
Feedback sheets
Professional Development Person Handling Payment_____________________________
Attendees may be credited towards IE Aust Continuing (please print)
Professional Development (CPD) requirements. Members of VISA M.CARD AMEX 3 or 4 DIGIT ID#
IE Aust are required to undertake a minimum of 150 hours of
equivalent CPD every 3 years.
Cardholders Name__________________________________
Further Information
For any further information on this course please contact Expiry Date _____/_______ Signature__________________
Vincent on (02) 9899 7447 or
Joanne on mobile 0413 998 031 or NB: Cancellations made more than 5 working days prior to a course will incur a
20% processing fee of the full registration amount. Cancellations made 5 working
email info@etia.net.au days or less will incur forfeiture of the full registration fee.
Cancellations made more than 5 working days prior to a course will incur a 20% processing fee of the full registration amount.
Cancellations made 5 working days or less will incur forfeiture of the full registration fee.