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Ground-bearing slab (slab on grade) design to TR34.

Enter the slab thickness, subgrade modulus and the point, line or UDL loading, and Volex Anvil designs the ground-bearing slab: the radius of relative stiffness, the flexural capacity under internal, edge and corner loads by the Westergaard/Meyerhof method, and the resulting slab thickness and joint layout.

The method follows Concrete Society TR34, the UK standard for industrial floor slabs, with the characteristic length and induced stress reported for checking.

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What Volex Anvil checks

Validated against the published example

Ground-bearing slab — stiffness radius and induced stress Westergaard (1926); Concrete Society TR34 §A
QuantityPublishedVolex AnvilError
Radius of relative stiffness ℓ869 mm869 mm0.00%
Maximum induced stress2.593 MPa2.593 MPa0.00%
This case is one of 359 published checks the platform passes — the full table, with every source and every error, is public at volexlabs.com/verification.

Frequently asked

Which loads can it check?
Point loads (racking legs), line loads (walls) and UDLs, at internal, edge and corner positions per the Westergaard solutions in TR34.
Does it do joint spacing?
Yes — the recommended joint spacing and the load-transfer requirement across joints follow TR34.
Is it validated?
The stiffness radius and induced stress are checked against Westergaard and TR34 — within 0.00%.
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