The floor system of a residential building consists of 125mm thick reinforced concrete slab (unit weight = 23.6 KN/m^3) resting on three 8m spanned RC floor beams spaced at 3.2 meters on centers.  Size of RC beam is 200mm x 450mm. NSCP 2015 Load factors: 1.2DL & 1.6LL. Assume simple supports.  Question: True or False? The RC slab described above is ONE-WAY slab.

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The floor system of a residential building consists of 125mm thick reinforced concrete slab (unit weight = 23.6 KN/m^3) resting on three 8m spanned RC floor beams spaced at 3.2 meters on centers.  Size of RC beam is 200mm x 450mm. NSCP 2015 Load factors: 1.2DL & 1.6LL. Assume simple supports. 

Question: True or False? The RC slab described above is ONE-WAY slab.

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