Is there anyone who can/wants to help me calculate roughly how much point load my foundation slab can be expected to withstand?

The foundation is constructed as follows:

Cement: 100 mm "C28/35 16 S4 Std. Cem"
Reinforcement: 6150 nk500ab-w (about 55 mm from the surface)
Insulation: 3 x 100 mm EPS S80
Crushed stone 8-16 approx. 200 mm
Clay

I have a glulam beam that is to be spanned with a pillar roughly one-third of the length. The builder has calculated the point load to 37kN, but I believe it might be slightly underestimated as neither snow pocket nor attic storage appears to be included. At each end of the glulam beam stand 2 screwed-together 45x95 C24s, and the idea was to have the same construction on the central pillar, but I'm leaning towards a slightly stronger pillar. The pillar stands within a wall, so I can to some extent distribute the load sideways across the glulam beam.

These kinds of calculations are not my specialty, but what I arrive at for a 100 mm slab is not anywhere near 37 kN, more like half.

Blueprint of construction design showing glulam beam "Limträbalk 90x360" and wall configuration. Includes rain board and roof slope "Nock 35°".
 
The reinforcement you have (6150 reinforcement mesh) is only for crack reinforcement in the slab. I haven't calculated the whole thing, but I find it hard to see that the slab can withstand that point load without a haunch with extra reinforcement and concrete.

Do you have any information on how the edge beam is constructed?
 
N NoOne2k said:
The reinforcement you have (6150 reinforcement mesh) is only for crack reinforcement in the slab. I haven't calculated it all, but I find it hard to see that the slab can handle the point load without a haunch with extra reinforcement and concrete.

Do you have any info on how the edge beam is constructed?

Well, I don't have the exact measurements, but I know it's 200 mm high. I guess about 200 wide at the top and 100 mm below the first layer of 100 mm insulation. A 10 mm iron at the bottom, and one at the top along with the mesh.

But the edge beam is probably not going to help me much, it's two meters away. But I should be able to place a support beam across the glulam beam, in the wall, to distribute the load over a larger area. I have about 330 mm to spare in height, so there's room for something substantial there.

I have found that the slab can handle a point load of about 18 kN on 95x95 mm, is that a reasonable figure? Does it matter that it's a short-term (winter, snow) load?
 
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