Curved Slab Flight

By Huu Khanh Nguyen · Updated October 28, 2026 · stair, curved-flight

A cast concrete flight of stairs that turns on an arc, one solid body whose steps sit on a sloping curved slab.

Parameters

NameDefaultUnit
Number of risers in the flight (the flight has risers - 1 treads, the upper level is the landing)18
Riser height150mm
Radius of the inner edge of the flight in plan (the well)1000mm
Radial width of the flight1500mm
Total turn of the flight in plan180°
Direction of climb seen from aboveleft
Waist thickness, the minimum measured perpendicular to the slope (at the inner edge) to the inner corner of riser and tread150mm
Bearing on the upper level, along the mean radius from the last riser to the end face110mm
Finishwhite
Plan angle of one stepangle / (risers - 1)°
Going on the walking line(innerRadius + Math.min(width / 2, 500)) * stepAngle * (Math.PI / 180)mm
Tread length at the inner edgeinnerRadius * stepAngle * (Math.PI / 180)mm
Vertical drop of the soffit below the line through the riser base cornerswaist * Math.sqrt(1 + (rise / (stepAngle * (Math.PI / 180) * innerRadius)) ** 2)mm
Height of the upper level above the lower floor (z)risers * risemm