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Folded Plates 1
Folded Plates 1
• • RIA NAIR
AKSHATA MARATHE
• APARNA PILLAI • VARUN
• DHANYA PODUVAL MALHOTRA
• KETKI MAHAJAN • VISHAL JP
• • VISHAL PANSARE
RENUKA KULKARNI
• NIKHIL NAIR • YAMENI
INTRODUCTION
• It is another form of stressed skin roof and is sometimes called
folded slab construction.
• The fold may take the form of a pitched roof, monitor roof or a
multifold roof in single or multiple bays with up stand or down
stand diaphragms at the supports to collect and distribute the
slabs to enable concrete to be introduced and vibrated openings
or windows can be left in the upper surface form work and these
will be filled in with slip in pieces after the concrete has been
placed and vibrated.
PRINCIPLE
Longer spans can be accommodated with relatively small
increases in weight by enlarging the lever arm of the structure; the
top and bottom chords of each slanted slab house the main
reinforcements while the shear stresses are absorbed across the
sloping sides. The folded plate acts as a beam and can support
even greater loads.
BASIC ELEMENTS :
The principle components in a folded plate structure are -
1. The inclined plates.
2. Edge plates which must be used to stiffen the wide plates.
3. Stiffeners to carry the loads to the supports and to hold the
plates in line.
4. Columns to support the structure in the air.
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CONCEPT
• Folded plate roof is the other form of stressed skin or membrane in, which the stiffness of the skin
is, used to distribute the loading to the point of support and is sometimes called folded slab
construction.
• The basic design concept is to bend or fold a flat slab so that the roof will behave as a beam
spanning in the direction of the fold.
• It is an example of a 3-dimensional or space structure.
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TYPES OF FOLDING
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TYPES OF FOLDING
Z SHELL :-
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TYPES OF FOLDING
FOLDED PLATE TRUSS
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CONSTRUCTION METHOD
• If a flat slab is folded or bent, it can behave as a
beam spanning in the direction of the fold with a
depth equal to the rise of the folded slab.
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DESIGN PRINCIPLE
• The base unit of a folded plate is assembled from a thin steel
reinforced concrete or steel surface that is bent to increase its
strength and allow it to span like a beam.
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CONSTRUCTION METHOD
Perpendicular to the main span, the shell acts as short span
plates in transverse bending.
• The width of any plate should not be larger than 0.25 its
length to be considered to act as beam.
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COMPONENTS OF FOLDED PLATES
The principle components in a folded plate structure are as given
below:
1) The inclined plates
2) Edge plates which must be used to stiffen the wide plates
3) Stiffeners to carry the loads to supports and to hold the
plates in line
4) Columns to support the structure in the air
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o The span and the width of each bay governs the overall depth.
This should not be less than between 1/10th and 1/15 of the
span , or 1/10th of the width , which is greater.
NORTH LIGHT
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CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
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CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
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APPLICATION OF FOLDED PLATES
• Folded structures have found the application in
architectural buildings and engineering structures.
Used as Canopy
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ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
1. Folded plates are ideally suited for a variety 1. Shuttering is expensive.
of structures such as factory buildings, Centering is also costly.
assembly halls, godowns, auditorium gym
large spaces requiring column free spaces. 2. Mostly used for RCC roofing
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DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
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COMPONENTS OF FOLDED PLATES
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