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Bubble Deck Slab
Bubble Deck Slab
contents
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Type of bubble decks
• Example of projects
• Effect
• Materials
• Why bubble deck slab
• Shear
• Bending strength
• Durability
• Deflection
• Vibration
• Fire resistance
• advantages
• Experimentation and results
• Scope of future use
• Conclusions
• reference
Abstract
The bubbles are then supported by temporary stands on top of the precast layer and
held in place by a honeycomb of interconnected steel mesh.
PLASTIC
SPHERES
• Not porous.
Longer spans
Pre fabricated
&
cast in-situ
Shear
• The main difference between a solid slab and a voided biaxial slab refers to
shear resistance. Due to the reduced concrete volume, the shear resistance
will also be reduced.
• Near the columns, bubbles are left out so in these zones a Bubble deck slab
is designed exactly the same way as a solid slab. Shear resistance of Bubble
deck slab is 0.6 times the shear resistance of a solid slab of the same
thickness .
• In practice, the reduced shear resistance will not lead to problems, as balls
are simply left out where the shear is high, at columns and walls.
Bending strength
• Bubble Deck when compared to a solid deck, both
practically and theoretically.
• Bubble deck slab joints have a chamfer on the inside to ensure that
concrete surrounds each bar and does not allow a direct route to air
from the rebar surface. This is primarily a function of the fire
resistance but is also relevant to durability.
• Cracking in Bubble deck slab is not worse, and probably better, than
solid slabs designed to work at the same stress levels.
• [I] Tina Lai "Structural behavior of bubble deck slab and their
applications to lightweight bridge decks" ,M.Tech thesis, MIT, 2009.