70 FLOOR AND STAIR DESIGN FOR MULTISTORY BUILDINGS $ 302

employed in connection with steel joists which may be spaced up to a maxi

mum of thirty - two inches on centers .
Cofar is a very popular floor of this type . It consists of high strength , deeply
corrugated steel sheets ( the
reinforcement and form ) with transverse
main
wires ( T -wires ) welded to it. The latter provide temperature reinforcement,
mechanical anchorage , and longitudinal shear developers between the con
crete and the Cofar . Thus Cofar functions as the complete positive and tem
perature reinforcement , as well as the form for the concrete slab construction .

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(CourtesyWalter H. Wheeler, inventorandowner, SmoothCeilingsSystem

.)
Fig

301 Smooth ceiling column head

.
.

establish continuity
to

The only steel required that which necessary the

is

in
be is

slab over supports This floor may

or

used either concrete steel frame

in
.

Up self sustaining without

six

span
of

construction feet the Cofar

to

in is
a

-
.

supports For Cofar spans

of
11
of

intermediate one row

to
ft

ft,
6

6
.

supports required the wet concrete

to

sustain and construction loads

is

Two rows are required for spans

11

14
of

to
ft

ft
.
by

Corruform produced the company that manufactures Cofar very

-T is
,

; ,

similar Cofar
consists tough corrugated steel sheets wires
It

deep
of
to

,
.

by

are omitted Corruform The temperature steel provided for steel wire
is
in

mesh Reinforcing steel unnecessary for light loads and short spans below
is

(
.