MODULE 1: Concrete

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Reinforced Concrete Roof Slabs

♦ Reinforced concrete roof slabs are formed and site-cast in the same ways as
concrete floor systems.
♦ Roof slabs are normally roofed with a membrane type of roofing, as shown in the
cross section.

*Subscripted numbers indicate the source of text and/or illustration. See Appendix E for the list of sources.

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Roof Edge Conditions

The edge of a concrete roof slab may be treated in three different ways:

Precast Concrete Roofs

♦ Similar in form and construction to the precast floor system and utilizes the same
types of slab units.

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Long Span Concrete Structures

Concrete is well-suited for the construction of surface-active structural systems

capable of spanning long distances. The concrete can be reinforced and formed into
the structural shapes with the required continuity of surface.

Folded Plate Structure

Shell Structures

Hyperbolic parabola. Dome

Cylindrical vault

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