FIGURE2.33-3 Three Dmensional Computer Modi of Podium Slab for a Low-Rise Building (36) Prssss ‘rane plate FIGURE 2.3.41 SymbolieView of Application ofa "Transfer Plate ited number of generally widely spaced supports. A symbolic representation ofa transfer plats shown infig. 2246-1; Fig 232 hows an eample wherea transfer plate was used tospan a viaduct Figure 2.3.49 ustrates the appleation ofa transfer plate ine bilding in Macae. The more than 80-sory Dullding resting ona 35 » (116°) post tensioned transfer plate with column drops that bring the total sab thickness to 55m (18) atthe support. “The computer model generated forthe analyst and design ofthe slab shows the large number of walls ‘Tensioned Bulldings FIGURE?2.3.42 View of Transfor Pat that Siraddlesa Viaduct (ew Yor P42) FIGURE 24-3 Transfer Slab of Service Apartments Im Macau (Courtesy of rsne HK 362), from the superstructure terminating onthe transfer ‘late with only afew, widely-spaced supports below (ig.234-9) FIGURE 234-6 Computer Model of Service Apartments in Macau (rene HK ADAPT Carp 7385) ‘To facltate the construction of this transfer plate, which as located over 30 m (98) above grade; ‘o-layer construction was used, Te bottom Im ( 5°) thick layer was east first and designed to cary ‘he weight ofthe upper 2.5m (82°) layer. The com bined thickness was designed to resist the from the tower above As inlested in Fig 2.345, the post tensioning tendons ofboth the lower and upper layers were installed before the lower layer was east and stressed Figure 234-6 shows a technician se- ‘ting one ofthe ducts forthe mul-strand tendons forthe 35 m (11 6") transfer plate 235 Mat/Raft Foundation When the allowable bearing pressure is not ad- equate to resist peak stresses below walls and cl- tums, but the total area ofthe sol below the foot prin ofa structures large enough to resist the total Toad, a mat/ratt foundation can bea viable solution FIGURE 234-5 Transfer Plate Showing Both the ‘Lm Bottom Layer Tendons andthe Full Height "Tendons 35) 23 FIGURE 2:46 Technician Adjusting a Post Ten soning Tendon for the Full 3m (11° 6°) Height 88) FIGURE 234-7 Construction View of Transfer Plate 1.5 m(S ft) Thick (Comes esi Gl ADAPT Jabal oe SA: F366) ‘A mat foundation ia slab of mostly uniform thick: ness that offen extends over the structure's entre Footprint ts function is to distribute the loads, so ‘that the sol pressures reduced to allowable values, tion of postensioning. ln conventionally reinforced concrete construction, ‘when the mut/fafe thickness is not adequate, the Toad from ahve doesnot distribute adequately over ‘the entire mat surface. If the concentration of pres. sure below the loads exceeds the allowable bearing pressure (Fig. 235-1), the mat thickness must be Increased to achieve adequate distribution of the