BUBBLE DECK SLAB

INACTIVE CONCRETE
BUBBLE DECK SLABS
• Jorgen Bruenig in 1990’s invented the first biaxial hollow slab
• (now known as bubble deck slab) in Denmark.
• uses spheres made of recycled plastic.
• bubbles can decrease the dead weight up to 35%
• can achieve larger spans

MILLENIUM TOWER , ROTTERDAM

 MATERIALS

1. CONCRETE
2. STEEL
3. PLASTIC SPHERES
 TYPES OF BUBBLE DECK SLABSS
1. Filigree elements
2. Reinforcement modules
3. Finished planks
1. FILIGREE ELEMENTS
2. REINFORCEMENT MODULES
3.FINISHED PLANKS
PROPERTIES OF THE BUBBLE DECK SLAB
1 SHEAR STRENGTH AND PUNCHING SHEAR:
Shear resistance of Bubble deck slab is 0.6 times the shear resistance of
a solid slab of the same thickness[3]
2 BENDING STRENGTH AND DEFLECTION BEHAVIOUR

For same strength, bubble deck has 87% of bending stiffness of similar
solid slab but only 66% concrete volume due to HDPE spheres. [5]
3 SOUND
• The noise reduction with bubble Deck was 1db higher than the one
way prefabricated hollow deck [6].
4 VIBRATION
• less susceptible to vibration problems [8]
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
RESULTS
 CONCLUSIONS
• Recycled polythene
• Reduces structural dead weight upto 35%.
• Reduces construction time .
• Longer spans
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Institutului Politehnic din Iaşi, LV (LIX,” 2009.
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