Quality Assurance Of Hollow Core Slab Floors

Precast concrete, Concretes, Slabs, Reinforced concrete, Prestressed concrete, Construction systems parts, Floors, Beam and slab floors, Roofs, Thickness, Dimensional tolerances, Performance, Structural design, Mathematical calculations, Joints, Fire spread prevention, Sound insulation, Thermal insulation, Quality control, Quality assurance

This book details the latest information on the applied methods and techniques being used for quality control of concrete construction worldwide. The book forms the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Quality Control on Concrete Structures, held in Belgium, June 1991.

Die zweite Auflage dieses Klassikers - jetzt als Paperback - bietet Profis auf diesem Gebiet eine aktuelle und kompetente Präsentation der Technologie der Vorbelastung von Stahlbeton. Grundlegende Techniken, Materialien und Systeme werden behandelt und vielfältige Anwendungen - Gebäude, Brücken, Bohrplattformen, Straßen, Rollbahnen, Rohrleitungen - erläutert.

The former FIP Commission Prefabrication drafted the FIP Recommendations on the design of Precast prestressed hollow core floors, published by FIP in 1988 (Telford, London, ISBN 0-7277-1375-2). That document was highly appreciated by designers and public authorities because of the lack of guidance available elsewhere, especially with respect to some specific features of the product, for example the absence of transverse reinforcement. It has also served as a reference guide for national standards and especially for the CEN product standard on prestressed hollow core slabs. During the production of that report it was felt that some design rules were incomplete or missing. In addition, research carried out since has resulted in complementary knowledge on the behaviour of hollow core floors, for example in combination with slender floor beams. The present guide to good practice is intended to complement the existing recommendations. The research for the different items was carried out at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), Politecnico di Torino (Italy), VTT (Finland), University of Nottingham (United Kingdom), Building Research Institute (Poland), and the University of Rome (Italy).

These recommendations, together with a detailed commentary, are the result of nine years' intensive research. They provide the engineer and precaster with a guide to sound design and put at their disposal calculation methods and examples of good practice for the many details of the design of hollow core floors.

This guide to precast prestressed concrete (PSC) introduces and applies principles for the design of PSC slabs, thermal slabs, beam and block flooring and main beams, including (where appropriate) cantilevers, and composite and continuous construction. The book provides numerous worked examples for a wide range of PSC elements and covers the innovative use of PSC on several projects in the UK over the past ten years, drawing on the authors' first-hand experience in the design and manufacture of special products. The contents are in line with latest revisions of the Eurocodes and European Product Standards. Precast Prestressed Concrete for Building Structures is ideal for consulting structural engineers, clients, PSC manufacturers, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students, both as a guide and a textbook.