SEMINAR PRESENTATION ON
BUBBLE DECK SLAB
PRESENT GUIDED
BY: BY:
Shivani Dr. Shilpa
Sharma Pal
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING
CONTENTS
S.No. Topics
1. Introduction
2. What Is The Principle Behind
3. Materials
4. Types of Bubble Deck Slab
5. Methodology
6. Literature Review
7. Applications
8. Advantages and Disadvantages
9. Analysis Done By ANSYS
10. Results
11. Conclusion
12. References
INTRODUCTION
BUBBLE deck slab is a biaxial hollow core slab invented
in Denmark.
It is a method of virtually eliminating all concrete from
the middle of a floor slab which is not performing any
structural function thereby dramatically reducing
structural dead weight.
High Density Polyethylene hollow spheres replace the
in-effective concrete in the centre of the slab.
Void formers inside the flat slab eliminates at least 30%
of a slab’s dead weight.
Combination of this with a flat slab construction
approach spanning in two directions - the slab is
connected directly to in situ concrete columns without
any beams- produces a wide range of cost and
construction benefits.
WHAT IS THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND?
The area between columns of a solid slab has limited
structural effect beyond adding weight.
Replacing this area with a grid of “voids” sandwiched
between layers of reinforcing welded wire steel and an
internal lattice girder yields a slab typically 35% lighter
that performs like solid reinforced concrete.
Once the steel lattice/void “sandwich” is concreted, it
is then precast into panels of various sizes and craned
into position on shoring.
• Once concrete is poured over the balls in the panels, the
Bubble Deck system effectively becomes, and behaves like,
a monolithic two-way slab that distributes force uniformly
and continuously.
MATERIALS
PLASTIC SPHERES
hollow spheres made from
recycled High Density
Polyethylene).
Enough strength (90% of solid
slab) & rigidity.
STEEL
( Steel reinforcement is of
MS or HYSD can be used ).
CONCRETE
Concrete is made up of Standard Portland
Cement with max aggregate size of 20mm.
TYPES OF BUBBLE DECK SLAB
Cast in Situ Filigree system or Precast
Half Slab
The simple Bubble Deck is cast over the In the precast half-slab Bubble Deck
pre-fabricated ‘bubble lattice’ on System, the bottom side of the ‘bubble-
traditional formwork. The simple lattice’ unit is furnished with a pre-cast
Bubble Deck may also be delivered to concrete layer which on the building site
the building site as pre-cast factory- replaces the horizontal part of the
made slabs. formwork
METHODOLOGY
Conventional slab: This is a slab with
specifications prepared to analyze experimentally
with normal concrete of grade M30 by adopting
conventional method of design according to IS
456:2000 & IS 10262:2009.
Bubble deck slab: The Bubble slab can be casted
as per DIN 1045 (1988) or DIN 1045 (2001) code
(German code).
Finite element analysis performed using software
like ANSYS, ABAQUS SAP, FreeCAD etc and
form numerical model and compare the results.
LITERATURE REVIEW
S.N TITLE AUTHOR ABSTRACT CONCLUSION
O.
1. An experimental Nagesh The author •They founded that 50%
study on bubble Hanche and studied the dead weight reduction
deck slab Arati Shetkar use of Hollow compared to solid slab ,
system with plastic balls in less CO2 emission.
hollow elliptical the reinforced • Less concrete required .
balls. concrete slab •Load carrying capacity of
and its slab is depend on
effects. arrangements of bubbles.
2. Experimental Prof. Nishant To determine •Results shows bubble
study on bubble Rajoria , load bearing deck slab carried less
deck slab Muhammad capacity and load due to stiffness
Shafiq to estimate reduction because of
Mushfiq amount of plastic balls introduce in to
(IRJET) concrete the slab.
saved. • 10.55-25% of concrete
saved as compare to solid
slab.
BY USING ANSYS SOFTWARE
S.NO TITLE AUTHOR ABSTRACT CONCLUSION
.
3. Punching shear Reshma This paper •Compared to solid slab
strength Mathew, compared the punching shear
development of Binu.P punching shear capacity of bubble deck
bubble deck slab behavior of bubble slab is less .
using GFRP deck slab to solid • They used GFRP
(Glass fiber slab by using strips with various
reinforced ANSYS software. orientation as a
polymer) strengthening system
stirrups. which increase load
carrying capacity up to
20%.
4. Finite element Subramania Analysis is •Voided slab V30
analysis of n, K* and performed using removed nearly 20% of
voided slab with Bhuvanesh ANSYS software the concrete but
high density wari , P on 6 specimens in undergoes similar
polypropylene which 3 are solid deflection and cracks
void formers and others voided. patterns like solid slab.
APPLICATIONS
Functional applicability:
Residential living, offices
Utility and industrial buildings
Apartments, villas etc.
Schools
Parking
Hospitals
Laboratories and factories.
As a consequence of the reduced load, it is possible to achieve
larger spans than a solid slab.
Cantilevers can be made 10 times the deck height.
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Reduced concrete usage –1 kg Thickness of slab is limited.
recycled plastic replaces 100 kg of Punching shear capacity is
concrete. low.
Design freedom– flexible layout Skilled labour required.
easily adapts to irregular & curved Conventional slab is less
plan layouts. deflect than bubble deck slab.
Reduced dead weight-35% Load carrying capacity is less
removed allowing smaller than conventional slab.
foundation sizes.
Longer spans between columns-
up to 50% further than traditional
structures.
Environmentally green and
sustainable – reduced energy &
carbon emissions.
ANALYSIS DONE BY ANSYS
Finite Element Analysis of Voided Slab with High Density
Polypropylene Void Formers
SOLID SLAB
VOIDED SLAB
ANALYSIS DONE BY ANSYS
SOLID SLAB
BUBBLE DECK
SLAB
RESULTS
The maximum deflection observed for voided slab
was 19.52 mm by numerical methods.
The maximum deflection observed for voided slab
having same specifications was 8.62 mm by using
ANSYS. Deflection is more during ANSYS
analysis because of material used, here material
used was structural steel .
As there is difference between the engineering
properties given to the specimen which gives
different results from the research paper.
CONCLUSION
Difference in engineering properties gives
inappropriate result during analysis.
There is an error observed during analysis.
Weight reduction is 50% compared to solid slab.
Concrete usage reduced up to 10.55-25% as 1Kg of
recycled plastic replaces 100 Kg of concrete, reduces
CO2 emission.
Punching shearing capacity is less so GFRP(Glass
Fiber Reinforced Polymer) stirrups with various
orientation is used as a strengthening system for
bubble deck slab.
Reducing material consumption made it possible to
make the construction time faster and overall costs
are reduced by 8-10%.
REFERENCES
Bhagyashri G. Bhade and S.M Barelikar.2016, AN Experimental
Study on Two Way Bubble Deck SLAB With Spherical Hollow Balls.
Int J Recent Sci Res. 7(6), pp. 11621- 11626.
Sergiu Călin, Roxana Gînţu and Gabriela Dascălu, ”Summary of tests
and studies done abroad on the Bubble deck slab system”, The
Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Iaşi, t. LV (LIX), f. 3, 2009.
Martina Schnellenbach-Held and Karsten Pfeffer,”Punching behavior
of biaxial hollow slabs” Cement and Concrete Composites, Volume 24,
Issue 6, Pages 551-556, December 2002.
Eurocode 2 Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures - Part 1-1:
General rules and rules for buildings, British Standards Institution.
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