Contact us
 |
[email protected] |
 |
3275638434 |
 |
 |
| Paper Publishing WeChat |
Useful Links
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Article
Author(s)
Zekirija Idrizi1 and Isak Idrizi2
Full-Text PDF
XML 1469 Views
DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2017.12.002
Affiliation(s)
1. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Hasan Prishtina University, Prishinë 10000, Kosova;
2. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Mother Teresa University, Shkup 1000, Macedonia
ABSTRACT
In order to maximize the
return of investments and at the same time improve the quality in the
construction industry of midrise buildings, it is very important to derive an
optimal solution to the building structural system, which would facilitate
faster and easier construction activities with minimal quantity of construction
material, while maintaining the satisfactory level of building safety and
performance. This paper makes a
comparative study between a “solid” and a “waffle” slab system. A typical 14-story RC building structure is selected as an example
for this study purpose. The first part of this study is focused in deriving an
optimal solution for a solid and waffle slab system which are later on
considered as constituents of all stories of the 14-story building. In the second part, it is elaborated the
effect of both slab systems over the 14-story building model.
This study aims to emphasize the advantages of mid-rise buildings
constituted of waffle slab system over the buildings characterized with solid
types of slabs, in terms of economy, structural safety and performance.
KEYWORDS
Waffle slab, solid slab, RC structure, optimization, seismic analysis and design.
Cite this paper
References