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A Review Paper on Voided Slab:U-Boot Beton
R.Arvind1, P.C.Balamurugan2, R.Aravind2, C.S.Aslam Basha2
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Assistant Professor & Head of Civil Department,2 UG Students
Gojan school of business and technology,Redhills,Chennai-52.
arvindrajabather@gmail.compcbalu21@gmail.com
Abstract: Avoided slabs in which voids are developed
to reduce the amount of concrete. This paper deals
with voided slabs using U-boot beton technology made
byrecycled polypropylene, The technology is designs
forlightweightslabsin RCC. It is solution to build slabs
oflarge spans with more bearing capacity. It is like an
shape of formwork like a pyramid and generallysize
measurement 52 X 52 centimetres. It is an simple to
use. Initial, a plain surface has been prepared with
deck of wooden or other similar equipments. Then,
steel reinforcement has to be posed in the two
involving right angles or perpendiculars directions, as
designed in the project. Thus, steel dip into casting of
the concrete. A grids of orthogonal beams, nearly
closed by slabs of various heights.U-Boot its
lightweight, stability, modularity, can be used to make
structures without mechanical helps of equipmentand
its also foundation rafters can be created with a low
amount of concrete withbig thickness. By using U-boot
beton, it is easy to build raft foundations with a low
quantity of concrete.It is used in high rise buildings to
reduce the weight of the structure. It reduces the
construction time and also requires less labours. It has
high fire resistance and it’s economical. Higher
number of floors can be built.
Keywords: U-Boot beton,Voided slabs, Energy
efficiency, Structural solutions, Low cost material,
Fire resistance.
I. INTRODUCTION
Voided slabs are concrete slabs in which
reduce the requirement of amount of concrete.
The idea was developed by hollowbiaxial slab
with the equal capacity as normal solid slab, but
the reducing weight due to the removal of
excess concrete.
In most of constructions, the slab is a
major part of structural element for making a
spaces. And the slab is one of the high
requirement of consuming concrete.These are
the reasons for innovative developments of an
idea of reinforced concrete have reducing the
weight and providing larger span.
U-boot is used for structural elements of
different types such as slabs or foundation. It
grants solution preformation considerable
designing, technical and economic. U-Boot
Beton is a recycled polypropylene formwork
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that was designed to create two-way voided
slabs and rafts. It is used to create slabs with
large span or that are able to support large loads
without beams. A lightweight, concrete made
by unhardened mixture of concrete by generate
the gases within that mixture. Thus the structure
is able to two-directionally transmit loads in
direct by using U-boot structures is obtained
capable of distribute the stresses in all direction
transferring them directly to make the concept
simple. we imagine a series of an two teams of
alongside the other and arranged as a premise
all stresses will be concentrated close to pillars
where the suitable entire section gets left in that
way floor slabs
II. MATERIAL REQUIRED
Spacerjoint
Thus spacerjoint isan effectivelyfixed
spacer joint with graduated scale with the
desired width of the beams is fastly
determined.At the top of the formwork inside
notches housing the fixing elements where the
joint fits .
It is fixed interconnection and ensures
perfect geometric compliance with the design
with the bearing capacity of the formworks,
when casting under the pressure of the concrete,
the weight of the operators and equipment.
The specific type of superimposing two
or more base elements allows the
implementation of load releasing elements of
various heights according to the plan things out
the floor slack also the chronicle elevator feet
placed at the four corners can be of different
heights determining a different distance from
the casting deck plate and as a result the
different thickness of the internals slapping the
remarkable versatility and flexibility.The U-
boot beton construction system can satisfy any
design.
Connection Bridge
A connection bridge is type of member to
joint two u-boot.The reinforcement pose is to be
completed by disposing the upper bending steel
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reinforcement,where needed.Due to the floating
pressure exerted on u-boots, the concrete should
be cast in two different phases: the first casting
has to fill a thicknessequal to the feet height.
Closing Plate
The reinforcement pose is to be completed
by disposing the upper bending steel bars in two
directions, the shear and punching
reinforcement, where necessary. Due to the
floating pressure exerted on U-boots, the
concrete should be cast in two different phases:
the first casting has to fill a thickness equal to
the feet height
The final phase has to be done when the
first concrete layer starts to settle and becomes
semi-solid.Casting proceeds each time from the
previous starting point. W hile the casting
proceeds, the concrete sets.The U-boot system
execution time will be speedup by using new
deck technologies which permit to disassemble
within 2-4 days, or using the carpet
reinforcement system in order to reduce the
steel bars posing time up to 4 -6 times.
Advantages
F lexible:
Span up to 20 m. N o beams between
pillars. Reduction in the number of pillars. Can
be usedtogether with prefabs. Handling and
hoisting equipment doesnot needed. Thanks to
the bridge accessory forPossibility of single
direction structures.
L ight - Thin – Bidirectional
Decrease of weight up to 4 0 % . Reduced
deformations ( maximum loss of stiffness- 15% ) .
Reduction of the foundation load and columns
section or their number
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Antiseismic
Reduced seismic mass,less dimensional
limitations of elements,double inferior and
superior slab.
O pen Space
 More spacious rooms
 Bigger architectural freedom
 E asier change of use
E conomic
Concrete cost is lowwith an equal
thickness. Steel cost also low. Savings in useful
height on each level as there are no emerging
beams. Possibility to gain floors at the same
building height and building volume. Q uick and
easy to implement. and also indicated for the
top-down technique. It has possibility of large
span at equal load or high load bearing capacity
at an equal span. E conomical and easy to
transport, handle, store and also outdoors. The
soffit has a plane surface that is ready to finish
and does not require a false ceiling for aesthetic
purposes. If a false ceiling is required, it can be
created fast.
Shear Strength
Shear strength of slab mainly depend on
effective mass of concrete, as the special
geometry shaped by the ellipsoidal voids acts
like the famous roman arch. Hence, making all
concrete to be effective. This is only valid,
when the U-boot technology is considered. The
shear resistance of U-boot greatly reduces in
comparison of solid slabsdue to the use of
plastic materials.
O utside the column z ones, the shear
stresses rapidly removed from the columns. It
has been demonstrated by testing, calculation
and longitudinal shear stresses are within the
capacity of the voided slab system. N ear the
columns, U-boot are left out. so in these
situation, a voided slab is designed exactly the
same way like the solid slab.
Punching Shear
Punching shear capacity of voided slab
may causes major problem. Because of its
reducing the weight, strengthened slabs have
higher punching capacity compared to
controlled voided slab. The average punching
shear is calculated as 9 1% when compared to
solid slab. F irst, analyz e whether the applied
shear is lesser or greater than the shear capacity
of voided slab.Shear reinforcement is required,
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if the shear resistance of solid concrete portion foot. Casting will be continued for till initial
is lesser than applied shear. portion of the slab or the RC concrete starts to
Bending Strength settle and become partially fluid.
In this research study, the design moment Once preferable set, the casting can be
was derived by considering the span of voided reinitiated from the orgin point, completely
slab of U-boot 5m x 5m panel of interior, while burying the U-Boot Beton.
load applied on the voided flat plate slabs was 5 The levelled and smoothed of concrete in a
KN/m2 Live load and 1 KN/m2 floor finish load. olden basis. the structure gets hardenedof
self-weight of the slab was also considered. The concrete, the formwork can be removed.
grade of concrete is taken as 25 N/mm2.
Deflection
The test of deflection which specimens
was measured at their mid-span the lower face
of the tested slabs. When the slab reaches
advanced stage of loading, smaller
graduallyload applied until failure. Where the
load indicator is stopped recordsthe data’s and
the deflections increased very fast without any
increase in applied load.
The depth of span ratio calculations for u-boots slabs does not require beams
deflections are very accurately and are not between the pillars, edge beam is enough.The
suitable in flat slabs of irregular layout except both grid of beams transfers all stresses directly
the simple or non-essential cases. Fixed to the pillars,which is thick as the slab and
Endmodelling, including non-linear cracked variable in function of shear stresses.
section analysis is used for calculate the
deflection using normal structural concrete with IV. CONCLUSION
a Young’s Modulus , multiplied by 0.9 and the After the analysis, We conclude that the u-
tensile strength, fctm multiplied by 0.8 boot beton is so economical, efficient, Fire
resistance, and Eco friendly.Thus the result
III. INSTALLATION gives a clear view of u-boot beton that is very
Initiall the totalsurface of slab to be cast useful for construction purpose.
on site is shuttered with wood decks, then the
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specified centre distance that enhance to
determine the beam width. The elevator foot,
which the U-Boot formworks will be lifted from
the surface, making it is also possible for the
lower slab to be formed.
The pointing of the RCconcretes is
completed by placing above the U-Boot
formworks. The top bars in the two directions
as well as the reinforcement
forpunchingandshear based on the design.
The casting of concrete must be performs
in two position to prevent the floating of the
formworks. An starting layer will be cast to
filling a thickness, it is equal to the height of the

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