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One way to make a boring and expensive concrete slab sexy lighter and cheaper is to use a filler slab.
Advantages of using filler slab roof concrete required in this technology is about 20 less than conventional slab construction.
A filler slab is where we replace a portion of concrete in the tension zone of the slab with inexpensive lightweight filler materials such as clay roof mangalore tiles bricks earthen pots coconut shells glass bottles or any other creative material you can think of.
Filler slab technology is being used across india but substantial amount of work on the successful promotion and transfer of this technology was done by ar.
Filler slab is suggested as an alternative rcc roof.
The filler slab is based on the principle that for roofs which are simply supported the upper part of the slab is subjected to compressive forces and the lower part of the slab experience tensile forces.
Also known as the gandhi.
Upper part of the slab is subjected to compressive forces and the lower part experiences tensile forces.
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This method of construction is called filler slab.
Concrete is very good in withstanding compressive forces and steel bears the load due to tensile forces.