A Concrete slab is a common architectural element of modern buildings. Horizontal slabs of steel reinforced concrete, typically between 10 and 50 centimetres thick, are most often used to construct floors and ceilings, but thinner slabs are also used for exterior paving. Reinforced concrete at Sainte Jeanne dArc Church (Nice, France): architect Jacques Dror, 1926–1933 Reinforced concrete (Ferro concrete) is plain concrete in which reinforcement in the form of rods, bars (rebars) or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the naturally brittle concrete. ...
In many domestic and industrial buildings a thick concrete slab, supported on foundations or directly on the sub soil, is used to construct the ground floor of a building. In high rises buildings and skyscrapers, thinner, pre-cast concrete slabs are slung between the steel frames to form the floors and ceilings on each level. Wiktionary has a definition of: Foundation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ... // Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ...
Thermal perfomance
Concrete slabs typically have a high thermal mass. In older buildings, concrete slabs cast directly on the ground can drain heat from a room. In modern construction techniques, concrete slabs are usually cast on top of thicker layers of insulation, for example expanded polystyrene, and may contain underfloor heating. Even so their thermal mass can lead to a delay warming the room when the heating is switched on. A thermal mass in the most general term refers to any mass used to absorb and hold heat. ... This page refers to thermal insulation. ...
Horizontal slabs of steel reinforced concrete, typically between 10 and 50 centimetres thick, are most often used to construct floors and ceilings, but thinner slabs are also used for exterior paving.
In many domestic and industrial buildings a thick concreteslab, supported on foundations or directly on the sub soil, is used to construct the ground floor of a building.
In modern construction techniques, concreteslabs are usually cast on top of thicker layers of insulation, for example expanded polystyrene, and may contain underfloor heating.
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