Inclined Roof Slab Design

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Inclined roof slab design.

In case of a higher roof pitch it is called inclined roof or monopitch roof. Design the roof slab beam and column of house given in figure 1. Perhaps the most obvious is disaster resistance. A network of metal or plastic channels placed along the edges of the insula tion board projects above it to support the roof reinforce ment.

With modern foam decking systems even complex roof designs can be created. Now that its projected on a horizontal surface with an amplified load follow the same procedures for the horizontal slab design. Regarding roof shapes there are flat roofs and inclined roofs flatly inclined roof steeply pitched roof the flat roof has an incline of 0 degrees up to maximum 25 degrees country specific differences. Design it like a stair i e load the inclined slab and then project the inclined load to a horizonatal load by multiplying it with the inclined length an then dividing it by the horizontal length.

Ask any architect and they ll tell you that hardly any other type of architecture is as timeless and modern as that of flat roof houses. Topping an icf structure with a concrete roof has a number of advantages. Regardless of how new or modern a house is there is a good chance that it will be topped off with a flat roof now but if you can t picture how great they look we. A concrete slab will protect belongs and occupants from hurricanes and tornadoes and is completely fireproof.

Workers place the form sheathing 4x8 foot sheets of polyisocyanurate insulation board 27 8inches thick directly on the joists which are typically spaced 16 inches on center. 2 thick brick tile. Steel yield strength fy 40 ksi. Concrete compressive strength fc 3 ksi.