Floor System
Floor System
FLOOR SYSTEMS
Horizontal planes that
must support both live
load and dead loads
itself. Floor systems
must
transfer
their
loads
horizontally
across space to either
beams and columns or
to loadbearing walls.
May be composed of a
series of linear beams
and joists overlaid with
a plane of sheathing or
decking or consist of a
nearly
homogeneous
slab
of
reinforced
CONCRETE FLOOR
SYSTEMS
Cast-in-place concrete floor slabs are
STEEL FLOOR
SteelSYSTEMS
beams support steel decking
or
WOOD FLOOR
SYSTEMS
Wood beams support structural
planking or decking.
Concentrated load and floor
opening may require additional
framing.
Underside of floor structure may
be left exposed.
Subflooring, underlayment and
applied ceiling finishes have
relatively short spans.
Joist framing is flexible in shape
and form.
CONCRETE
BEAM
CONCRETE BEAMS
Reinforced
concrete
beams are designed
to act together with
longitudinal and web
reinforcement
in
resisting
applied
forces.
Cast-in-place concrete
beams are almost
always formed and
placed along with the
slab
they
support
because a portion of
the slab acts as an
integral part of the
CONCRETE
SLAB
CONCRETE SLAB
Concrete slabs are plate structures that are
reinforced to span either one or both directions of a
structural bay.
Types
One-way slab
One-way joist slab
Two-way slab and
beam
Two-way waffle slab
Two-way flat plate
Two-way flat slab
ONE-WAY SLAB
A one-way slab is uniformly thick, reinforced in one
direction and cast integrally with parallel supporting
beams.
TWO-WAY WAFFLE
A waffle slab is a two-way concrete slab reinforced by ribs in
SLAB
two directions. Waffle slabs are able to carry heavier loads
and span longer distances than flat slabs.