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    Filler slab is a reinforced concrete slab where the tension zone concrete is partially replaced with lighter filler materials like tiles, blocks, bricks or hollow blocks. This reduces the dead weight of the slab by 15-20% compared to conventional slabs. Advantages include reduced material costs, better thermal and sound insulation, and cost effectiveness. Construction involves laying the filler material in the tension zone before casting the slab.

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    Filler slab is a reinforced concrete slab where the tension zone concrete is partially replaced with lighter filler materials like tiles, blocks, bricks or hollow blocks. This reduces the dead weight of the slab by 15-20% compared to conventional slabs. Advantages include reduced material costs, better thermal and sound insulation, and cost effectiveness. Construction involves laying the filler material in the tension zone before casting the slab.

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    Filler slab is a reinforced concrete slab where the tension zone concrete is partially replaced with lighter filler materials like tiles, blocks, bricks or hollow blocks. This reduces the dead weight of the slab by 15-20% compared to conventional slabs. Advantages include reduced material costs, better thermal and sound insulation, and cost effectiveness. Construction involves laying the filler material in the tension zone before casting the slab.

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    Filler slab is a reinforced concrete slab where the tension zone concrete is partially replaced with lighter filler materials like tiles, blocks, bricks or hollow blocks. This reduces the dead weight of the slab by 15-20% compared to conventional slabs. Advantages include reduced material costs, better thermal and sound insulation, and cost effectiveness. Construction involves laying the filler material in the tension zone before casting the slab.

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    INTRODUCTION

    What is filler Slab?


    Filler slab is basically a solid reinforced concrete slab with partial replacement of concrete in the tension zone by the filler material . Normally in design of solid slab we assume , concrete below neutral axis does not carry any load and it only adds to the weight of the slab. Here , in the tension zone , concrete is replaced by filler materials such as Mangalore tiles , stabilized mud blocks, specially prepared cement cups, burnt bricks , hollow concrete blocks etc,.

    Details of some typical filler materials Sl no


    1. 2.
    3. 4.

    Type of filler material

    Sizes of filler materials


    Length Breadth Thickness

    Mangalore tile(single tile) Mangalore tile(double tile)


    Stabilized mud block (single) Stabilized mud block (double)

    410 410
    230 305 230

    260 260
    190 143 380

    30 - 35 65 70
    50 100 50 100 50 100

    5.
    6. 7.

    Burnt clay brick (double)


    Hollow concrete block Hollow clay tile block

    230
    400 300 - 400

    200
    150 - 200 150

    75
    100 200 75 - 150

    Construction of filler slab using SMB

    Ceiling of SMB filler slab roof before finishing

    Mangalore tile as filler material

    Specially prepared cups

    Bricks as filler material

    Concrete blocks as filler material

    As concrete in tension zone is replaced by filler material of lesser density, dead weight of the slab is reduced.
    Eg. For a room size 3m x 4m ,reduction in the dead weight by replacing concrete using different filler materials 1.Stabilized mud blocks - 15.02% 2.Mangalore tiles 19.66% 3.Burnt bricks 20%

    Advantages.

    Less steel and cement. Better thermal insulated and sound insulated. Less dead weight. Saving of about 30%dead weight of the slab. Aesthetically pleasing ceiling pattern. Cost effective.

    Comparison between the conventional and alternative roofing systems, in terms of volume of concrete required for a plan area of 4.5m x 4.5m (effective).
    Roofing systems Volume of concrete per meter run in m3

    One way filler slab (a)SMB (b)Mangalore Tile Two way filler slab (a)SMB (b)Mangalore Tile Conventional slab (a)One-way (b)Two-way

    0.768 0.768 0.623 0.637

    0.945 0.833

    CONCLUSION

    Alternative roofing system provides economic solutions to roofing of houses,especially in case of mass housing projects. Of late, due to unlimited construction activities the construction materials are dwindling at a faster rate. This warrants the application of research efforts to alternative building materials and systems.

    Cement is an energy intensive materials any replacement of cement are concrete will help to save precious raw materials and reduce the environmental pollution. One additional feature of filler slab is that it provides an aesthetic ceiling surface while making the roof insulated against the heat. The savings in volume of concrete will be larger than the cost of replacing concrete by means of filler materials.

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