One-piece integrated composite wall foundation and floor slab system
OwnerRodney I. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A unitary, composite wall foundation and floor slab structure and system is provided by a pre-stressed cast concrete structure having a wall foundation region, a floor slab region and a transitional region therebetween and strands passing through all of those regions. One or more such structures are also post-tensioned using cables passing through tube embedded in the cast concrete structure and, when a plurality of such structures are employed in a modular manner, such post-tensioning draws all such modules into a larger unitary composite wall foundation and floor slab structure. The transition region may be further reinforced by angular reinforcing elements. Intermediate and end sections of varied shape may be used to complete the structure.
Claims9
A composite unitary wall foundation and floor slab structure having a wall foundation region, a floor slab region and a transitional region therebetween including
- a unitary body of cast concrete forming said wall foundation region, said floor slab region and said transitional region,
- an array of strands passing through said wall foundation region, said floor slab region and said transitional region for pre-stressing said structure over its length, and
- tubes for accommodating post tensioning cables oriented across a width of said structure.
A composite unitary wall foundation and floor slab system including
- a structure having a wall foundation region, a floor slab region and a transitional region therebetween,
- a volume of compacted stone,
- a unitary body of cast concrete supported by said volume of compacted stone and forming said wall foundation region, said floor slab region and said transitional region,
- an array of strands passing through said wall foundation region, said floor slab region and said transitional region for pre-stressing said structure over its length,
- tubes for accommodating post tensioning cables oriented across a width of said structure.
A method of installing a wall foundation and floor slab for a building, said method comprising steps of
- forming a region of compacted stone in an excavated volume,
- positioning one or more composite unitary wall foundation and floor slab structures on said region of compacted stone to support said one or more composite unitary wall foundation and floor slab structures by said region of compacted stone, wherein each of said one or more composite unitary wall foundation and floor slab structures has a wall foundation region, a floor slab region and a transitional region therebetween including a unitary body of cast concrete forming said wall foundation region, said floor slab region and said transitional region, an array of strands passing through said wall foundation region, said floor slab region and said transitional region for pre-stressing said structure over its length, and tubes for accommodating post tensioning cables oriented across a width of said structure for said post-tensioning step,
- passing post tensing cables through said tubes, and
- post-tensioning said one or more composite unitary wall foundation and floor slab structures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.