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Staircase And Slabs Flashcards

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Staircase

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An element that connects levels of a building by raising having a series of small levels of stairs

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Components of stair

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Inner and outer string
Tread
Raiser
Newel post
Balusters
Banister
Return nosing
Fascia
Landing
Curtail

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Trader

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Horizontal top part where we place footing while transiting

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Raiser

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Vertical member between two traders

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Rise

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Vertical distance between the upper face of two consecutive steps

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Going

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Width of the trade between two successive raise

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Nosing

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Outer projecting edge of tread made rounded to give pleasing appearance

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Step

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Portion of a step comprised of tread and raiser

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Winder

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Tapered steps used for changing direction

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Handrail

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Protective bar place at convenient distance to support hands

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Balusters or spindle

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Vertical member or filling between handrail and the base rail provides safety and aesthetic

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Newel post

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Vertical post placed at top and bottom edge of flights supporting handrail

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Balustrade

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Combination of framework of handrail and balusters

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Soffit

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Underside of a satir

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Flight

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Contentious series of steps without break

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Landing

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Platform provided between 2 flights

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Types of staircase

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Straight flight
L shaped
U shaped
Winder
Spiral
Curve
Bifurcated
Cantilever

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Straight flights

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Straightforward
Single liner flight with no change in direction

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L shaped

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Classic
90 degree turn at some point going left or right

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U shaped

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Bend is taken furter to form a u shape landing saperates 2 parallel flights aka dog lagged

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Bifurcated

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1 sweeping set of staircase further splitting into 2 smaller flights going into opposite directions

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Winder

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More complicated to l shaped
A set of wider (treaders that are wider on one direction ) takes place on place of landing

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Spiral staircase

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Compact design centred around a single pole
Has nerrow wedge shaoed treaders not easy to transverse

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Curved staircase

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Curve has no landing
Continuous forward bend of banisters

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Cantilever staircase

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Made to appear floating
Stringer are attached to 1 end of the treader and can be hidden or exposed
Adds interest and spaceousness

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Slab

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Structural elements made of concrete
Create flat horizontal surface such as floor ceiling roof deck
Several inches thick and supported by beams and columns

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Types of slabes

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One way slab
2 way slabs
Flat slabs
Ribbed slab
Waffle slab

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1 way slab

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Most common in construction
Uses between 4-6 inches of concrete to withstand heavy loads
Designed to application where 1 direction is supporting and other requires less supporting
Affordable
For commercial and residential
Limitations is that dose not have Span capabilities as other slabs

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2 way flat slabs
Construction
Use

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Construction uses supporting of Beams at all 4 corners to =ly distribute load
Used in multi storied building building where floors need to supporting the weight of additional floors

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Flat slab

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2 way reinforcement concrete slab does not have beams and girders
Load transmits directly to the supporting concrete columns
Utilizing a slab of uniform thickness

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Ribbed slabs
Construction
Use

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Made up of wide band beams running between columns + narrow ribs spanning the orthogonal direction
= depth
Thin topping slab completes system

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Waffle slab and grid slab

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Looks like waffle
Grand lobby of square pods system to house recessed lights alter acoustic
Wide span with minimal columns supporting
Construction and installation is costly and time consuming

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