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STRUCTURAL CLAY FLOOR TILE [1 record]

Record 1 1999-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
  • Floors and Ceilings
  • Terra Cotta
DEF

Tile suitable for use in flat or segmented arches or in combination tile and concrete ribbed-slab construction.

CONT

Floor tile. One-way ribbed concrete floor and roof slabs may be formed by using structural clay floor tile in the same way that concrete blocks are used for this purpose.

CONT

Structural-clay [floor] tiles are usually 12 in square ... The tiles are laid flat, or end to end, in rows between and at right angles to the joists.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
  • Planchers et plafonds
  • Terres cuites
OBS

hourdis : Corps de remplissage, en aggloméré ou en terre cuite, posé entre les solives, les poutrelles ou les nervures des planchers.

OBS

Les planchers préfabriquées en béton sont, dans certains cas, (...) composés de solives préfabriquées servant de support (...) à des corps creux de remplissage (hourdis). L'ensemble est alors complété par coulage d'une chape armée (...)

Spanish

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