The floor in a multi-storey office building consists of the following: Unit Weights of Various Building Materials Materials Vinyl Tiles Vinyl Tiles 0.05 kN/m2 Sand/cement screed (25 mm) = 0.60 kN/m2 40 mm sand/cement screed 125 mm reinforced concrete slab Concrete 24.00 kN/m3 Acoustic tile suspended ceiling Acoustic Ceiling Tiles = 0.10 kN/m2 Determine the dead load in kN/m2. Note: Use two (2) decimal places in the final answer. Vinyl tiles Sand/cement screed 40 Reinforced concrete slab 125 Suspended ceiling
The floor in a multi-storey office building consists of the following: Unit Weights of Various Building Materials Materials Vinyl Tiles Vinyl Tiles 0.05 kN/m2 Sand/cement screed (25 mm) = 0.60 kN/m2 40 mm sand/cement screed 125 mm reinforced concrete slab Concrete 24.00 kN/m3 Acoustic tile suspended ceiling Acoustic Ceiling Tiles = 0.10 kN/m2 Determine the dead load in kN/m2. Note: Use two (2) decimal places in the final answer. Vinyl tiles Sand/cement screed 40 Reinforced concrete slab 125 Suspended ceiling
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Transcribed Image Text:The floor in a multi-storey office building consists of the following:
Unit Weights of Various Building
Materials
Materials
Vinyl Tiles
Vinyl Tiles = 0.05 kN/m2
Sand/cement screed (25 mm) = 0.60
kN/m²
40 mm sand/cement screed
125mm reinforced concrete slab
Concrete = 24.00 kN/m3
Acoustic tile suspended ceiling
Acoustic Ceiling Tiles = 0.10 kN/m²
Determine the dead load in kN/m2.
Note: Use two (2) decimal places in the final. answer,
Vinyl tiles
Sand/cement screed
Reinforced concrete
slab
125
Suspended ceiling
40
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