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Joints in Building

The document discusses different types of joints used in building construction to accommodate small, continuous movements and displacements of building materials due to factors like thermal expansion and contraction. The main types discussed are expansion joints, isolation joints, contraction joints, sliding joints, and construction joints. Expansion joints are used when structures change direction or at regular intervals to allow for thermal expansion. Isolation joints allow for vertical movement between portions of a building resting on different soil types. Contraction and sliding joints accommodate shrinkage and sliding movements. Construction joints ensure proper bonding when construction is resumed.

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Joints in Building

The document discusses different types of joints used in building construction to accommodate small, continuous movements and displacements of building materials due to factors like thermal expansion and contraction. The main types discussed are expansion joints, isolation joints, contraction joints, sliding joints, and construction joints. Expansion joints are used when structures change direction or at regular intervals to allow for thermal expansion. Isolation joints allow for vertical movement between portions of a building resting on different soil types. Contraction and sliding joints accommodate shrinkage and sliding movements. Construction joints ensure proper bonding when construction is resumed.

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JOINTS IN BUILDING

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JOINTS BUILDING

Building materials and building experience small displacements


continuously - Many of these motions are cyclical and never-ending -
All materials shrink as they grow colder and expand as they grow
warmer, each material doing it at its own characteristic rate - All these
motions or displacements are small in magnitude, but they occur in
every building - If they are ignored in design, they can tear the
building apart, causing cracking of brittle materials
These small motions are accommodated by:
- Expansion joints
- Strengthening of structures so as to resist the expansion stresses
- Providing of movement joints
- Construction joints
- Structure/Enclosure joints - Sealant joints at the top of an interior
partition
- Surface divider joints
- Control joints
TYPES OF JOINTS

EXPANSION

ISOLATION

CONTRACTION

SLIDING

CONSTRUCTION
EXPANSION JOINT
SHOULD BE PROVIDED WHEN
STRUCTURE CHANGES DIRECTION
AT 30.0 M CENTRE TO CENTRE
FORMED BY PROVIDING A GAP BETWEEN ADJACENT
PART OF THE BUILDING
VARIES FROM 10 MM TO 40MM
COMPLETE CONTINUITY OF MASONARY
REINFORCEMENT OR CONCRETE AT THE JOINTS
FOR AESTHETICAL PURPOSE JOINTS SHOULD BE
COVER WITH COVERING SHEETS MAY BE OF
ALUMINIUM,HARD BOARD,TIMBER PLANK OR A.C
SHEET
Expansion Joint
RECOMMENDED SPACING OF EXPANSION JOINTS
Sl
No. Item and Description Spacing of Joints
(1)
(2) (3)
i) Walls
1) Load bearing walls with cross walls at intervals. Traditional type of one- 30 m intervals
brick thick or more
2) Walls of warehouse type construction (without cross-walls) Expansion joints in walls at 30 m
maximum intervals. (If the walls are
panel walls between columns at not
more than 9 m centres no joints are
necessary.) Control joints over centre
of openings may be given at half the
spacing of expansion joints.
ii) Chajjas, balconies and parapets 6 to 12 m intervals
iii) Roofs
1) Ordinary roof slabs of RCC 20 to 30 m intervals, and at changes in
directions as in L, T, H and V shaped
structures
2) Thin unprotected slabs 15 m intervals
iv) Frames
Joint in structure through slabs, beams, columns, etc, dividing the building Corners of L, H, T and C shaped
into two independent structural units structures and at 30 m intervals in long
uniform structures
v) Coping Corresponding to joints in the roof
slabs
MATERIAL USED FOR EXPANSION JOINTS
JOINT FILLER-
MADE OUT OF MATERIAL LIKE
BITUMEN,CORK STRIPS ,RUBBER ,
EXPANDED PLASTIC ETC
COMMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL
REGAIN 75% OF ITS ORIGINAL THK WHEN
PRESSURE IS RELEASED.
SEALING COMPOUND
SEAL THE JOINTS AGAINST DUST AND
OTHER FOREIGN MATERIAL
SHOULD BE INSOLUBLE,NON TOXIC AND
TINTLESS
EX.HOT APPLIED BITUMINOUS SEALING
COMPOUND
WATER BAR
FUNCTION IS TO SEAL THE JOINT AGAINST
PASSAGE OF WATER
EX. PVC WATER BAR, GI WATER BAR,
SYNTHETIC RUBBER WATER BAR
WATER BARS
TYPICAL DESIGNS OF METALIC WATER BAR
PROVISION OF EXPANSION JOINTS IN LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE

DETAIL AT E
DETAILS AT CORNER AND AT JOINT
PROVISION OF EXPANSION JOINT IN ROOF AND FLOORS

EXPANSION JOINT IN ROOF SHOULD HAVE A


JOINT FILLER AND WATER BAR TO AVOID
LEAKAGE OF WATER THROUGH JOINTS.

JOINTS IN FLOOR SHOULD BE SEALED TO


PREVENT RUBBISH ACCUMULATING THERE
EXPANSION JOINT IN SUNSHADING DEVICES

SUNSHADING DEVICES LIKE LONG CHAJJA


BALCONIES, PARAPET WALL ETC THE CENTER TO
CENTER DISTANCE HOULD BE 6M TO 12 M

THE EXPANSION JOINT SHOULD BE STOPPED AT


A DISTANCE OF 5 CM FROM FACE OF WALL
EXPANSION JOINT IN VERANDAH SLAB
EXPANSION JOINTS IN FRAMED STRUCTURE
DETAILS OF EXPANSION JOINTS AT ROOF LEVEL AND FLOOR
LEVEL
ISOLATION JOINT

ISOLATION JOINT IS PROVIDED WHEN

ONE PART OF BLDG IS HIGHER THAN THE


OTHER

IF ONE PORTION OF BUILDING REST ON ROCK


AND THE ADJACENT PART ON CLAYEY SOIL.

THE ARRANGEMENT IS SIMILAR TO THE


EXPANSION JTS, IT ONLY PERMIT VERTICAL
MOVEMENTS OF THE BLDG PARTS DUE TO
DIFFERENCE IN THE SOIL PRESSURE CAUSING
DAMAGES.
CONTRACTION JOINT

ARE PROVIDED TO ALLOW FOR THE SHRINKAGE MOVEMENT IN THE STRUCTURE


THE JOINT MAY BE A COMPLETE CONTRACTION JOINT WHERE COMPLETE
DISCONTINUITY OF BOTH CONCRETE AND STEEL
IN PARTIAL CONTRACTION JOINT THERE IS A DISCONTINUITY OF CONCRETE BUT THE
REINFORCEMENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE JT.
THIRD FORM IS DUMMY JOINT- A GROOVE IS CREATED IN THE CONCRETE MEMBER TO
ACT AS A JT,THE GROVE BEING 1/3 TO 1/5 TH OF THE TOTAL THK OF THE MEMBER.
SLIDING JOINTS

JT IS PROVIDED BETWEEN TWO PARTS OF A STRUCTURE WHEN ONE PART HAS TENDENCY
TO SLIDE OVER THE OTHER DUE TO VARIATION IN TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE CONTENT
EXAMPLE IS THE TREATMENT GIVEN TO THE R.C.C SLABS AND BEAMS ON THE MASONARY
WALLS
CONSTRUCTION JOINT

JOINTS PROVIDED AT THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION IS STOPPED


EITHER AFTER THE DAYS WORK OR DUE TO ANY OTHER REASON

THIS JOINT SHOULD ENSURE PROPER BOND BETWEEN THE OLD WORK AND NEW
ONE.
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