Monolithic Dome Construction: Jeffin C Wilson
Monolithic Dome Construction: Jeffin C Wilson
Monolithic Dome Construction: Jeffin C Wilson
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of M.Tech Degree
in Civil Engineering of the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
Presented by,
Jeffin C Wilson
M.Tech (S1- 1514)
Department of Civil Engineering
Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Pattoor
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CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION
• WHAT IS MONOLITHIC DOME
• SHOTCRETE
• REFERENCES
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INTRODUCTION
• The structure provides safe shelter for the people area with hurricanes, fires, bomb
blasts and earthquakes.
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WHAT IS MONOLITHIC DOME
• A monolithic structure is a structure that is carved or cast from one piece to form a
homogeneous structure.(Mostafa et al 2018)
• It a super-insulated, steel-reinforced concrete structure.(Rashmi et al 2020)
• Structure which cast in one piece form.
• Energy efficient and designated as tornado shelter.
• Three brothers David, Barry and Randy built and patented first monolithic dome in
1975.
• Sizes range from 2.5m to 80m diameter dome.
• It is a special spray mix of concrete, applied to the interior surface of the dome.
• The steel rebar is embedded in the concrete and when about 7cm of shotcrete is
applied
• Concrete was applied by shotcrete process over a period of four days. Each day
from(1.25cm to 3.8cm)of concrete is applied.
• Blowers were left on for 8 hours and then shut off.
• The airlock was then closed for 30days to allow curing on the concrete.
• To provide a smooth finished surface, a layer of cement based plaster was alter hand
applied and finished.
• This was primed with water based acrylic latex and finished with acrylic latex
enamel.
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Table 1: Gradation of sand used for shotcrete.
Sieve Size % Passing by Weigh
No.4 100%
No.8 90%
No.16 85%
No.30 60%
No.50 30%
No.100 10%
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REFERENCES