VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Jnanasangama, Belagavi – 590018

Technical seminar on
U-BOOT TECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTION

Presented by
HEMANTH GOWDA S S
1GA17CV405
UNDER THE GUIDENCE OF
Internal guide:
ALLAMA PRABHU
Associate professor
Department of civil engineering ,GAT

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

GLOBAL ACADEMY OF TECHONOLOGY

(NAAC Accredited with ‘A’ grade, affiliated to VTU, Belagavi and recognized by AICTE, New Delhi)
Ideal Homes Township, Raja Rajeshwari nagar, BANGALORE -560098
 CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION:
OBJECTIVES:
TYPES OF U-BOOT BETON:
INSTALLATION OF U-BOOT TECHNOLOGY:
APPLICATION OF U-BOOT BETON:
ADVANTAGES OF U-BOOT TECHNOLOGY:
LITERATURE SURVEY:
CONCLUSION:
REFERENCES:
 INTRODUCTION
 The u-boot formwork is the modular element made of recycled polypropylene for use in
building lighter structures in reinforced concrete cast in the work site.
 This new lighter structure is achieved by enclosing the u-boot within the concrete cast to create
voids. Slabs built with u-boot can form the structural elements of various building systems,
such as floors, rafts and so on, for both civil and industrial buildings.

Section of slabs with U-boot

 
 U-boot beton is a boxlike formwork structure made of recycled polypropylene
 It has a pyramid shape and a lower base 52 x 52 cm. lateral flaps and upper tips used as spacers
in order to create voids in concrete massive slabs.
 They come in element height of 16, 20, 24, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48 cm.
 The parts of the u-boot are spacer joint, connection bridge, closing plate.

Axonometric projection Single u-boot Double u-boot Plan

 OBJECTIVES OF U-BOOT

 To increase the bearing capacity where there is a low bearing capacity.

 Great bearing capacity with lower thickness of slab.
 Reduction of concrete consumption and steel consumption.
 Load is distributed to direction in the slab and it is discharged to the pillars and foundation .
 TYPES OF U-BOOT BETON

 Generally two type of u-boot beton ,

I. SINGLE U-BOOT BETON:-it have only upper u-beton with foot and spacer.

where,
H = height of up U-Boot.
P = height of foot.

 Single U-Beton is available of various up beton height and foot height of base dimension
(52 cm x 52 cm).
II. DOUBLE U-BETON - It’s having both upper and lower part of u-boot with foot and spacer.
This is also available in various size of up u-boot,down
down u-boot and foot height

where,
P= foot height.
H= Total height of upper u-boot and lower u-boot.

 The working dimension of double u-beton is (52cm×52cm).

 INSTALLATION OF U-BOOT TECHNOLOGY
 The installation process for the u-boot is showing below as step wise,

Step-I:-
Place lower reinforment
above the formwork.

Formwork ready with lower reinforcement

Step-II:-
Now place the u-boot above
the lower reinforecement  at
the specified intervals provided
by the horizontal link connectors.
Placed u-beton over lower reinforcement
 Step-III:-
Now complete the upper
reinforcement which above
the u-beton.
U-boot beton with upper and lower reinforcement.

Step-IV:-
Now pouring of concrete is being done.

Pouring concrete.
 Step-V:-
Now concrete is poured and slab is ready.
Now after setting of the concrete we
We will un-propped the formwork.

Final structure with poured concrete.

U-beton concrete final slab.

 APPLICATION OF U-BOOT BETON
 It is used to create large concrete span which having great bearing capacity.
 It’s increases the spacing of columns which gives major benefits.
 It is used in High Rise Building , Commercial building , Hospitals , Parking Lot etc.
 The use of U-boot formworks helps us to reduce the amount of concrete and steel used in
laying the slabs.

Hospital. Parking Lot. Hotels.

In Raft Foundation
 It can be is also used in raft foundation
due to the following reason,
I. To increase the bearing capacity where soils having U-Boot Beton

low bearing capacity.

Raft foundation using U-Beton
II. Can make heavy construction above this foundation.
III. Concrete saving as compare to making general raft
foundation.
IV. Provide great bearing capacity with lower thickness of
slab.

Raft foundation using U-Beton

 ADVANTAGES OF U-BOOT TECHNOLOGY
I. Economical Advantage.
Reduction in cost of slab.
Reduction of Concrete consumption.
Reduction of Steel consumption.
II. Technical Advantage.
Fire resistance.
Reduces effective mass of slab.
Reduces no. of column.
No beams b/w Pillars. Without U-Boot Beton With U-Boot Beton.
Possibility to remove beams between columns.
 Extreme earthquake resistance.
Control vibration.
Sound resistance.

III.Architectural Advantage
Provide larger space.
Freedom of architectural design. Seismic resistance building.

Astheatic appearance.

Fire resistance building.

 LITERATURE REVIEW
AUTHOR NAME TOPIC METHODOLOGY RESULTS

S.M Abdul Mannan Theoritical Study Of In theses study implies a Using polypropylene
Hussain et al U-Boot Technology In remarkable saving of concrete gives many advantages
Construction and reinforcement by using of than using polystyrene.
U-boot.

In this study the design process Here we can observe that

Comparative Study Of Flat for flat plate slab is compared the deformation is less in u-
 Prafulla Shinde Plate Slab And Voided Slab with Voided slab lightened with boot beton slabs.
Lightened With U-Boot Beton U-Boot Beton through a design U-Boot Beton and thus
comparison of total slab and also reduced floor weight causes
the deformation of slabs is less deformation due to
analysed by using ETABS dead load in case of voided
Software. slabs with U-Boot Beton.
 CONCLUSION
 By using this technology we can save more concrete and steel by that structure is more
economical for us.
 Less use of iron in the slabs, pillars and foundation up to a total of 15% .
 There are anti-seismic advantages connected to reduced building weight slimmer pillars and
foundations, there are low chance of seismic effect on the buildings
 Reducing weight of slabs can lead to a large reduction in overall seismic force, as weight is a
leading factor in determining the seismic force.
 U-Boot Beton is made up of recycled polypropylene and also its ability to save material allows
building to have smaller impact on the environment.
 REFERENCES:
1. S.M Abdul Mannan Hussain,K. Harish Reddy,B,Sudharshan Reddy (2018) “Theoritical Study
Of U-Boot Technology” In Construction International Journal Of Management, Technology
And Engineering (IJET)
2. Prafulla Shinde,Mayur Patil, Mahesh jadhav,Swapnil Degloorkar(2018) “Comparative Study
Of Flat Plate Slab And Voided Slab Lightened With U-Boot Beton” International Research
Journal Of Management, Technology And Engineering (IRJET)
3. Dr. H. Sudarsana Rao,M.Surya Prasanth “Modelling And Analysis Of Flyover deck Slab With
U-Boot Technology” International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET) |
2018