Re:Rubber concrete that self-seals and is cheaper and more e...
by jaclaz on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @10:53AM
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It is rather common for slabs to be made lighter by embedding in the concrete pipes (usually either plastic or metal/tin) or actual "pockets" (think of large - usually plastic - largish and squarish containers).
Here is a photo of a commercial solution:
https://www.geoplastglobal.com/en/products/slabs/new-nautilu...
There is also an as well already available commercial solution using "balls":
https://www.cobiax.com/intl/produkte/cobiax-el/
similar to the "bubbledeck" technology used in Eindhoven:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voided_biaxial_slab
Anyway these are basically an evolution (involution?) of "waffle slabs":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_slab