Building: Weight

This example shows how to compute the slab weight of the entire building, shown with a plot and a table.

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Floor type

Slab weight total building [kN]

Flat Slab

38400.000000

Waffle Slab

20480.000000

Holedeck

9600.000000

Voided Biaxial Slabs

22296.774194

 
from buildings_analytics.analyzer import Building

# Create a building object with requirements in brackets
my_building = Building(stories=12, floor_plate_area=400, use='office', span=8, woc='two way slab')

# Outputs the estimated weight of all the slabs in the building
# and plots them for each applicable slab
my_building.compute_building_weight(output=True, plot=True)