Medical Vault, Concrete & Rebar Design
Medical Vault, Concrete & Rebar Design
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Does anyone know the reinforcing requirements for concrete vaults used for sheilding medical equipment's radiation?
Two foot thick walls are specified by the hospital for a High Density Radiation Vault and up to 6' thick walls around a Linear Accelerator Vault.
Also, is there a special high density concrete that should be used for this application?
Thanks,
WDM
Two foot thick walls are specified by the hospital for a High Density Radiation Vault and up to 6' thick walls around a Linear Accelerator Vault.
Also, is there a special high density concrete that should be used for this application?
Thanks,
WDM






RE: Medical Vault, Concrete & Rebar Design
There are usually a lot of local standards (US) that have to taken care of in considering Radiation protection where the public is involved.
http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/DATABASE.CART/...
This is for aggregate.
http://www.cement.ca/cement.nsf/searchFinal/990793C3357...
This is general site with a lot of good software (PCA)
http://www.portcement.org/index.asp
RE: Medical Vault, Concrete & Rebar Design
Just designing and building the concrete formwork for the structural slab was a fun task!