Hollow Structural Framing with Poured Bonding Core
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current multi-story building framing structures lack the ability to effectively withstand dynamic loads such as high winds, blasts, and impacts, and require temporary shoring and forms during construction, which complicates the erection process and reduces structural integrity.
Innovation Solution
A framing structure with a poured bonding core that integrally connects columns, beams, and flooring sections, eliminating the need for temporary shoring and forms, by using hollow columns and beams with cavities to channel and solidify a pourable bonding material, creating a strong and rigid connection between elements, and incorporating reinforcing elements like rebar for added strength.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional framing structures are used, then the construction process requires temporary shoring and forms, but this increases device complexity and reduces structural integrity
Solution Approach 1:
The columns and beams are pre-formed with hollow interiors and cavities respectively, preparing the structure in advance to receive and contain the pourable bonding material. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for temporary forms during construction, as the hollow structures themselves serve as the containment vessels for the bonding material.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the structural elements (columns and beams) with the bonding/connection function by filling their hollow interiors with pourable bonding material. This integration eliminates the need for separate temporary shoring and formwork systems, as the structural elements themselves become the connection medium once filled.
2Productivity
If traditional framing structures are used, then temporary shoring is required during construction, but this increases the time and complexity of the erection process
Solution Approach 1:
The columns and beams are pre-assembled with their hollow interiors and cavities in place before the bonding material is poured. This preliminary assembly allows the structural framework to be erected quickly without waiting for formwork construction and removal, significantly reducing the overall construction time.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts and eliminates the temporary shoring and formwork components from the construction process. By using the hollow interiors of the structural elements themselves as containment vessels, the process removes unnecessary steps and materials, streamlining the construction workflow.
3Strength
If hollow columns and beams are used to channel bonding material, then integral connection is achieved, but this increases the complexity of the structural elements
Solution Approach 1:
The hollow interiors of the columns and beams serve multiple functions: they provide structural integrity as load-bearing elements, and simultaneously serve as containment vessels for the pourable bonding material. This multi-functionality achieves strong integral connections without adding separate complex components, as the same structural elements fulfill both structural and bonding roles.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a framing structure that is more resilient to dynamic loads and simplifies the construction process by eliminating temporary shoring and forms, resulting in increased strength, rigidity, and efficiency during building construction.
Implementation Method 1
a pourable bonding material that is poured into the cavity of a beam flows through the openings and into the hollow interiors of the adjacent columns
Implementation Method 2
as the pourable bonding material solidifies to form a poured bonding core, the columns and the beams are integrally connected to one another
Data Source
AI summary
A framing structure includes elements that are integrally connected by a poured bonding core. The elements include a hollow-interior column having an opening in a wall that allows access to the interior and a beam having a cavity that is configured to receive a pourable bonding material. The beam is positioned with respect to the column such that the cavity is aligned with the opening. Flooring sections are supported by the beams.