Modular Dry Construction System for Structural Strength and Reconfiguration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing modular building systems for dry construction lack structural strength, especially against horizontal forces, are costly, and do not allow for easy reconfiguration or reuse, as they require extensive planning and compromise aesthetic and structural integrity.
Innovation Solution
A modular system comprising interlocking modular axes with removable jointing zones and planar panels that can be easily assembled and reconfigured, providing a reticular structure with high mechanical resistance and allowing for flexible configuration changes, while minimizing bulkiness and cost.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If stiffening elements are added to improve mechanical resistance, then structural strength improves, but wall and floor thickening occurs increasing bulkiness and compromising aesthetic appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The structure is divided into modular elements (axes, beams, columns) that can be assembled without requiring additional stiffening elements, thus avoiding bulkiness while maintaining structural strength through the modular coupling system itself
Solution Approach 2:
The modular axes and beams serve multiple functions: they provide structural support, create the reticular framework, and inherently provide stiffness through their coupling system, eliminating the need for separate stiffening elements that would increase bulkiness
2Strength
If planar modular elements are used to form full load bearing structure, then structural completeness improves, but ease of movement and reconfiguration deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The planar structure is segmented into linear modular elements (axes, beams, columns) connected by coupling systems, which can be easily assembled and disassembled while maintaining full load-bearing capacity, thus improving both movability and structural completeness
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling system allows the modular elements to be dynamically assembled and disassembled, enabling easy reconfiguration and movement while maintaining structural integrity during use, thus resolving the contradiction between load-bearing capacity and ease of operation
3Adaptability or versatility
If false-walls or false-floors are built for insulation and system placement, then functionality improves, but structural rigidity and cost worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The modular axes and beams are designed to directly accommodate insulation elements and system placements within their coupling zones, eliminating the need for separate false-walls or false-floors, thus maintaining structural rigidity while improving functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The functions of false-walls and false-floors are extracted and integrated directly into the modular coupling system, allowing insulation and utilities to be installed within the structural elements themselves, thus avoiding additional structural layers that would compromise rigidity
4Ease of manufacture
If modular elements with male-female coupling systems are used, then ease of assembly improves, but structural strength against horizontal forces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling system combines multiple coupling elements (first and second coupling elements) that work together to provide both ease of assembly and high resistance to horizontal forces, creating a composite coupling mechanism that resolves the contradiction between assembly ease and structural strength
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AI summary
A modular system for the dry building of structures for constructions, such as walls, floors, balconies, roofs or the like, includes a plurality of planar modular beams that define a respective plane and that are mutually jointed, and a plurality of planar panels anchored thereto at least at or in proximity of the end portions of the same planar modular beams.