Reusable Modular Building System with Pressure Distributors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Temporary buildings or tents often require non-reusable components, such as concrete foundations, to meet structural strength and thermal insulation requirements, leading to costly and time-consuming disassembly processes.
Innovation Solution
A reusable construction system where the floor panel is supported by beams via skirtings, allowing for pressure distribution without ground anchoring, using thermally insulating materials like wood or insulated layers, and incorporating recesses for secure placement and coupling, reducing the need for adhesives and enhancing thermal insulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If concrete foundations and cast floors are used to meet structural strength and thermal insulation requirements, then the building complies with building regulations, but the components become non-reusable and disassembly becomes costly and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The building is divided into modular components: reusable beams, removable floor panels, and interchangeable wall panels. Each component can be independently assembled and disassembled while maintaining structural integrity through standardized connection mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The foundation system transitions from permanent concrete to temporary pressure distributors with adjustable load distribution characteristics. The floor system changes from cast concrete to modular panels with varying insulation properties, allowing optimization between strength and reusability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If concrete foundations are used to anchor the building, then structural stability is achieved, but the disassembly process becomes costly and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The foundation system is made dynamic and adaptable through pressure distributors that can be repositioned and adjusted. Unlike fixed concrete anchors, these distributors allow the building to be easily reconfigured or dismantled by simply moving the distributors to new locations.
Solution Approach 2:
Pressure distributors serve as intermediary elements between the ground and the building structure. They provide the necessary anchoring function without creating permanent connections, enabling easy disassembly by removing the distributors rather than breaking concrete foundations.
3Strength
If metal beams are used for structural support, then structural strength is achieved, but thermal conductivity increases leading to heat loss
Solution Approach 1:
The beam system combines metal beams for structural strength with thermal insulation materials. Insulation panels are integrated between and around the metal beams, creating a composite structure that maintains the mechanical properties of metal while adding thermal resistance to reduce heat loss.
Solution Approach 2:
Thermal insulation is applied locally at critical heat loss points such as beam connections, floor-perimeter interfaces, and wall joints. This targeted approach provides effective thermal protection where needed most while minimizing the overall material requirements.
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 system achieves compliance with building regulations while minimizing environmental impact and reducing costs by allowing for easy reassembly and reuse, with improved thermal insulation and structural strength.
Implementation Method 1
The use of thermally insulating spacers prevents much heat being lost from the temporary building or the tent via the floor and the beams.
Implementation Method 2
pressure distributors, which are preferably thermally insulating and which are placed under the beams at the different pressure points in the system
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a reusable system for constructing a temporary building or tent. The present invention also relates to a temporary building or tent with such a system. The reusable system according to the invention comprises a pair of beams (3) which extend parallel in a first direction and which at an end are coupled on the upper side by a skirting (5) in a direction perpendicularly of the first direction. The system further comprises floor panels (12) extending perpendicularly of the first direction.