Slat Roof Profiled Section Local Reinforcement
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Slat roofs with mixed slats, some containing filler elements and others without, experience deflection differences leading to issues with watertightness, alignment, and rotation impediments.
Innovation Solution
The slat roof design incorporates profiled sections that extend only above and laterally from the panel-shaped element, allowing for secure fastening and minimizing deflection differences by gluing these sections along the slat's length, creating a consistent EI modulus and watertightness with slats without filler elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If slats with filler elements and slats without filler elements are combined in the same slat roof, then design flexibility and aesthetic options are improved, but deflection differences occur leading to problems with watertightness, alignment, and rotation impediments
Solution Approach 1:
The profiled section is designed to extend only above and optionally laterally from the panel-shaped element, creating a localized structural feature rather than a full-length component. This localized approach allows the filler element to be present only where needed for aesthetic or functional purposes, while minimizing its impact on the overall deflection characteristics of the slat. The profiled section provides local reinforcement and watertightness at the gutter area without causing significant deflection differences across the entire slat length.
2Adaptability or versatility
If slats with filler elements and slats without filler elements are combined in the same slat roof, then design flexibility and aesthetic options are improved, but deflection differences occur leading to alignment problems
Solution Approach 1:
The profiled section is positioned only above and optionally laterally from the panel-shaped element, creating a localized structural feature. This localized design ensures that the filler element affects only a small portion of the slat's structural behavior, maintaining consistent alignment characteristics across different slat types throughout the roof system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If slats with filler elements and slats without filler elements are combined in the same slat roof, then design flexibility and aesthetic options are improved, but deflection differences occur leading to rotation impediments
Solution Approach 1:
The profiled section extends only above and optionally laterally from the panel-shaped element, creating a localized structural feature that minimizes interference with the rotation mechanism. By concentrating the structural element at the top portion of the slat rather than along the entire length, the design reduces mechanical interference during rotation while maintaining aesthetic and functional benefits when the slat is in position.
4Strength
If profiled sections are extended along the entire length of the slat to provide structural support, then structural strength is improved, but material usage increases and deflection properties differ from slats without filler elements
Solution Approach 1:
The profiled section is extracted from being a full-length component and is instead positioned only above and optionally laterally from the panel-shaped element. This extraction removes the unnecessary material from the lower portions of the slat where the profiled section is not needed for structural support, thereby reducing material usage while maintaining adequate structural strength where the filler element is present.
Solution Approach 2:
The profiled section is applied locally only where the panel-shaped element is present, providing structural reinforcement precisely where needed rather than uniformly along the entire slat length. This localized approach optimizes material usage by concentrating structural enhancements only in the regions requiring additional support.
Data Source
Figure 1~2
Figure 3~4
Figure 5
AI summary
The present invention relates to a slat roof (1) with several parallel slats (2) which are rotatable between an open position and a closed position, in which at least one slat (2) comprises a panel-shaped element (3) and comprises a profiled section (4, 5) which extends in the longitudinal direction of the panel-shaped element (3) and is attached thereto, which at least partly delimits a slat gutter along virtually the length of the slat (2) and which only extends above and optionally laterally from the panel-shaped element (3).