Structural Performance Assessment of Innovative Hollow Cellular Panels for Modular Flooring System
Lightweight modular construction has become an increasing need to meet the housing requirements around the world today. The benefits of modular construction ranging from rapid production, consistency in quality, sustainability, and ease of use have widened the scope for the construction of residenti...
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| author | Keerthana John Sherin Rahman Bidur Kafle Matthias Weiss Klaus Hansen Mohamed Elchalakani Nilupa Udawatta M. Reza Hosseini Riyadh Al-Ameri |
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| description | Lightweight modular construction has become an increasing need to meet the housing requirements around the world today. The benefits of modular construction ranging from rapid production, consistency in quality, sustainability, and ease of use have widened the scope for the construction of residential, commercial, and even emergency preparedness facilities. This study introduces novel floor panels that can be flat-packed and built into modular housing components on-site with minimal labour and assistance. The flooring system uses hollow cellular panels made of various configurations of trapezoidal steel sheets. The structural performance of three different configurations of these hollow flooring systems as a modular component is presented in this study by analysing the failure modes, load-displacement parameters, and strain behaviour. The study confirms significant advantages of the proposed hollow floor systems, with multi-cells reporting higher load-carrying capacity. The hollow flooring system performed well in terms of structural performance and ease in fabrication as opposed to the conventional formworks and commercial temporary flooring systems. The proposed flooring system promises efficient application as working platforms or formworks in temporary infrastructural facilities and emergency construction activities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b6213f3b42e4812904a72a35b3c6ea12023-11-23T13:11:35ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092022-01-011215710.3390/buildings12010057Structural Performance Assessment of Innovative Hollow Cellular Panels for Modular Flooring SystemKeerthana John0Sherin Rahman1Bidur Kafle2Matthias Weiss3Klaus Hansen4Mohamed Elchalakani5Nilupa Udawatta6M. Reza Hosseini7Riyadh Al-Ameri8School of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3217, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3217, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3217, AustraliaInstitute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3217, AustraliaL2U Pty. Ltd., Perth, WA 6017, AustraliaCivil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, AustraliaSchool of Architecture & Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3217, AustraliaSchool of Architecture & Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3217, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3217, AustraliaLightweight modular construction has become an increasing need to meet the housing requirements around the world today. The benefits of modular construction ranging from rapid production, consistency in quality, sustainability, and ease of use have widened the scope for the construction of residential, commercial, and even emergency preparedness facilities. This study introduces novel floor panels that can be flat-packed and built into modular housing components on-site with minimal labour and assistance. The flooring system uses hollow cellular panels made of various configurations of trapezoidal steel sheets. The structural performance of three different configurations of these hollow flooring systems as a modular component is presented in this study by analysing the failure modes, load-displacement parameters, and strain behaviour. The study confirms significant advantages of the proposed hollow floor systems, with multi-cells reporting higher load-carrying capacity. The hollow flooring system performed well in terms of structural performance and ease in fabrication as opposed to the conventional formworks and commercial temporary flooring systems. The proposed flooring system promises efficient application as working platforms or formworks in temporary infrastructural facilities and emergency construction activities.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/1/57cellular flooringmodular constructionprofiled sheetsstructural performance |
| spellingShingle | Keerthana John Sherin Rahman Bidur Kafle Matthias Weiss Klaus Hansen Mohamed Elchalakani Nilupa Udawatta M. Reza Hosseini Riyadh Al-Ameri Structural Performance Assessment of Innovative Hollow Cellular Panels for Modular Flooring System Buildings cellular flooring modular construction profiled sheets structural performance |
| title | Structural Performance Assessment of Innovative Hollow Cellular Panels for Modular Flooring System |
| title_full | Structural Performance Assessment of Innovative Hollow Cellular Panels for Modular Flooring System |
| title_fullStr | Structural Performance Assessment of Innovative Hollow Cellular Panels for Modular Flooring System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural Performance Assessment of Innovative Hollow Cellular Panels for Modular Flooring System |
| title_short | Structural Performance Assessment of Innovative Hollow Cellular Panels for Modular Flooring System |
| title_sort | structural performance assessment of innovative hollow cellular panels for modular flooring system |
| topic | cellular flooring modular construction profiled sheets structural performance |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/1/57 |
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