Design, manufacture and mechanical evaluation of a click interlock system for prefabricated wall panels

家庭住宅或商业建筑的传统石墙在材料和劳动力成本方面非常昂贵。幸运的是，现在先进的材料和设计工具可以提供预制墙板准备安装与模仿砖，石头等的设计，但是，这些解决方案是阻碍了许多缺点，如安装的方便性和耐久性问题。安装包括将预制墙连接到现有的墙上，因此接头的重要性。该项目提出了一个创新的解决方案，灵感来自点击联锁概念，并结合了易于安装，整体成本低，耐用性增加。Elegant Flooring Ltd.与蒙特利尔理工学院合作，打算设计、制造和测试用于将预制墙连接到现有墙壁的点击互锁概念。通过该项目的完成，该公司将被交给一个真实的规模原型与模具，服务于关节部件的制造。此外，该公司将见证其概念的直接测试，旨在量化安装的难易程度并衡量解决方案的极限强度。项目期间开发的所有专有技术都将记录在技术报告和适当的软件中。

Traditional stone walls for family homes or commercial buildings are very expensive in terms of material andlabor cost. Fortunately, nowadays advanced materials and design tools can offer prefabricated wall panels readyto install with designs that mimic brick, stone etc. However, these solutions are hindered by numerousshortcomings as the ease of installation and the durability issues. The installation consists of joining theprefabricated wall to the existing wall, hence the importance of the joint. This project proposes an innovativesolution inspired from the click interlock concept and which combines ease of installation, overall low cost andincreased durability. In partnership with Polytechnique Montréal, Elegant Flooring Ltd. intend to design,manufacture and test the click interlock concept for the joining of prefabricated walls to existing walls. By thecompletion of the project, the company will be handed a real scale prototype with the mold that served to themanufacture of the joint components. Also, the company will witness the direct testing of its concept intendedto quantify the ease of installation and measure the ultimate strength of the solution. All the know-howdeveloped during the project will be recorded in technical reports and appropriate software.