Structural Response and Detailing of Shipping Containers for Modular Low-rise Buildings

加拿大工业部门正面临日益激烈的国际竞争，迫切需要转向更可持续和更具创新性的建筑实践，在实现安全结构设计的同时降低制造和建造成本。模块化结构为建筑结构提供了一种可持续的解决方案。其中一个模块化体系由水平和垂直方向连接的多个集装箱组成，可用作低层商住建筑的主要承重体系。该方案研究了这类系统的整体和局部结构性能，具体而言，将提出初步设计方法，以实现优化的配置和连接组件。此外，还将开发细节和建模技术，以改进现有的仿真技术。在模块化集装箱运输系统的结构响应和详细规范方面的研究非常有限。制定可重复使用集装箱的设计和详细指南将为加拿大钢铁建筑业提供机会，降低其成本，从而提高其与加拿大境外业务相比的竞争优势。为下一代装配式模块化结构体系的开发奠定了基础。

Canadian industrial sectors are facing an increase in international competition and there is an urgent need tomove toward more sustainable and innovative construction practice that reduces fabrication and constructioncosts while achieving a safe structural design. Modular constructions offer a sustainable solution for buildingstructures. One of such modular systems consists of multiple shipping containers connected in the horizontaland vertical directions, which can be used as the primary load-resisting system of low rise commercial andresidential buildings. This proposal investigates the global and local structural performance of such system.Specifically, preliminary design methods will be proposed to achieve an optimized configuration andconnection assemblies. Furthermore, detailing and modeling techniques will be developed to improve thecurrent simulation techniques. Very limited research is available in the structural response and detailingspecifications of modular shipping container systems. Development of design and detailing guidelines forreusable shipping containers will provide opportunities for Canadian steel construction industry to reduce theircosts, thus improving their competitive advantage compared with operations outside of Canada. Furthermore,the research will lay the foundation for the development of the next generation of the prefabricated modularstructural systems.