| 摘要 |
The invention provides a method of constructing a multi-storey building from modular panel components. Each panel component comprises a framework of cold- formed C-profile structural steel members including vertical members (1 to 5) horizontal members (6 and 7) and optional diagonal cross-brace members (8 and 9). The vertical members include some load-bearing structural uprights of the finished building, each of which is provided with an end cap (10) on each of its top and bottom ends, connected to the corresponding load-bearing structural upright by welding or by brazing. Each end cap comprises a back plate portion (10a) secured across the open side of the C-profile of the associated structural upright (1 or 5), to side plate portions (10b) secured to opposite sides of the associated structural upright (1 or 5) and an end plate portion which lies across the otherwise open end of the associated structural upright (1 or 5). The end plate portion is in continuous metal -to- metal contact with the associated load-bearing structural upright, so that in the finished building the end caps (10) at the top ends of the load-bearing structural uprights (1 or 5) of one storey are in contact, either directly or via one or more metal shim plates (17), with the interior faces of a C-profile horizontal structural member spanning two or more structural uprights or with the end caps at the bottom ends of the load-bearing structural uprights (1 or 5) to the next higher storey. This construction, relying as it does on continuous metal-to-metal contact, enables the building of higher structures than would otherwise be possible using cold-formed C-profile structural steel members. |
