CN110145033B - Assembled combined house structure - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to an assembled combined house structure, which comprises a first combined house module and a second combined house module which are manufactured in a factory in advance, wherein a structural plate is arranged above a long transverse steel beam and a short transverse steel beam, pre-buried angle steel is arranged at the lower corner of the structural plate, a hollow steel upright post is arranged below the joint of the long transverse steel beam and the short transverse steel beam, a fireproof non-support wallboard is arranged below the long transverse steel beam, and an aluminum alloy floor is arranged at the bottom of the combined house module. The two modules are assembled into more than one layer of assembled combined house structure with stable integral structure in the field construction and splicing mode. The assembled type combined house structure has the characteristics of large bearing capacity, strong stability, no bearing wall, building material saving, standardized production and the like, is simple in construction operation, labor-saving and time-saving, high in assembly efficiency, improves the construction efficiency, reduces the production cost, and is an environment-friendly assembled type building.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of assembly type buildings, and particularly relates to a combined house structure of an assembly type modularized building.
Background
The traditional multi-layer building is constructed on site, prefabricated parts are adopted, the prefabricated parts are built up layer by layer, and the construction process is a time-consuming and labor-consuming process. Due to weather conditions, construction period may be delayed or building quality may not be guaranteed, and some seasons may not be able to construct. The finishing of the interior of a building and the connection of electrical lines may be performed in a less than ideal environment, and when defects are found, a great deal of reworking is performed.
In view of this, those skilled in the art have been working to develop a modular building composite house structure that overcomes the shortcomings of existing in-situ construction using prefabricated components.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an assembled combined house structure, which is assembled by prefabricated building modules in factories and adopting hollow steel columns, long transverse steel beams and short transverse steel beams to be connected to form a steel structure, wherein a structural plate is connected with steel beams through pre-buried angle steel at the bottom, and then the building modules are transported to site for construction and assembly to form the building house structure, so that the problems of the prior art and the existing prefabricated components in the building construction are solved.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
an assembled combined house structure comprises a first combined house module and a second combined house module which are manufactured in a factory in advance;
the first combined house module comprises a first structural plate, a long transverse steel beam, a short transverse steel beam, a hollow steel column, a non-supporting wallboard, an aluminum alloy floor and pre-buried angle steel, wherein the first structural plate is arranged above the long transverse steel beam and the short transverse steel beam, the pre-buried angle steel is arranged at the lower corner of the first structural plate, the hollow steel column is arranged below the joint of the long transverse steel beam and the short transverse steel beam, the fireproof non-supporting wallboard is arranged below the long transverse steel beam, and the aluminum alloy floor is arranged at the bottom of the first combined house module;
the second combined house module comprises a second structural plate, a long transverse steel beam, a short transverse steel beam, a hollow steel column, a non-supporting wallboard, an aluminum alloy floor, pre-buried angle steel and a temporary supporting column, wherein the second structural plate is arranged above the long transverse steel beam and the short transverse steel beam, the pre-buried angle steel is arranged at the lower corner of the second structural plate, the hollow steel column is arranged below the joint of the long transverse steel beam and the short transverse steel beam, the fireproof non-supporting wallboard is arranged below the long transverse steel beam, the temporary supporting column is arranged below the other side of the second structural plate, the temporary supporting column is removed after the hoisting is completed and the second structural plate is welded and fixed to the long transverse steel beam, and the aluminum alloy floor is arranged at the bottom of the second combined house module;
the first combined house module and the second combined house module are spliced in site construction more than one layer of assembled combined house structure with stable integral structure is assembled.
The width of the first structural plate in the first combined house module is smaller than the width of the steel structure, so that the second structural plate in the second combined house module is lapped on the long transverse steel beam of the first combined house module, and the second structural plate is welded and fixed with the long transverse steel beam through pre-buried angle steel after being lapped on the long transverse steel beam.
The hollow steel upright post is welded with the transverse steel beam.
The hollow steel upright post is connected with the transverse steel beam through a connecting plate bolt.
The long transverse steel beam is connected with the non-supporting wallboard through angle aluminum.
And the splicing joint formed by splicing the two structural plates in the first combined house module and the second combined house module is filled with non-expansion cement.
In order to meet the requirements of assembled multi-storey, high-rise apartments, hotels and pubs and rented houses, the invention provides an assembled combined house structure, the building structure is manufactured by prefabricated building modules, structural assembly, hydroelectric pipelines and finishing work in factories, and then the modules are transported to a construction site for construction.
The assembled combined house structure is a steel structure formed by welding or bolting hollow steel upright posts, long transverse steel beams and short transverse steel beams, and the structural plates are connected with steel cross beams in a combined mode through pre-buried angle steel at the bottom. The assembled combined house structure has the characteristics of large bearing capacity, strong stability, no bearing wall, construction material saving, standardized production and the like.
The combined house structure module is manufactured in a factory in advance and then is transported to a construction site, so that the construction and installation procedures are effectively simplified, the manpower and the combined installation time are saved, the quality of the module can be effectively controlled and supervised in the factory processing and production of the house module, and the construction efficiency of the construction site can be improved.
The invention is an environment-friendly assembled building, the house module is assembled on site, the problems of air, noise and construction waste pollution of the building site are reduced, the site construction operation is simple, labor and time are saved, the assembly efficiency is high, the construction efficiency is greatly improved, and the production cost is reduced.
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Fig. 1 is a top view of a first sectional housing module in a fabricated sectional housing structure according to the invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view A-A of fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a top view of a second sectional housing module in an assembled sectional housing structure according to the invention.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view of B-B in fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a modular building structure according to the invention.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the C portion in fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a schematic view of a multi-layered composite structure of the fabricated composite building structure of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a schematic view of another multi-layered composite structure of the fabricated composite building structure of the invention.
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1 is a first combined house module, 2 is a second combined house module, 3 is a first structural plate, 4 is a second structural plate, 5 is a long transverse steel beam, 6 is a short transverse steel beam, 7 is a hollow steel upright, 8 is a temporary support column, 9 is a non-support wallboard, 10 is an aluminum alloy floor, 11 is pre-buried angle steel, and 12 is a splice seam.
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The invention is described in detail below with reference to the drawings and examples.
Referring to fig. 1 to 6, the present invention provides an assembled type combined house structure, which is mainly composed of a first combined house module 1 and a second combined house module 2, which are manufactured in advance in a factory.
The first combined house module 1 mainly comprises a first structural plate 3, a long transverse steel beam 5, a short transverse steel beam 6, a hollow steel upright 7, a non-supporting wallboard 9, an aluminum alloy floor 10 and pre-buried angle steel 11, wherein the first structural plate 3 is arranged above the long transverse steel beam 5 and the short transverse steel beam 6, the pre-buried angle steel 11 is arranged at the lower corner of the first structural plate 3, the hollow steel upright 7 is arranged below the joint of the long transverse steel beam 5 and the short transverse steel beam 6, the fireproof non-supporting wallboard 9 is arranged below the long transverse steel beam 5, and the aluminum alloy floor 10 is arranged at the bottom of the first combined house module 1.
The second combined house module 2 mainly comprises a second structural plate 4, a long transverse steel beam 5, a short transverse steel beam 6, a hollow steel upright 7, a non-supporting wallboard 9, an aluminum alloy floor 10, pre-buried angle steel 11 and a temporary support column 8. The second structural plate 4 is arranged above the long transverse steel beam 5 and the short transverse steel beam 6, pre-buried angle steel 11 is arranged at the lower corner of the second structural plate 4, a hollow steel upright post 7 is arranged below the joint of the long transverse steel beam 5 and the short transverse steel beam 6, and a fireproof non-supporting wallboard 9 is arranged below the long transverse steel beam 5; arranging a temporary support column 8 below the other side of the second structural plate 4, and dismantling the temporary support column 8 after the second structural plate 4 is welded and fixed to the long transverse steel beam 5 after hoisting is completed; an aluminum alloy floor 10 is installed at the bottom of the second sectional housing module 2.
As shown in fig. 5, the first combined house module 1 and the second combined house module 2 are assembled into an assembled combined house structure with more than one stable integral structure in the field construction and splicing. The assembled combined house structure can be formed into a basic unit house structure by the first combined house module 1 and the second combined house module 2, and can be flexibly adjusted according to design requirements on the basis of the basic unit house structure, so that a plurality of unit multi-layer house structures are formed.
As shown in fig. 2, 4 and 6, the width of the first structural plate 3 in the first combined house module 1 is smaller than the width of the steel structure, so as to ensure that the second structural plate 4 in the second combined house module 2 is lapped on the long transverse steel beam 5 of the first combined house module 1, and the second structural plate 4 is welded and fixed with the long transverse steel beam 5 through the pre-buried angle steel 11 after being lapped on the long transverse steel beam 5.
The hollow steel upright post 7 is connected with the transverse steel beam in a welded mode, and can be connected through a connecting plate bolt. The long transverse steel beam 5 is connected with the non-supporting wallboard 9 through angle aluminum to form a whole part of the combined house module, so that the fireproof effect of the combined house module is achieved.
As shown in the figure 4 of the drawings, the second sectional housing module 2 has one side without a supporting column, the uprights of the first combination housing module 1 can be used to load part of the weight of the second combination housing module 2. However, in order to ensure the safety and stability of the transportation and lifting of the second combined house module 2, temporary support columns 8 are specially provided, and the temporary support columns 8 are removed after the lifting is completed and the second structural plates 4 are welded and fixed to the long transverse steel beams 5. Temporary support posts 8 may be reused to save material.
As shown in fig. 6, the splice joint 12 formed by splicing the two structural panels in the first and second multi-room modules 1 and 2 may be filled with non-expansive cement.
The floor of the combined house module is an aluminum alloy floor 10, and the aluminum alloy floor 10 has the advantages of moisture resistance, corrosion resistance, worm damage resistance, surface wear resistance and the like.
Referring to fig. 7, there is shown a multi-story building structure of the fabricated building structure of the present invention, when the first combined house module 1 and the second combined house module 2 are assembled to form a multi-layer or high-rise building, the hollow steel upright posts 7 are abutted.
Referring to fig. 8, another multi-deck composite structure of the fabricated building structure of the present invention is shown, which is more flexible and versatile in partition design, as there are no load bearing walls, i.e., non-supporting wall panels 9, to meet different levels of demand.
In summary, the fabricated assembled house structure of the invention is assembled by prefabricated building modules in factories and adopting hollow steel columns, long transverse steel beams and short transverse steel beams to be connected to form a steel structure, the structural plates are connected with steel beams through pre-buried angle steel at the bottoms, and then the building modules are transported to site for construction and assembly to form the fabricated house structure. The invention is an environment-friendly assembled building, the house module is assembled on site, the problems of air, noise and construction waste pollution of the building site are reduced, the site construction operation is simple, labor and time are saved, the assembly efficiency is high, the construction efficiency is greatly improved, and the production cost is reduced.
Of course, those skilled in the art will recognize that the above-described embodiments are for illustrative purposes only and are not meant to be limiting, as variations, modifications, etc. of the above-described embodiments will fall within the scope of the appended claims, as long as they are within the true spirit of the invention.
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1. The utility model provides an assembled combination house structure which characterized in that: the system comprises a first combined house module (1) and a second combined house module (2) which are manufactured in a factory in advance;
the first combined house module (1) comprises a first structural plate (3), a long transverse steel beam (5), a short transverse steel beam (6), a hollow steel upright (7), a non-supporting wallboard (9), an aluminum alloy floor (10) and pre-buried angle steel (11), wherein the first structural plate (3) is arranged on the long transverse steel beam (5) and the short transverse steel beam (6), the lower corner of the first structural plate (3) is provided with a pre-buried angle steel (11), a hollow steel upright post (7) is arranged below the joint of the long transverse steel beam (5) and the short transverse steel beam (6), a fireproof non-supporting wallboard (9) is arranged below the long transverse steel beam (5), and an aluminum alloy floor (10) is arranged at the bottom of the first combined house module (1);
the second combined house module (2) comprises a second structural plate (4), a long transverse steel beam (5), a short transverse steel beam (6), a hollow steel column (7), a non-supporting wallboard (9), an aluminum alloy floor (10), pre-buried angle steel (11) and a temporary support column (8), wherein the second structural plate (4) is arranged above the long transverse steel beam (5) and the short transverse steel beam (6), the pre-buried angle steel (11) is arranged at the lower corner of the second structural plate (4), the hollow steel column (7) is arranged below the joint of the long transverse steel beam (5) and the short transverse steel beam (6), a fireproof non-supporting wallboard (9) is arranged below the long transverse steel beam (5), the temporary support column (8) is arranged below the other side of the second structural plate (4), the temporary support column (8) is removed after hoisting is completed and the second structural plate (4) is welded and fixed to the long transverse steel beam (5), and the aluminum alloy floor (10) is arranged at the bottom of the second combined house module (2);
the first combined house module (1) and the second combined house module (2) are assembled into more than one layer of assembled combined house structure with stable integral structure in the field construction and splicing mode.
2. The fabricated composite home structure of claim 1, wherein: the width of a first structural plate (3) in the first combined house module (1) is smaller than the width of a steel structure, so that a second structural plate (4) in the second combined house module (2) is lapped on a long transverse steel beam (5) of the first combined house module (1), and the second structural plate (4) is welded and fixed with the long transverse steel beam (5) through pre-buried angle steel (11) after being lapped on the long transverse steel beam (5).
3. The fabricated composite home structure of claim 1, wherein: the hollow steel upright post (7) is connected with the transverse steel beam in a welded mode.
4. The fabricated composite home structure of claim 1, wherein: the hollow steel upright post (7) is connected with the transverse steel beam through a connecting plate bolt.
5. The fabricated composite home structure of claim 1, wherein: the long transverse steel beam (5) is connected with the non-supporting wallboard (9) through angle aluminum.
6. The fabricated composite home structure of claim 1, wherein: and a splicing joint (12) formed by splicing two structural plates in the first combined house module (1) and the second combined house module (2) is filled with non-expansion cement.
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