JO2949B1 - Seismic Building System Based on Tilting & Offsetting Pentahedron Trusses - Google Patents

Abstract

A preformed structural building module comprising an inverted pentahedron structure imbedded inside two intersecting walls having a plurality of rectangular wall panels and roof slabs. Both intersecting walls may have single or multi-layers and are connected together with fixed or rotating joint along the intersecting axis. The building modules are joined in groups to form multi-unit buildings. Vertical and horizontal interference of modules structures could be obtained, by adjusting diagonal rods locations inside wall panels and roof slabs. The invention contemplates unique multi-storey buildings and architectural configurations to be constructed from combining regular, irregular, base tilting or base offsetting structures. To dissipate seismic energy between multi-layered walls, a joining arrangement is introduced extending across the walls intersection line spaced from its opposite sides. One-half of the joining arrangement is a void region. The solid joining region is capable of inter-fitting loosely or tightly within the void region of the conjugate wall. Those layers, which are loosely connected at the joint, are tightly connected to the end of the similar order layers of the adjacent module; but those layers which are tightly connected at the joint, are left unconnected to the end of the similar order layer of the adjacent module.