Building structure
AssigneeParkd Ltd
InventorPeter James Stirling McUtchen
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AssigneeParkd Ltd
InventorPeter James Stirling McUtchen
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The invention relates to a lightweight concrete building structure using pre-stressed lightweight structural beams 46 with a lightweight floor panel (48) spanning between beams (46). In a particular arrangement, the parking system using building structure (10) may be about less than half the weight than traditional parking building structures. In accordance with one arrangement of the particular embodiment of the invention, the building structure comprises floor structures having one or more structural beams, and one of more lightweight panels for attachment to the structural beam, wherein the floor structure is defined by joining together the one or more lightweight structural beams and the one of more lightweight panels. This particular arrangement is particularly useful because it permits defining a floor structure capable of sustaining relative large loads (such as a multitude of vehicles) using lightweight floor panels.
A prestressed structural beam for defining a floor structure, the beam comprising a body having upper and lower faces and first and second sides, the upper and lower faces being spaced apart from each other a particular distance defining the depth of the beam, and a plurality of voided passages extending longitudinally along the beam, the plurality of voided passages being arranged in a spaced apart relationship with respect to each other, wherein the beam further comprises a plurality of support members being arranged in a spaced apart relationship with respect to each other along the length of the beam, the support members comprising a center section and two fin plates extending from each end of the center section, wherein the support members traverse transversally the beam for containment of the support members within the beam such that the center section of the support member is contained within the beam and the fin plates extend outward from each side of the beam.
A prestressed structural beam for defining a floor structure, the beam comprising a body having upper and lower faces and first and second sides, the upper and lower faces being spaced apart from each other a particular distance defining the depth of the beam, and a plurality of voided passages extending longitudinally along the beam, the plurality of voided passages being arranged in a spaced apart relationship with respect to each other defining a plurality of first webs between neighboring passages and a pair of second webs between the first and second sides of the beam and the outermost passages, the beam further comprises a first group of support cables adjacent the upper face of the beam, a second group of sets of second strands located adjacent the lower face of the beam, and a third group of two pairs of third strands, each pair located at one lower corner of the beam, wherein the support cables comprise a bar and a wire, the bar and the wire located side by side and joined exclusively together via a plurality of clips arranged in a spaced apart relationship with respect to each other along the support cables, each clip surrounding a particular section of the support cables, wherein the bar and the wire continuously abut each other as the wire extends along the length of the bar to define the support cables.
A floor structure comprising first and second structural beams and one first infill panel wherein the first and second beams are arranged in a spaced apart relationship with respect to each other defining a spacing for receiving the infill panel, wherein each of the first and second structural beams comprises either:
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