Abstract: A lightweight cementitious panel/tile is provided with increased bending stiffness and less weight than conventional construction panels. The cementitious panel is constructed of a cementitious surface (which may be reinforced with wood fiber or other materials) supported by an integrated stiffener grid on the underside to absorb stresses and loads.

Abstract: A breathable waterproof structure, made from a waterproof layer, mounted on an exterior wall side, that is a composite of a spun bonded non-woven sheet material with a resin layer on an interior surface of the sheet material; and a vent layer-forming member that is a corrugated spun bonded non-woven sheet material that is integrally attached to the waterproof layer by being multiply spot-adhered via the valleys of the corrugations and thereby generating the vent layer with a designated gap with the waterproof layer.

Abstract: A corrugated board includes a first board part, and a second board part; the second board part has several propping plates on one side thereof; the first board part is securely joined to the propping plates of the second board part with a space existing between the first and the second board parts so as to allow heat dissipation by convection in the corrugated board.

Abstract: The invention includes a corrugated decking flooring system. The corrugated decking flooring system can include a corrugated deck having at least two flutes and a trough between the flutes. A sound insulation layer generally conformal with both the flutes and the troughs of the corrugated deck can be provided. An underlayment layer can be provided over the sound insulation layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fire retardant roof system with a roof deck, a sealant material applied to the roof deck to prevent fluid migration, a polystyrene insulation board upwardly adjacent the sealant material and a sealing material upwardly adjacent the polystyrene material. Further disclosed is a method for making a fire retardant roof structure. The method includes sealing all fluid passageways in a roof deck with a sealing material, applying a polystyrene material upwardly adjacent the roof deck and the sealing material and applying a further sealing material or cover board upwardly adjacent the polystyrene material.

Abstract: A modular ballistic abatement barrier system (10) includes a first corrugated panel (12) having at least one aperture (13), a second corrugated panel (16) having at least one aperture (17), and a ballistic cloth (14) placed between the first corrugated panel and the second corrugated panel. The ballistic cloth can also include at least one aperture (15). The first corrugated panel and the second corrugated panel are coupled using at least one among a mechanical bond and a chemical bond. For example, the ballistic cloth can be laminated between the first corrugated panel and the second corrugated panel to form a multi-layered panel. Alternatively, the first corrugated panel, the ballistic cloth, and the second corrugated panel can be coupled together using a fastener that compresses the ballistic cloth between the first corrugated panel and the second corrugated panel.

Abstract: A clamp for use with metal bar joists (or beams) has one or more steel angled bracket members or plates, adapted to fit under the corrugations of a corrugated steel roof. Each plate of the clamp is adapted to sit horizontally across a top of the bar joist perpendicular to the joist, and extend slightly over an edge of the joist. Each plate contains an elongate slot allowing a bolt to be inserted through the slot. A retainer heel clip is secured to an end of each such bolt. This retainer heel clip is tightened to the underside of the top flange of the bar joist using a washer and a threaded plate or nut, thus providing a clamping action. Each clamp has a vertical attachment tongue section of steel welded to it, including one or more elongate slots which complement perforations that occur along the length of a steel framing angle, allowing bolts to attach the clamp and the framing angle together.

Abstract: The closure strip having a pair of longitudinal side walls with undulating top edges configured to mate with the corrugations of corrugated sheet material. The side walls are interconnected by a plurality of support ribs. The side walls are also angled outward toward the bottom edges. A hollow nesting volume is formed between the side and below the support ribs in the region of each of the undulation peaks of the closure strip. This configuration allows successive closure strips to be nested one into another by inserting the undulation peaks of one closure strip into the hollow nesting volume under corresponding undulation peaks in another closure strip.

Abstract: A composite corrugated panel is provided comprising a first corrugated panel defining a first corrugation height joined to a second corrugated panel defining a second corrugation height, the joined panels defining a cross sectional thickness that is preferably less than a sum of the first and second corrugation heights. A method is provided for producing a composite corrugated panel, comprising: providing a first panel comprising a first corrugation and a first opening; providing a second panel comprising a second corrugation and a second opening; stacking the panels by disposing the first corrugation in the second opening and the second corrugation in the first opening.

Abstract: A multi-layer wall panel includes a core filler material surrounded by two plastic sheets. Each sheet includes three-dimensional texture formed to resemble masonry or other desired aesthetics. A layer of concrete may be disposed between each sheet and the filler material. The sheet may be removed from the concrete layers to expose the concrete surfaces. Multiple wall panels may be stacked on top of one another and joined side-by-side with posts and connectors to form a wall assembly. A method for manufacturing vertical concrete wall structures is also provided.

Abstract: There is provided a heat shielding member for a thermal insulation structure which does not form a heat accumulator even if it receives a heating load from the outside and which is easily fixed and installed from the indoor side when it is applied to the thermal insulation structure between timbers such as rafters, vertical frames of a wall and the like of a house. The heat shielding member is structured such that spaces of the air layer are formed between an upper layer, an intermediate layer, and a lower layer, a radiant heat reflective layer is provided on upper faces of respective layers, and the upper layer is formed of a shape-retention upper sheet, wherein bent-up legs having restorability are disposed on both sides of the shape-retention upper sheet, and the heat shielding member is engaged and mounted between timbers such as rafters, and it is held in a proper posture when the bent-up legs are stretched against and held by faces of the timbers.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a reinforced panel that includes a face sheet having an interior side and an exterior side, a plurality of integral and intersecting ribs having distal ends and projecting from the interior side of the face sheet to form contiguous cells, and a reinforcing member positioned in a channel and secured thereto for increasing bending resistance of the panel.

Abstract: A structural building system including an improved, structural-load-bearing, building component, such as a building panel, having front and back sections, an insulating core, integral symmetrical joinery, a thermal break, and at least one shear resistance connector The panel is asymmetrical about one axis, and is designed to be directionally positioned with respect to the maximum anticipated force. A shear resistance connector array may be positioned between the front and back sections or may be integral to the front or back section. A face sheet may span one or more than one building panel, and provides structural support to the building system.

Abstract: There is provided a heat shielding member for a thermal insulation structure which does not form a heat accumulator even if it receives a heating load from the outside and which is easily fixed and installed from the indoor side when it is applied to the thermal insulation structure between timbers such as rafters, vertical frames of a wall and the like of a house.

Abstract: There is a description of an apparatus that produces corrugated walls in a continuous manner. Prior to being fed into the apparatus there is a composite consisting of an outer layer of a woven or non-woven material having a layer of a cementitious material thereon. Two composites are combined in the apparatus with a layer of polyurethane there between. The apparatus has opposing molding tracts therein through which the composites are fed. The opposing molding tracts have a multiple of inflatable pockets thereon. The spaces between the pockets form the corrugations into which the composites are being pressed. At the end of the run of the molding tracts, the molded corrugated wall is then delivered to a roller run to be dried to its last extent.

Abstract: A construction element 1 consists of multiple individual layers 2, 3, 4 whereas the medium layer 3 is in turn composed of a multitude of additional individual layers 23, 24, 25. The individual layers 2, 4, 23, 24, 25 are configured in such a way that they interlock and clamp into each other thereby producing or defining surfaces that allow the elements or individual layers 2, 4, 23, 24, 25 that are integrated in the construction of the construction element to evenly absorb the forces that are being applied. At the same time, not only pressure or lateral forces but also tensile and transverse forces can be absorbed so that altogether a construction element 1 with a low weight but high stability has been created. This construction element 1 can be shaped or deformed appropriately and can also be extended three-dimensionally so that an adaptation to the individual conditions in any plane or direction is possible.

Abstract: A product, and a wall system utilizing such product, adapted to allow drainage of moisture from a wall of a structure. A sheet of corrugated material forms a plurality of ridges and grooves on opposite sides of the sheet of corrugated material. The sheet of corrugated material is relatively inflexible under a force applied generally perpendicular to the sheet. The sheet of corrugated material has a multiplicity of perforations. A sheet of water permeable material is affixed to one side of the sheet of corrugated material. The product is flexible in a direction along the plurality of ridges and grooves allowing the product to be stocked in roll form. A method of providing drainage of moisture from a wall structure is also disclosed.

Abstract: A sheet structure includes a pair of corrugated sheets formed in a zigzag pattern, the pair comprising an upper sheet and a lower sheet. In an exemplary embodiment, each of the pair of corrugated sheets further includes a flat portion disposed at selected intervals between individual zigzags. The flat portions of the upper sheet are aligned with corresponding flat portions of the lower sheet so as to maintain the upper and lower sheets in a double wall configuration.

Abstract: The invention involves a system and method for constructing decks, adapted for use with wood composite materials. The invention may include the application of facing to cover the materials used in forming the outer edge or rim of the deck and the underlying deck support members. Additionally, the invention may include railing structures that involve a combination of wood composite and metal elements, coordinated with other deck features.

Abstract: The present invention provides contoured crushable composite structural members and methods for making the same. The contoured structural members comprise composite materials sandwiching a support or stabilizing structure. The contoured structure can be provided by tube rolling (or roll wrapping) the composite materials and the support structure together and then, if necessary, bonding them or connecting them. The structural members are made crushable by incorporating an initiator into the structures of the members. With a contoured, crushable, and generally non-flat structure, applications for the structural members of the present invention are nearly limitless.

Abstract: A composite aluminium panel comprising two parallel plates and/or sheets secured to the peaks and troughs of a corrugated aluminium stiffener sheet between the parallel plates and/or sheets, wherein the corrugated aluminium stiffener sheet is made from an aluminium alloy rolled sheet of composition (in weight percent): Mg 1.5-6.0, Mn 0.3-1.4, Zn 0.4-5.0, Fe up to 0.5, Si up to 0.5, Zr up to 0.30; optionally one or more of Cr 0.05-0.3, Ti 0.01-0.20, V 0.05-0.25, Ag 0.05-0.40, and Cu up to 0.40; and other elements up to 0.05 each, 0.15 total, with a balance of Al; and having in an H-condition or in an O-condition a ratio of PS/UTS in the range of 0.4 to 0.9 and having good roll formability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plateformed building element (1), intended for the construction of floor structures and/or walls and consists of wood or some other fibrous material with members (2) connecting inner and outer sides (5, 6) positioned at a mutual distance (A). Said connecting members are formed from plateformed lamellae (2), distributed essentially along the whole surface range of the intended building element. They extend incliningly and/or curved in zigzag patterns and are distributed along said building element (1) in pairs (2, 2) forming parallel channels (51) therein.

Abstract: A sandwich panel including a core material sandwiched between plate members, and an insert member locally replacing the core and having a profile so as to intermesh with an appropriately profiled member on the unit to which it to be connected as well as a method of connecting sandwich panels by inserting an insert member having a profiled side so as to interlock with an appropriately profiled member on the unit to which it is to be connected.

Abstract: A stiffener system includes a stiffener and a fastener means. The stiffener includes an extruded body that includes a plurality of projections. The stiffener couples to the apparatus to facilitate increasing a structural integrity of the apparatus. The fastener means secures the stiffener to the apparatus.

Abstract: The invention relates to a self-supporting and load-transferring construction element (1) with at least one, preferably two cover layers (7), on which preferably several strip-shaped spacing elements (18) are placed, distributed on an inner facing surface (15a) of the cover layer (7), which are joined to the cover layer (7) in a non-positive and/or a positive join by means of a curable joining and/or fixing means (70). The cover layer (7) and/or the spacing elements (18) are made from randomly oriented wood or wood material elements (73) joined by a binder with cavities (75) and pores (74) disposed in between them.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved building panel having increased strength and rigidity, thereby reducing present design constraints imposed upon buildings constructed of interconnected panels. The building panel includes notched inclined side walls extending from a central portion, wherein the notched portions are located between a neutral imaginary axis and the central portion. The notched portions have an open end and a closed end, wherein the open end faces away from the building panel. Including such notched portions within the inclined side walls provides the building panel with increased strength and rigidity, thereby allowing the building panel to withstand increased positive and negative bending moments. Thus, a building constructed of panels having such notched side walls will reduce the present design constraints and increase the size and shape of buildings constructed of such panels.

Abstract: A flooring system includes a first floor member having a through hole and includes a second floor member having a non-through hole which extends from the bottom side toward the top side of the second floor member. The second floor member is positioned above the first floor member with the non-through hole aligned with the through hole. A radially-expandable fastener (such as a rivet) extends through the through hole and into the non-through hole. A method for installing a flooring system includes obtaining a first floor member having a through hole, obtaining a second floor member, and positioning the second floor member above the first floor member. A non-through hole is created extending from its bottom side toward its top side. A radially-expandable fastener (such as a rivet) is installed in the first and second floor members. The radially-expandable fastener extends through the through hole and into the non-through hole.

Abstract: Appropriate fitting-out structures for moist rooms for which retaining sections (9) are used featuring a sloping flap (11) at the point where it is overlapping the flooring (1). The sections (9) are directly glued with structural bonding agent onto the structure below (7). The flooring (1) is then laid and consists of a floor foundation (4), a decorative finishing coat (5), a transparent resin topping (6) with anti-slip characteristics and an anti-scratch and anti-wear blanket. The retaining section (9) has a lower horizontal edge (10) which is glued onto the structure below (7) and continues with a 45° sloping flap (11) having the same height as the flooring (1) and after a horizontal length (12) where it meets the corner (13), the section is rounded off and follows a vertical path (14) terminating at the top with a sloping edge (15) while it has a horizontal rim (16) at the rear.

Abstract: Decking including a profiled panel having a plurality of open-faced spaced ribs attached to a plurality of respective connecting sections. Each of the ribs defines a recessed area. A panel is received within each of the recessed areas and attached to the profiled panel defining a cavity. Each cavity is defined by at least a portion of the rib and the panel, respectively. The cavity is adapted to receive a tip of a fastener passing through the rib. The fastener is used to secure roofing material to an upper surface of the decking when used to form a roof.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for stiffening a panel provides a composite waffle stiffener and the method for constructing the stiffener. A plurality of fabric plies pre-cut to a selected pattern are laid on a tool having a waffle configuration, the plies overlapping each other to maintain continuity of the structure. The resulting waffle stiffener is then bonded to a panel requiring stiffening. The stiffener is flexible and may be bonded to curved panels. Holes in the stiffener allow access to the volume between the stiffener and the panel for minimizing volume loss within, for example, a wing structure containing fuel and for ventilating air or moisture trapped in the volume.

Abstract: A sandwich panel for high strength wall and covering assemblies, comprising at least a plate element and at least a fretted element, glued to the plate element, the fretted element comprising a sheet metal plate having a size substantially like that of the plate element and a cross-section having a profile including a plurality of adjoining integral trapezium shape elements each defining a top and a bottom flat portion.

Abstract: A building accessible to persons, which comprises at least one constructional element, which element is tubular and which is at least substantially made of wound-together layers of a strip of paper/cardboard, wherein each layer is at least substantially made up of a corrugated sublayer and a flat sublayer affixed to one side thereof.

Abstract: A storage shed comprises a plurality of posts erected onto a base. The posts comprise a prismatic profile disposed over a hollow bar to form a void and a longitudinal slot. Corrugated wall panels are disposed in between the posts. U-channels are coupled to the base to support the posts and wall panels. The wall panels include parallel latitudinal folds and longitudinal side flanges which fit into the longitudinal slots of the posts. A roof frame is disposed on top of the vertical posts and wall panels. Corrugated roof panels are disposed on the roof frame. The corrugated roof panels include parallel latitudinal folds and side portions adapted to overlap with each other. Ridge panels are disposed at the ridge of the roof frame so as to cover a portion of the roof panels on each side of the shed. Facia boards are disposed on an entrance end and a rear end of the roof frame. Doors are disposed on an entrance side of the shed.

Abstract: A modular fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite deck module having one or more hexagonal components and one or more double trapezoidal components. A hexagonal component is a hexagonal cell with all sides being of equal length and forming a hexagonal space. A double trapezoidal component has a top side, a bottom side, a first trapezoid having a first top and a first bottom, and a second trapezoid having a second top and a second bottom. The first and second trapezoidal components are of equal dimensions and configured such that the first trapezoid is inverted resulting in the first top of the first trapezoid is adjacent to the second top of the second trapezoid, thereby creating a center seam and an extensive bonding surface. The double trapezoidal and hexagonal components are made of multiple layers of multi-axial fiber reinforcement and a resin matrix, the layers being continuous throughout the entire shape of the components.

Abstract: A corrugated wooden fiberboard panel system provides a new structural member for use in the construction of building walls, ceilings, and floors as a substitute for conventional framing members, such as studs and joists.

Abstract: A stiffener system includes a stiffener and a fastener means. The stiffener includes an extruded body that includes a plurality of projections. The stiffener couples to the apparatus to facilitate increasing a structural integrity of the apparatus. The fastener means secures the stiffener to the apparatus.

Abstract: A method for the production of a core material (1) composed of strips (2) of preferably fibrous material for a sandwich panel, in which sandwich panel the width direction (7) of the strips (2) is coincident with the thickness direction of the panel and a cover layer (8, 9) is attached to each of the longitudinal edges of the strips (5, 6), comprises cutting each strip (2) from an even number of layers with the formation of, in each case, a longitudinal edge (5, 6) having a cut surface (11) which, viewed in cross section of the strip (2), runs at an incline between the two surfaces (15, 16) of the strip (2).

Abstract: A load bearing deck structure is made from at least one sandwich panel formed of a ploymer matrix composite material. The sandwich panel comprises a plurality of substantially hollow, elongated core members having side walls, the core members being provided with an upper facesheet and a lower facesheet. Each facesheet is formed integrally with the side walls of the core members and at least one of the side walls is disposed at an oblique angle to one of the upper and lower facesheets so that the side walls and facesheets define a polygonal shape when viewed in cross section.

Abstract: An aluminum fire-resistant honeycomb-shaped plate and its manufacturing method includes an aluminum intermediate honeycomb-shaped layer, a layer of gauze adhered respectively on an upper and a lower surface of the intermediate honeycomb-shaped layer, an outer solid aluminum plate adhered respectively on an outer surface of each layer of gauze. The gauze endures high temperature and percolates air. Then the outer surface of each outer solid aluminum plate is anodized with a layer of a chemical to prevent it from getting rusted and then sprayed with a layer of silicon glue to increase hardness of the outer surfaces and beautiful appearance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device by a constructional part (1) preferably extending between supporting parts (10, 11, 12) of a building or plant constructions, and preferably forming a partition between storeys, such as a floor or a deck. The constructional part (1) is self-supported, preferably of light-weight material and comprises a channel system for air, so that the constructional part (1) may provide heating and/or cooling of rooms in the building or plant construction, or may thaw snow and ice lying on the constructional part, respectively. The constructional part (1) is made up of at least three interconnected layers (2, 3, 4) of corrugated sheet material. The layers (2, 3, 4) are arranged at angles in relation to each other, in such a way that corrugations form a preferably right angle between themselves, so that the corrugations of the layers (2, 3, 4) form a channel system in the constructional part (1). A number of holes (6) are made in the intermediate layer (3).

Abstract: The present invention is a method of making a building wall panel or building wall panel system. The building wall panels are made by taking a standard panel of metal roof decking having alternating ridges and channels and attaching a length of board stock, such as a concrete board. These panels are then able to be attached to a steel frame or other type building shell.

Abstract: A stiffening member, as well as a diaphragm of a building in which the stiffening member is used, is disclosed. The diaphragm includes a horizontal wide-flange beam, a corrugated deck, and a corrugated stiffening member. The stiffening member is an elongate, corrugated strip. The stiffening member's corrugations are formed by a series of U-shaped portions that alternate with, and are integrally connected to, a series of horizontal upper portions. Each U-shaped portion consists of three planar portions: two substantially vertical side portions and one horizontal floor portion. Each U-shaped portion is reinforced with two parallel raised ribs. In a second embodiment of the stiffening member, the U-shaped portion is reinforced with two parallel tab portions attached at the sides of the stiffening member. The stiffening member nestingly overlies the corrugated deck, and is attached to the deck and to the underlying horizontal beam with either welds or pins.

Abstract: A floorplate element formed from a perforated sheet metal in which the floorplate element has a sequence of raised areas and recessed grooves. The floorplate element has at least one thinner transverse recessed area which results from a compression-pinching of the perforated sheet metal of a bottom surface of the grooves towards an top surface of the raised areas. Each transverse recessed area forms a surface for supporting the floorplate element on a crossbeam of a supporting structure. The invention is suitable for use in commercial vehicles as a loading surface.

Abstract: A structural panel for use in building structures or in the formation, finish or decoration thereof includes an outer sheet and a connector sheet with a plurality of collapsible or compressible dividers therebetween. The panel in a rest condition is expanded and of a desired thickness for final use but can be compressed into a relatively thin thickness or profile for shipping purposes. The panel is very lightweight but structurally strong and can be selectively bent in one transverse direction if desired. The panel can be easily cut or formed into any predetermined size or shape.

Abstract: A wall system is disclosed involving wall panels of corrugated sheets as a stay-in-place forming system for concrete for building a shelter for protection from severe weather conditions, e.g., tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. The corrugated sheets are joined together, both in adjacent and opposing positions, forming a crevasse between the corrugated sheets into which concrete is poured. Each corrugated sheet has a horizontal reinforcement member rigidly attached to the internal side of the corrugated sheet wherein a horizontal reinforcement member is an L-shaped angle steel having a plurality of connecting holes on its horizontal element. A plurality of uniting rods are used to connect two opposing wall panels by inserting each end of the uniting rod into the connecting holes of opposing horizontal reinforcement members. A connecting bar assembly is used to more securely connect two adjacent wall panels.

Abstract: A modular component shelter includes an adjacent side-by-side array of curved, interlocking, rigid panels. The panels curve upwardly and inwardly to a common vertex from a common base-level circumferential rim. The panels interlock between adjacent panels by means of raised interlocking ribs. The ribs extending in generally vertical planes along opposite side edges of each panel so as to form a first channel along a first side edge of each panel and second channel along an opposite second side edge of each panel. The first channel is shaped to snugly fit within the second channel along the length thereof. The first channel is releasably securable in the second channel.

Abstract: A structural panel for use in building structures or in the formation, finish or decoration thereof includes an outer sheet and a connector sheet with a plurality of collapsible or compressible dividers therebetween. The panel in a rest condition is expanded and of a desired thickness for final use but can be compressed into a relatively thin thickness or profile for shipping purposes. The panel is very lightweight but structurally strong and can be selectively bent in one transverse direction if desired. The panel can be easily cut or formed into any predetermined size or shape.

Abstract: A prefabricated structural building panel is disclosed. The panel includes a first sheet having inner and outer planar surfaces. A plurality of structural ribs are disposed on the inner surface of the first sheet and are interconnected to form a geometric design having a plurality of chambers. The first sheet and the structural ribs are integrally formed as a single unit from a fiber and fly ash composite material. In preferred form, the cement composite includes a mixture of a commercial grade fly ash having a high lime content and a dry flue-gas desulfurized fly ash.

Abstract: A monolithic construction of concrete reinforced with dispersed metal fibers having a bottom wall spaced from a top wall with each of the top and bottom walls having a top face generally parallel to an under face having a generally corrugated relief with alternating recesses and ridges extending in a substantially horizontal direction. A plurality of sidewalls extend upwardly from the bottom wall to the top wall and each sidewall has a generally overall corrugated cross section. An insulating foam panel covers the under face of each of the top wall and the bottom wall and there is a set of insulating foam panels between which each of the sidewalls is sandwiched, the insulating foam panels being the concrete formwork of the concrete structure.

Abstract: A pre-manufactured roof plate element comprising a number of longitudinal box-shaped girders of steel plate, which are upwardly connected with a compressive force plate with almost the same width as the girder, and which preferably are positioned in each side and in the middle of the element. The compressive force plate consists of a corrugated steel plate having a preferably trapezoid shape. A box-shaped girder of the said type is a complement to the roof plate element. A roof plate element or a girder according to the invention may be produced totally without use of organic material.