Foldable container house is modular buildings with foldable steel structural frames, which can be compressed to the size of containers during transportation and unfolded on site to form a complete functional space. Foldable container house includes articulated walls, pre-installed water and electricity interfaces and lightweight composite panels. Compared with traditional container-converted houses, the folding design greatly improves the efficiency of single transportation.
The maximum displacement of the foldable house with a two-way cross-support structure is close to the traditional steel building standard under a wind force of level 8 after unfolding. However, the basic model without reinforcement ribs has a large displacement under the same conditions and there is a structural risk.
The durability of the connecting parts will also affect the stability of the foldable container house. High-quality connectors can extend the life cycle of the building to more than 15 years, but the material cost will increase accordingly.
In order to improve the stability of the foldable container house, manufacturers are innovating materials. For example, the use of low-alloy steel with a yield strength of more than 550MPa and carbon fiber reinforced composite panels plays an important role in reducing structural stress caused by temperature deformation.
