Five common structural forms of light gauge steel frame house

Light gauge steel frame house are becoming more and more popular in modern construction due to their unique advantages. The following five common structural forms of light steel villa, each has its unique application scenario and advantages.

1️⃣ portal rigid frame structure 🚪

Portal rigid frame structure is theoretically plane layout without size limitation, with high flexibility, suitable for the use demand that requires large space. This structural system is particularly suitable for factory buildings, warehouses, farmers' markets, etc., as well as various temporary buildings.

2️⃣ Multi-storey house lightweight steel structure 🏠

Multi-storey housing lightweight steel structure is mainly used for residential houses, multi-storey industrial plants, public buildings such as schools, hospitals, entertainment, and commercial buildings such as supermarkets and retail. This structural form is also widely used in old building additions and alteration and expansion projects.

3️⃣ Cold-formed thin-walled steel structure 🔩

Cold-formed thin-walled steel structure using double C or four C channel steel composed of I and T-shaped cross-section, as the load-bearing skeleton of the structure in many countries and regions are widely used in single- and multi-storey residential.

4️⃣ Thin-walled folded arch bridge roofing system 🌉

This structure is characterized by fast installation, light weight (from 0.12 to 0.25kn/mz) and low seismic effect. The design and analytical calculation theories of metal arch corrugated roofs need to be further studied and improved.

5️⃣ Space and tension structure 🌌

The space and tension structure system uses steel pipes, round steel, steel strands or steel wire bundles, lightweight roofing materials (such as color plates, glass, light panels, fiber fabrics, etc.). Such structural forms include tensioned monolithic structures, membrane structures, open and closed structures, folded structures and glass structures.

Each structural form has its unique application scenario and advantages, and choosing the suitable structural form of light gauge steel frame house can better meet the architectural demand and use function.