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Monocoque concrete structures
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Inventors: Zweig, Peter J.;
Assignee: Monotech International, Inc. (Reno, NV)
Primary Examiner: Kent; Christopher T.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Venable, Kinberg; Robert
A monocoque concrete structure includes a core structure comprised of foam panels presenting opposite sides and arranged in a desired shape of the monocoque concrete structure. A layer of concrete is applied to each of the opposite sides of the core structure to form a double monocoque concrete structure having a load bearing concrete shell on each of the opposite sides of the core structure. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The invention is described below by way of embodiments which should be considered illustrative only and not as limiting the scope of the invention which is defined by the appended claims.
The double monocoque construction techniques can be variously applied to construct stand alone walls, exterior and interior house walls, floors and roofs.
A stand alone wall is relatively non-complex, yet embodies a number of features of the invention which are commonly employed in house walls, floors and roofs.
Therefore, the embodiment of the stand alone wall will be described first.
Common elements in the Figures will be referred to by the same reference numerals.
Referring to FIGS.
1-3, there is shown a wall 1 constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention.
Wall 1 is supported by a concrete footing 3 comprised of commercial grade concrete previously set in the earth 5.
Footing 3 is provided with a longitudinal recess 7 having side walls 7A and 7B, and a bottom 7C having a depth below the surface of ground 5 which varies but is generally on the order of about two feet.
A plurality of conventional 4 inch metal H-track studs 6 (hereafter "H-tracks" are set vertically in concrete footing 3 spaced apart, for example, by about 4 feet.
As shown in FIG.
3, each H-track has flanges or end pieces 6A and 6B connected by a web or cross piece 6C to define oppositely opening channels 6D which open in the longitudinal direction of groove 7.
After concrete footing 3 is set, a conventional 4 inch metal C-track stud 9 (hereafter "C-track"), having side walls 9A, 9B connected by a bottom 9C to define a channel 9D, has its bottom 9C fixed to bottom 7C of groove 7, by concrete nails (not shown), between each pair of spaced apart H-tracks 5, with side walls 9A and 9B extending upwardly.
Channels 6D of each pair of adjacent H-tracks and channel 9D of the C-track between each pair of adjacent H-tracks are connected together to form a continuous panel groove 10 having a U-shape in a vertical plane in the longitudinal direction of the footing
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Vibration and Earthquake Isolation 
