FEM and Experimental Study on Mechanical Property of Integrated Container Building

Recently, a growing number of the containers have been used in the building structures, therefore, the full size container stiffness have been studied under the longitudinal load, including the 20 ft container, 40 ft container and the 20 ft combined container. Firstly, the full size container experiment has been studied, and then, the load–displacement curve and load-stress curve have been got. Secondly, based on the nonlinear finite element software of Abaqus, the container model has been established and analyzed. By comparing with the load–displacement curves and load-stress values of experiment, the finite element model has been verified. Finally, based on the verified finite element model, the parametric analysis of the corrugated sheeting size, corrugated sheeting cross section, elasticity modulus of top side beam, and every sheeting action for container stiffness has been given, and the design advice of single and combined container has been given. The research results have made feasible in design and construction of container buildings and provided some references to corresponding specification preparation.