Structural design of a low-cost portable house

Mahmoud El Ghamrawy; Sherif Yassin; Amir Basta; Lamis Kaldas; Karim Morgan; Mohamed Elgamal; Mohamed Abdel Moez; Passant Youssef; Mohamed Darwish; Khaled Nassar; Ezzeldin Sayed-Ahmed

Structural design of a low-cost portable house

Mahmoud El Ghamrawy
, Sherif Yassin
, Amir Basta
, Lamis Kaldas
, Karim Morgan
, Mohamed Elgamal
, Mohamed Abdel Moez
, Passant Youssef
, Mohamed Darwish^*
, Khaled Nassar
, Ezzeldin Sayed-Ahmed

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The numbers of refugees and displaced people are growing and need housing solutions that are safe, of low-cost and simple to construct. Several researchers have worked on designing such shelters but none of them has tested their structural performance. The current study involves using readily available low-cost Casuarina wood in the design of a low-cost portable house. The design of the wooden members and their connections is performed. A full-scale model of the structure is tested. Finally, a cost-analysis study is performed to compare the cost effectiveness of the designed system to existing systems available in the market. The structure withstood loads higher than its design loads.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018
Editors	Kaveh Arjomandi, Ashraf El Damatty
Publisher	Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
Pages	767-776
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510889743
State	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018 - Fredericton, Canada Duration: 13 Jun 2018 → 16 Jun 2018

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Name	6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018

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Conference	6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Fredericton
Period	13/06/18 → 16/06/18

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© 6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018. All rights reserved.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering

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El Ghamrawy, M., Yassin, S., Basta, A., Kaldas, L., Morgan, K., Elgamal, M., Abdel Moez, M., Youssef, P., Darwish, M., Nassar, K., & Sayed-Ahmed, E. (2018). Structural design of a low-cost portable house. In K. Arjomandi, & A. El Damatty (Eds.), 6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018 (pp. 767-776). (6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018). Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.

El Ghamrawy, Mahmoud ; Yassin, Sherif ; Basta, Amir et al. / Structural design of a low-cost portable house. 6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018. editor / Kaveh Arjomandi ; Ashraf El Damatty. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 2018. pp. 767-776 (6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018).

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El Ghamrawy, M, Yassin, S, Basta, A, Kaldas, L, Morgan, K, Elgamal, M, Abdel Moez, M, Youssef, P, Darwish, M, Nassar, K & Sayed-Ahmed, E 2018, Structural design of a low-cost portable house. in K Arjomandi & A El Damatty (eds), 6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018. 6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, pp. 767-776, 6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018, Fredericton, Canada, 13/06/18.

Structural design of a low-cost portable house. / El Ghamrawy, Mahmoud; Yassin, Sherif; Basta, Amir et al.
6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018. ed. / Kaveh Arjomandi; Ashraf El Damatty. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 2018. p. 767-776 (6th International Structural Specialty Conference 2018, Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2018).

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