How tall can one build a container stack?

Alpha · #1 Posted **Mar 4, 2010, 3:11 PM**

How tall a stack of standard non-reinforced containers used for oversea shipping can be built?

MolsonExport · #2 Posted **Mar 4, 2010, 4:47 PM**

6.02*10^23

The North One · #3 Posted **Mar 5, 2010, 1:28 AM**

Yeah, this isn't random and pointless at all....

You Need A Thneed · #4 Posted **Mar 5, 2010, 5:45 AM**

pretty tall, I would think.

scalziand · #5 Posted **Mar 8, 2010, 3:59 AM**

http://www.boxlife.co.za/blog/fermi_stress_test.pdf

Zerton · #6 Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 9:24 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by The North One

Yeah, this isn't random and pointless at all....

Are you being sarcastic? Because there has been a lot of research into this for cheap housing. Maybe he has a project or something.

plinko · #7 Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 11:26 PM**

^Yes, but all the housing projects using containers such as Lot-EK and such use them within a framework.

He said 'non-reinforced', which assumes just stacking one on top of the other. On a big Panamax ship I think they can get stacked 7-8 high, but I'm not sure if the pile then gets strapped down somehow.

Anything over 3 high or so would be subject to wind loading.

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Photo credit: Rene Keuvelaar

JHoward88 · #8 Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 11:39 PM**

^^^ That ship is breathtakingly huge. By Golly!

vid · #9 Posted **Jul 17, 2010, 1:37 AM**

I think they lock into each other some how. I have seen trains listing considerably with double-stacked containers and they don't topple over.

scalziand · #10 Posted **Jul 17, 2010, 3:59 AM**

The link I had posted stated that with light cargo, they can be stacked 12 high. However, if they are being used for occupation, then they will be loaded much more lightly, and could be stacked much higher along as they are properly anchored laterally.

I hope it wasn't for something like this:

http://thereifixedit.com/2009/09/30/...ay-from-there/

scalziand · #11 Posted **Oct 20, 2011, 4:34 PM**

Here's a stack of containers 10 high used for a car promotion:

http://letsdothis.com/

BevoLJ · #12 Posted **Oct 22, 2011, 12:36 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by vid

I think they lock into each other some how. I have seen trains listing considerably with double-stacked containers and they don't topple over.

I went to google to see what I could find and this was the first pictures to show up. lol. So I guess they do lock together somehow.

Edit: Here you go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twistlock

http://xmb.stuffucanuse.com/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=4175