2. Background information
2.1. Shipping container building documents
Published information on shipping containers used for nonshipping
applications is rare, and published data needed for structural
modeling and analysis of shipping containers is even more
difficult to find. Many of the available publications do not discuss
the structural strength and response of shipping containers under
abnormal loading scenarios or modifications. There are several
books similar to Kotnik [1] where interesting building projects
using shipping containers are presented. However, additional reinforcement
is provided to the containers in most cases, because the
container’s structural strength is unknown when modified.