EP0816572A2 - Leicht montierbares, modulares Schutzsystem - Google Patents

Leicht montierbares, modulares Schutzsystem Download PDF

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EP0816572A2
EP0816572A2 EP97201973A EP97201973A EP0816572A2 EP 0816572 A2 EP0816572 A2 EP 0816572A2 EP 97201973 A EP97201973 A EP 97201973A EP 97201973 A EP97201973 A EP 97201973A EP 0816572 A2 EP0816572 A2 EP 0816572A2
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Ferdinando Topa
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B3/00—Engineering works in connection with control or use of streams, rivers, coasts, or other marine sites; Sealings or joints for engineering works in general
    • E02B3/04—Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours
    • E02B3/10—Dams; Dykes; Sluice ways or other structures for dykes, dams, or the like
    • E02B3/106—Temporary dykes
    • E02B3/108—Temporary dykes with a filling, e.g. filled by water or sand
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B3/00—Engineering works in connection with control or use of streams, rivers, coasts, or other marine sites; Sealings or joints for engineering works in general
    • E02B3/04—Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours
    • E02B3/12—Revetment of banks, dams, watercourses, or the like, e.g. the sea-floor
    • E02B3/122—Flexible prefabricated covering elements, e.g. mats, strips
    • E02B3/127—Flexible prefabricated covering elements, e.g. mats, strips bags filled at the side
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D29/00—Independent underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
    • E02D29/02—Retaining or protecting walls
    • E02D29/0208—Gabions

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  • This invention relates to a quickly installed modular protection system.
  • mesh cages For a considerable time metal mesh cages have been used, these being filled with stones or blocks and connected together to form a stable barrier of the length necessary to contain the upstream soil. These mesh cages can be supplied already preformed and folded, so that they can be opened out and extended into their operational shape. This procedure requires time for opening the cages into box form and connecting them together.
  • the same cage structures can also be used for forming fixed embankments or even for forming supplementary containment embankments or barriers in the case of natural calamities such as floods, overflowing of rivers and lakes etc.
  • such cages are virtually useless, because in general there is insufficient time available for opening them and connecting them together in their operating position.
  • such cages can only contain stones or rocks because other material such as sand or earth would be dragged out from the apertures of the mesh structure.
  • mixed box structures consisting of an outer part in the form of a metal mesh cage of the aforesaid known type, and an inner lining part of flexible sheet material. This structure enables the cage to be filled not only with stones and blocks but also with sand and soil.
  • a structure for the outer metal mesh part has also been proposed in the form of a bellows with transverse mesh separation walls, which enables a series of box shapes or cells already joined together to be set up and defined. In this manner, when the structure has been constructed it can be folded flat into a minimum containing space, ready for use. In reality, the lining sheet has to be arranged within, and fixed to, the metal mesh structure directly during its production, this resulting in a considerable time and cost increase.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a containment structure for inert materials of the aforesaid general type which overcomes all the stated technical drawbacks and problems.
  • a quickly installed modular protection system comprising, when opened into its operating position, at least one upwardly open box-shaped cell or region for containing material and connectable to other cells or regions of similar shape, characterised in that said at least one cell comprises longitudinal and end walls formed of a material of high-strength textile type, is open at its base and comprises freely removable connection elements for said walls, there being further provided elements for stiffening and supporting said at least one cell when in its operating position.
  • Such a modular protection system 11 forms a containment structure when opened into its operational position, and consists of a plurality of modules formed from containment cells or regions 12.
  • These containment cells or regions 12 are in the shape of a box which according to the invention is open both upperly and at its base.
  • the cells or regions 12 are defined by longitudinal walls 13 and transverse walls 14, these latter if at the ends or in a single module becoming end walls 14a.
  • said transverse walls 14 can be defined by filiform elements, tapes or belts, not shown.
  • This multiple or single modular cell system is formed from a natural or synthetic material of textile type which in the first case defines the longitudinal lateral walls, the end walls and the intermediate transverse walls forming the cells.
  • the natural-fibre textile material can be for example of jute or cotton
  • the synthetic material is a fabric manufactured of PVC-coated polyester or of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) yarn stabilized against UV, or polypropylene (PP), or of fire-retardant synthetic material.
  • HDPE high-density polyethylene
  • PP polypropylene
  • each rib frame comprises a U-shaped base portion 15 and two uprights 16, connectable together.
  • the connection is made for example by a split pin 17 which is inserted into holes provided in the base 15 and in the uprights 16 in a male-female connection region, to lock the parts together.
  • the U-base 15 and the uprights 16 also act as elements for securing the longitudinal walls 13 and the transverse walls 14 or end walls 14a.
  • a series of vertically aligned eyelets 18 preferably provided in a reinforcing strip 19.
  • the eyelets 18 allow the insertion and passage of a complementary series of holed projections 20 laterally jutting from the transverse walls 14 or end walls 14a.
  • these comprise a pair of struts 21, which are fixed to the uprights 16 by pegs or split pins 22 inserted through suitable holed seats or extensions 23 fixed to the uprights 16.
  • a lower base element 27 can also be provided, to cooperate in maintaining the material within the modular system of the invention.
  • This application is also suitable for particularly severe utilization conditions and where it is required to prevent any erosion of the filling material due to the presence of strong wind or a water level higher than the barrier height.
  • the element 27 can also be used as a cover element in which case it can also be an additional cloth element, formed of the same material as the walls of the containment system, but can also be of any appropriate different material.
  • the details of Figures 6 and 7 also show how the rib frames also act as support elements for the cell material, ie for the walls 13, 14 and 14a, when in their operational raised position during the loading of the filling material.
  • a pocket 28 arranged to retain and to abut against the free upper end of the upright 16. This occurs when the filling material is inserted into the system or cells 12 and tends to drag the walls 13, 14 and 14a downwards. Provision of the pocket prevents this happening.
  • the inert material containment structure of the present invention can be formed as stated in unit modules consisting of single cells connectable together, or in standard modules of a certain length, for example 10 m, and consisting of a certain number of cells 12.
  • barriers can obviously be formed of a length variable at will.
  • a number of cells 12 can be kept folded or closed by using blocking elements, such as belts 30 or other elements, not shown.
  • a structure of any shape such as curved can be formed.
  • the longitudinal walls can be opened to a greater or lesser extent and be locked in position by any appropriate element.
  • Figure 8 shows how a long containment structure 11 can be shortened by simply bringing together rib-frame uprights 11 within a region 29 and locking them together by belts 30.
  • Figure 9 shows how for example three modular systems 11 can be used to form a pyramid by positioning two at the base and one on top.
  • Figure 10 shows how a T-shaped arrangement can be formed by two systems 11 positioned mutually perpendicular.
  • Figure 11 shows how a system 11 can be curved about itself in an intermediate region and the rib frames of the curve be locked together by a belt 30.
  • Figure 12 groups the rib frames together with the belt 30 but leaves the remaining parts of the structure at 90°.
  • a succession of modules such as shown in Figure 1 are employed, by unfolding them rapidly. From its flatly folded position and form, the containment structure module is lifted and pulled lengthwise to widen out the various cell conformations defining the barrier or containment element. The elements of the rib frames are then located, after possibly positioning a base 27 between the rib frames and the folded edgings 26 of the walls.
  • the fixing and locking elements 17, 22 are inserted after which the filling can take place with the chosen material, such as crushed stone, sand, rubble, etc.
  • Figure 13 shows how a worn cell can be replaced or a cell added in at least one region of the longitudinal wall 13. This is achieved by emptying the cell 12 and then inserting an additional tubular element 31, also of textile type, to replace the worn wall by utilizing the support structure formed from the already existing rib frames.
  • the particular conformation of the system according to the present invention also enables the containment system to be easily adapted to irregular ground. This is because the system base and the completed structure possess considerable flexibility, with the result that the system has a considerable capacity for adaptation to the ground.
  • the structural system of the present invention can therefore be used to form a barrier, a bulkhead, an embankment or a civil or military protection arrangement of considerable functionality and of easy and quick installation or dismantling, and maintenance.
  • the system of the present invention has the valuable and advantageous characteristic of being self-supporting.

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IT96MI001364A IT1284463B1 (it) 1996-07-03 1996-07-03 Sistema modulare di protezione a rapida messa in opera

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