Improvement in constructional works

Abstract

Abstract 1,069,361. Walls; beams and columns; soil stabilization. H. VIDAL. March 25, 1964 [March 27, 1963], No. 12691/64. Headings E1F E1H and E1W. A method of building construction e.g. for walls, dams, foundations, beams, columns &c. comprises forming a mass of non-coherent particulate material into a stable colume capable of withstanding an applied design load, such cohesion of the mass being provided solely by frictional effects mutually between the constituent particles and between the particles and surface areas of stabilizing members 2 in frictional contact therewith, the method comprises the steps of integrating into the mass without segregating it, preformed stabilizing members and determining the spatial distribution density, disposition and coefficient of friction required between the stabilizing member arrangement embedded in the mass and the particles by shaping and sizing the particle contacting surface areas of the stabilizing member arrangement in conjunction with its tensile strength with respect to the design load such that under the effect of tensioning forces exerted by the particles on the stabilizer arrangement due to stresses set up by the design load, elastic deformation of the stabilizing arrangement occurs such that slippage of the particles with respect thereto does not occur. As shown, a wall comprises earth which is moved into skin or cladding elements 7. The cladding includes U-shaped elements having stiffening ribs 13 and joined to adjacent elements by cover joints 11. Lengths of cladding 7 are placed one on top of another and are anchored together by means of hooks 14. The stabilizing members 2 are attached to the flanges of the U-shaped elements 7 and are surrounded by the earth. In a modification (Fig. 18 not shown) the skin is constituted by a plastics binding agent which contains the granular elements situated adjacent the facing edges of the construction. Various types of stabilizing members are mention, i.e. strips, bars, wires, cables, latticework, grids, felts &c., and various materials may be used e.g. metals, textile materials, wood, plastics and glass. A pillar, Fig. 46 (not shown) may comprise particulate material compacted into a stack of toroidal form elements similar in cross section to the members 7. A beam, Fig. 49 (not shown), may comprise particulate material compacted into a plant tubular cladding in which there is inserted at least an axially extending longitudinal strip stabilizing member resting on the base of the tube and spanning the supporting points of the beam. The Figs disclose various types of stabilizing members e.g. balls of concrete fixed on a cable, and various types of structure e.g. dam walls, columns and beams.

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