Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
  • E04C1/00—Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings
  • E04C1/39—Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings characterised by special adaptations, e.g. serving for locating conduits, for forming soffits, cornices, or shelves, for fixing wall-plates or door-frames, for claustra
  • E04C1/395—Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings characterised by special adaptations, e.g. serving for locating conduits, for forming soffits, cornices, or shelves, for fixing wall-plates or door-frames, for claustra for claustra, fences, planting walls, e.g. sound-absorbing
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
  • E01F8/00—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic
  • E01F8/0005—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic used in a wall type arrangement
  • E01F8/0035—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic used in a wall type arrangement with undulated surfaces
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
  • E01F8/00—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic
  • E01F8/02—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic specially adapted for sustaining vegetation or for accommodating plants ; Embankment-type or crib-type noise barriers; Retaining walls specially adapted to absorb or reflect noise
  • E01F8/021—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic specially adapted for sustaining vegetation or for accommodating plants ; Embankment-type or crib-type noise barriers; Retaining walls specially adapted to absorb or reflect noise with integral support structure
  • E01F8/023—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic specially adapted for sustaining vegetation or for accommodating plants ; Embankment-type or crib-type noise barriers; Retaining walls specially adapted to absorb or reflect noise with integral support structure made of stacked or staggered elements, e.g. hollow
• • 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
  • E02D29/025—Retaining or protecting walls made up of similar modular elements stacked without mortar
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/02—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
  • E04B2002/0202—Details of connections
  • E04B2002/0204—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/02—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
  • E04B2002/0256—Special features of building elements
  • E04B2002/026—Splittable building elements

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a building element for producing a retaining wall.
• It also relates to a retaining wall composed from a plurality of construction elements.
• the invention will particularly find its application in the building field for the realization of various works. In particular, it will allow the construction of retaining walls constituting vertical screens, in particular antiphonic and possibly vegetable.
• any realization of vertical walls associating several unitary elements forms an integral part of the field of application of the invention.
• document FR-A-2,589,910 discloses a set of three distinct and separate elements, one central and two cylindrical sides attached around the central element.
• the present invention overcomes the drawbacks of current techniques as mentioned above.
• One of its first objects is to offer a very large modularity of the elements.
• Another advantage of the invention is to allow the production of elements in one piece but however scalable because composed of several breakable parts.
• Another advantage of the invention is to allow the revegetation of certain parts of the element in order to improve the external appearance of the wall produced.
• the present invention relates to a construction element for the production of retaining walls, comprising a central part and two lateral elements and the arrangement of which can be modulated to achieve several configurations of work, characterized in that 1 ° the central part comprises four side walls, two of which are adjacent, have the same concave profile and the other two have the same convex profile complementary to said concave profile;
• a first lateral element borders one of the walls with a convex profile of the central part and has a wall opposite the central part with the same convex profile;
• the second lateral element borders the wall with concave profile of the central part located opposite the first lateral element and has a wall opposite to the central part with the same concave profile.
• This element may be presented according to the variants set out below: - the first and second lateral elements have the same length, equal to half that of the central part,
• the central part has a partition dividing it into two cells; - the partition is oriented transversely to the length of the building element;
• the partition divides the central part into two cells of the same length
• the longitudinal walls of the side elements have a straight profile; - It has, on at least part of its periphery, vertical grooves;
• the invention also relates to a retaining wall composed from a plurality of construction elements, characterized in that it is composed of construction elements, said elements being organized in several levels of superposition, and that the constituent elements of the same level are juxtaposed by cooperation of a wall with a concave profile of an element with a wall with a convex profile of the adjacent element.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of a building element according to the invention in a preferred embodiment.
• Figure 2 is a top view of such a building element.
• Figure 3 shows a possible embodiment with breakable parts.
• Figures 4 to 9 illustrate a top or bottom view of different methods of assembling construction elements according to the invention for producing a retaining wall.
• Figures 10, 11 and 12 illustrate two retaining walls in perspective according to two preferred embodiments.
• the construction element 1 comprises a central part marked 2 and two lateral elements 3, 4 located on either side of the central part 2.
• the direction defined by the longitudinal axis 14 in FIG. 2 is called the longitudinal direction or the length of the construction element 1.
• the building element is made of concrete.
• the central part 2 and the lateral elements 3, 4 comprise a plurality of vertical walls but not necessarily at the bottom.
• the building element can be used in one direction or turned upside down, which allows multiple configurations.
• the vertical direction is understood by that given in figure 1 by the arrow
• the terms longitudinal and vertical are used to identify the three dimensions of the construction element according to the invention with reference to the drawings without however being limiting on their final arrangement during use.
• the central part 2 has four side walls, two of which have a convex profile and two of which have a concave profile, an example of which is shown in top view of FIG. 2.
• the concave and convex profiles are complementary in order to allow the cooperation of walls with complementary profiles. Furthermore, the four side walls are such that the two with concave profile are adjacent just like the two with convex profile.
• a first lateral element 3 borders one of the walls with a convex profile marked 5 of the central part 2.
• the element lateral 3 has a wall 7 with the same convex profile.
• a second lateral element 4 borders a wall with a concave profile 6 and has a wall 8 opposite the wall 6 of concave shape.
• the central part 2 has a length equal to twice that of each of the lateral elements 3, 4 which themselves have an identical length.
• FIG. 3 This example of particular choice of length L1, L2, L3 is identified in FIG. 3 which also shows a particular embodiment of the invention in which the lateral elements 3, 4 are breakable with respect to the central part 2.
• the central part 2 and the lateral elements 3, 4 are made in one piece but that it is possible, in particular by means of a vertical linear weakness formed at the junction of the central part and the lateral elements (for example by a groove reducing the thickness of the wall at this level) to divide the construction element 1 into two or three separate parts.
• the central part 2 also preferably comprises a partition 9 dividing it into two cells 10a, 10b. Therefore, the building element as a whole comprises in this configuration four compartments.
• the partition 9 is located in the direction transverse to the longitudinal direction 14 and cuts the central part 2 in the middle.
• the longitudinal walls 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b of the side elements 3, 4 have a straight profile.
• At least part of the periphery of the construction element 1 has vertical grooves 13.
• Figure 4 shows an assembly of the elements 1 by one of their longitudinal wall, a concave profile wall of an element 1 cooperating with a convex profile wall of the adjacent element.
• Figure 5 shows a similar cooperation but with a different orientation of the building elements.
• FIG. 10 shows a wall whose external face is produced by association of recessed surfaces made up of walls with concave profile.
• Figure 6 shows in turn that it is possible to cooperate the construction elements 1 in their long sense.
• the convex profile wall 7 of the first lateral element 3 of an element 1 cooperates with the concave wall 8 of a second lateral element of the adjacent building element 1.
• FIG. 7 illustrates the case where the breakable nature of the lateral elements 3, 4 is exploited.
• this building element 1 has been assembled with an adjacent building element so that a convex side wall of the first building element 1 cooperates with the concave wall 8 of the second side element of the adjacent building element .
• a third construction element 1 for which the two lateral elements 3, 4 have been eliminated.
• the latter construction element 1 is attached to the preceding construction element 1 by means of its concave wall 6.
• a construction element 1 is positioned so that its longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the two construction elements 1 which are adjacent to it.
• the central building element 1 can constitute a protuberance on the retaining wall and optionally allows revegetation as shown in FIG. 11.
• This figure shows, in fact, that one of the cells formed by the interior volume of one of the lateral elements 3, 4 can serve as a receptacle for plants.
• Figure 9 shows yet another possibility of cooperation of various construction elements 1 according to the invention.
• the curved parts are alternated on one of the faces of the wall

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