CN217923582U - Supporting construction of basement reverse construction method - Google Patents

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CN217923582U
CN217923582U CN202221802867.5U CN202221802867U CN217923582U CN 217923582 U CN217923582 U CN 217923582U CN 202221802867 U CN202221802867 U CN 202221802867U CN 217923582 U CN217923582 U CN 217923582U
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The utility model relates to a supporting construction of basement reverse construction method construction relates to construction technical field, in order to solve the problem that holistic supporting construction consolidates the difficulty in constrictive space, and it includes supporting device, supporting device is used for supporting unilateral outer wall template, supporting device includes a plurality of subassemblies of strutting, and is a plurality of it sets up to strut parallel arrangement between the subassembly, and is a plurality of strut the equal butt of subassembly in outer wall template, strut the subassembly and include montant, horizontal pole and diagonal brace, the montant butt is in outer wall template, the one end of montant links to each other with the horizontal pole, the other end of montant is connected on the diagonal brace, the one end that the montant was kept away from to the diagonal brace is connected on the horizontal pole, the horizontal pole is installed subaerial, be provided with on the montant and be used for the fixed subassembly with outer wall template. This application has the effect that improves and consolidate efficiency.

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Supporting construction of basement reverse construction method
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of building construction, in particular to a supporting structure for basement reverse construction.
Background
In the field of building construction, a reverse construction method is an ultra-conventional construction method, and is generally adopted under the special conditions of deep foundation pits, complex geology, high underground water level and the like, firstly, underground continuous walls or other supporting structures are constructed along the axis line of a basement of a building or around the basement, meanwhile, middle supporting piles and lattice columns are poured or driven down at relevant positions in the building, the middle supporting piles and the lattice columns are used as supports for bearing the dead weight and construction load of an upper structure before the bottom plate is sealed, then, earth is excavated to the top surface elevation of the basement of a first layer, a beam slab floor structure of the layer is completed and used as a support with high rigidity of the supporting structure, then, the earth is excavated downwards layer by layer, and underground structures of each layer are poured until the bottom plate is sealed, meanwhile, the floor structure of one layer on the ground is completed, conditions are created for the construction of the upper structure, the construction of the ground structure can be simultaneously carried out layer by layer upwards, and the construction is carried out simultaneously on the ground until the end of the project.
Among the correlation technique, traditional basement supporting construction adopts the form of whole supporting to consolidate the support to the template of each wall simultaneously usually, because the interior construction space of basement is comparatively narrow, supporting construction is comparatively difficult when consolidating the template, consolidates inefficiency, and makes originally little construction space more narrow after consolidating, is unfavorable for constructor later stage construction, so remain to improve.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to solve the problem that holistic supporting construction consolidates the difficulty in narrow space, this application provides a supporting construction of basement reverse construction method construction.
The application provides a supporting construction of basement reverse construction method adopts following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a supporting construction of basement reverse construction method construction, includes supporting device, supporting device is used for supporting the outside wall template of unilateral, supporting device includes a plurality of subassemblies of strutting, and is a plurality of it is parallel arrangement, a plurality of to strut between the subassembly the equal butt of subassembly is in the outside wall template, strut the subassembly and include montant, horizontal pole and diagonal brace, the montant butt is in the outside wall template, the one end and the horizontal pole of montant link to each other, the other end of montant is connected on the diagonal brace, the one end that the montant was kept away from to the diagonal brace is connected on the horizontal pole, the horizontal pole is installed subaerial, be provided with on the montant and be used for the fixed subassembly with the outside wall template.
Because the traditional basement supporting structure generally adopts an integral supporting mode to simultaneously reinforce and support the templates of all wall surfaces, the construction space in the basement is narrow, the supporting structure is difficult to reinforce the templates, the reinforcing efficiency is low, and the originally small construction space becomes narrower after reinforcement, which is not beneficial to later construction of constructors; by adopting the technical scheme, the supporting device supports the single-side external wall template and consists of a plurality of supporting components, each supporting component comprises a vertical rod, a cross rod and an inclined supporting rod, the vertical rods are abutted against the external wall template and fixed through a fixing component, and meanwhile, the cross rods are fixedly arranged on the ground of a basement to fix the external wall template; through the setting of montant, horizontal pole, diagonal brace and fixed subassembly, unilateral outer wall template construction back, consolidates the construction to other outer wall templates again, simple to operate, area occupied reduces when installing simultaneously, reduces the narrow possibility that leads to consolidating inefficiency of construction space, has shortened and has consolidated required time, has improved and has consolidated efficiency, and the constructor of being convenient for is under construction simultaneously to other parts in the basement for the progress of whole engineering.
Optionally, one side of montant is provided with a plurality of square floor, and is a plurality of parallel arrangement between the square floor, it is a plurality of the equal butt of square floor is on the outer wall template, each square floor all links to each other with a plurality of montants.
By adopting the technical scheme, one side of the vertical rods is provided with the plurality of square rib plates, the plurality of square rib plates are abutted against the external wall template, and each square rib plate is connected with the plurality of vertical rods; through the setting of a plurality of square floor for the position in clearance department between the adjacent montant obtains supporting, and is better to the support effect of outer wall template, and stability is higher.
Optionally, fixed subassembly includes buried screw and embedded nut in advance, buried screw runs through outer wall template, square floor and montant in proper order in advance, embedded nut and buried screw threaded connection in advance, the embedded nut butt is on the outer wall of montant.
By adopting the technical scheme, the fixing assembly consists of the embedded screw and the embedded nut, the embedded screw sequentially penetrates through the external wall template, the square rib plate and the vertical rod, the embedded nut is rotated to enable the embedded screw and the embedded nut to be in threaded connection, and the embedded nut is abutted against the outer wall of the vertical rod to fix the vertical rod and the square rib plate; through the setting of embedded screw and embedded nut, help realizing the montant and square floor and the outer wall template between fixed, it is fixed reliable, and the operating personnel of being convenient for carries out dismouting, easy dismounting.
Optionally, a plurality of supporting beam rods are arranged between the cross rod and the inclined supporting rod, and the plurality of supporting beam rods are sequentially arranged along the length direction of the cross rod.
By adopting the technical scheme, a plurality of supporting beam rods are arranged between the cross rod and the diagonal brace; through the setting of a plurality of support beam poles, help strengthening the holding power between horizontal pole and the diagonal brace, reduce horizontal pole or diagonal brace and receive the pressure and appear the possibility of warping, prolonged the life of horizontal pole or diagonal brace.
Optionally, both ends of the supporting beam rod are provided with hinged blocks, hinged seats for the hinged blocks to be inserted are arranged on the side walls of the cross rod and the diagonal rods, and fastening bolts for fixing the hinged blocks are arranged on the hinged seats.
By adopting the technical scheme, the two ends of the supporting beam rod are integrally formed with the hinge blocks, the cross rod and the diagonal rod are fixedly welded with the hinge seats, and the hinge blocks are inserted into the hinge seats and are fixed through the fastening bolts; through the setting of articulated piece, articulated seat and fastening bolt, help realizing the dismouting of support beam pole, the quality is heavier not convenient for transport when reducing support beam pole and horizontal pole and diagonal brace integrated into one piece, is convenient for simultaneously can be to depositing after the support beam pole is dismantled when not using.
Optionally, one side of the cross rod close to the ground is provided with a supporting component, the supporting component comprises a supporting plate and a plurality of foundation bolts, the supporting plate is placed on the ground, the cross rod is connected to the supporting plate, and the foundation bolts penetrate through the supporting plate and are connected with the ground.
By adopting the technical scheme, one side of each transverse rod is provided with the supporting component, each supporting component consists of the supporting plate and the plurality of foundation bolts, the plurality of transverse rods are arranged on the supporting plate, and the supporting plate is fixed on the ground of the basement through the plurality of foundation bolts; through backup pad and a plurality of rag bolt's setting for a plurality of horizontal poles form a whole, appear rocking the possibility when reducing the montant and carrying out the butt to the outer wall template, have improved the support capacity to the outer wall template, and rag bolt makes the backup pad installation reliable simultaneously.
Optionally, a plurality of mounting grooves are formed in one side, away from the ground, of the supporting plate, the transverse rods correspond to the mounting grooves one to one, and each transverse rod is embedded in the corresponding mounting groove.
By adopting the technical scheme, one side of the supporting plate, which is far away from the ground, is provided with a plurality of mounting grooves, and a plurality of cross rods are respectively embedded in the corresponding mounting grooves; through the setting of mounting groove, realize the installation between backup pad and the horizontal pole through the mode of inlaying, the operating personnel of being convenient for dismantles the simple operation to the horizontal pole.
Optionally, be provided with the anticreep ring in the backup pad, the inner wall of anticreep ring is laminated with the outer wall of horizontal pole mutually, the anticreep ring butt is in the backup pad, be provided with on the anticreep ring and be used for with the fixed holding screw of backup pad.
By adopting the technical scheme, the anti-drop ring is arranged on the support plate, the inner wall of the anti-drop ring is attached to the outer wall of the cross rod, and the anti-drop ring is fixed on the support plate through the set screw; through the setting of anticreep ring and holding screw, help realizing the fixed to the horizontal pole position, reduce the possibility of deviating from in the reinforcement process horizontal pole follow mounting groove, improved the stability of horizontal pole installation.
In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:
1. through the arrangement of the vertical rods, the cross rods, the diagonal support rods and the fixing assemblies, after the single-side external wall formwork is constructed, other external wall formworks are reinforced and constructed, the installation is convenient, meanwhile, the occupied area is reduced during installation, the possibility of low reinforcing efficiency caused by narrow construction space is reduced, the time required by reinforcement is shortened, the reinforcing efficiency is improved, and constructors can construct other parts in the underground chamber at the same time conveniently, so that the progress of the whole project is accelerated;
2. the arrangement of the plurality of supporting beam rods is beneficial to enhancing the supporting capacity between the cross rod and the inclined supporting rod, reducing the possibility that the cross rod or the inclined supporting rod deforms under the pressure, and prolonging the service life of the cross rod or the inclined supporting rod;
3. through backup pad and a plurality of rag bolt's setting for a plurality of horizontal poles form a whole, appear rocking the possibility when reducing the montant and carrying out the butt to the outer wall template, have improved the support capacity to the outer wall template, and rag bolt makes the backup pad installation reliable simultaneously.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a supporting structure constructed by a basement top-down method in an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion a of fig. 1.
Fig. 3 isbase:Sub>A sectional view taken along linebase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A in fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion B in fig. 2.
Description of reference numerals: 1. a support device; 11. a support assembly; 111. a vertical rod; 112. a cross bar; 113. a diagonal brace; 2. an outer wall template; 3. a square rib plate; 4. a fixing component; 41. pre-burying a screw; 42. pre-burying a nut; 5. a support beam bar; 51. a hinged block; 52. a hinged seat; 521. fastening a bolt; 6. a support assembly; 61. a support plate; 611. mounting grooves; 62. anchor bolts; 7. the anti-drop ring; 71. and (5) tightening the screw.
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The present application is described in further detail below with reference to figures 1-4.
The embodiment of the application discloses supporting construction of basement reverse construction method. Referring to fig. 1, the supporting structure of basement reverse construction method construction includes supporting device 1, and supporting device 1 is used for consolidating the support to unilateral outer wall template 2, and area occupied during the installation reduces, reduces the narrow possibility that leads to consolidating the inefficiency of construction space, has shortened and has consolidated required time, has improved and has consolidated efficiency.
Referring to fig. 1, the supporting device 1 includes a plurality of supporting assemblies 11, parallel arrangement between a plurality of supporting assemblies 11, a plurality of supporting assemblies 11 all abut on the external wall formwork 2, supporting assembly 11 includes montant 111, horizontal pole 112 and diagonal brace 113, montant 111 abuts on the external wall formwork 2, the connection can be dismantled with the tip of montant 111 to the one end of horizontal pole 112, the connection can be dismantled with the tip of diagonal brace 113 to the other end of horizontal pole 112, the connection can be dismantled on montant 111 to the one end that diagonal brace 113 kept away from horizontal pole 112, montant 111 in this embodiment, horizontal pole 112 and diagonal brace 113 adopt bolted connection's mode to realize dismantling the connection, montant 111, the cross-section of supporting assembly 11 that encloses between horizontal pole 112 and the diagonal brace 113 is triangle-shaped, so as to improve overall stability.
Referring to fig. 1, a support assembly 6 is mounted on an outer wall of a cross bar 112, the support assembly 6 includes a support plate 61 and a plurality of anchor bolts 62, the support plate 61 is horizontally placed on the ground of the basement, and the anchor bolts 62 penetrate through the support plate 61 and are connected with the ground; a plurality of mounting grooves 611 have been seted up on the backup pad 61, the quantity of horizontal pole 112 is unanimous with the quantity of mounting groove 611 in this embodiment, a plurality of horizontal poles 112 all inlay and put in corresponding mounting groove 611, still install a plurality of anticreep rings 7 on the backup pad 61, anticreep ring 7 is half circular structure, anticreep ring 7's inner wall laminates with the outer wall of horizontal pole 112 mutually, anticreep ring 7 butt is in the backup pad 61, install on the anticreep ring 7 and be used for the holding screw 71 fixed with backup pad 61, be used for the fixed to horizontal pole 112 position, reduce the possibility of deviating from in the reinforcing process horizontal pole 112 from mounting groove 611, the stability of horizontal pole 112 installation has been improved.
Referring to fig. 1, a plurality of support beams 5 are installed between the cross bar 112 and the diagonal brace 113, and the plurality of support beams 5 are sequentially arranged along the length direction of the cross bar 112 to enhance the supporting capability between the cross bar 112 and the diagonal brace 113 and reduce the possibility of deformation of the cross bar 112 or the diagonal brace 113 under pressure.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the two ends of the supporting beam 5 along the length direction are integrally formed with the hinge blocks 51, the side walls of the cross bar 112 and the diagonal brace 113 are fixedly welded with the hinge seats 52, the hinge blocks 51 are inserted in the hinge seats 52, and the hinge seats 52 are provided with the fastening bolts 521 for fixing the hinge blocks 51, so that the supporting beam 5 can be disassembled and assembled, and the possibility that the supporting beam 5 is heavy and inconvenient to carry when integrally formed with the cross bar 112 and the diagonal brace 113 is reduced.
Referring to fig. 3, a plurality of square rib plates 3 are installed on one side of the plurality of vertical bars 111 close to the exterior wall formwork 2, the plurality of square rib plates 3 are abutted to the exterior wall formwork 2, the plurality of square rib plates 3 are arranged in parallel, each square rib plate 3 is arranged perpendicular to the vertical bar 111, and the square rib plates 3 are abutted to the side walls of the plurality of vertical bars 111, so that the positions of the gaps between the adjacent vertical bars 111 are supported, the supporting effect on the exterior wall formwork 2 is better, and the stability is higher.
Referring to fig. 3, a fixing member 4 for fixing to the exterior wall formwork 2 is installed on the vertical rod 111.
Referring to fig. 4, the fixing assembly 4 includes a pre-embedded screw rod 41 and a pre-embedded nut 42, the pre-embedded screw rod 41 sequentially penetrates through the outer wall formwork 2, the square rib plate 3 and the vertical rod 111, the pre-embedded nut 42 is in threaded connection with the pre-embedded screw rod 41, and the pre-embedded nut 42 abuts against the outer wall of the vertical rod 111 to fix the vertical rod 111, the square rib plate 3 and the outer wall formwork 2, so that the fixing is reliable, and the fixing assembly is convenient for an operator to disassemble and assemble.
The implementation principle of the supporting structure constructed by the basement reverse construction method in the embodiment of the application is as follows: during reinforcement, the vertical rods 111, the cross rods 112 and the inclined support rods 113 are taken out, the support assemblies 11 are assembled in sequence to form the support assemblies, the support plate 61 is taken out, the support plate 61 is placed at a specified position, the support plate 61 is fixed on the ground through the anchor bolts 62, the assembled cross rods 112 are embedded in the installation grooves 611 respectively, the anti-falling rings 7 are attached to the outer wall of the cross rods 112, the fastening screws 71 are screwed through tools, the hinge blocks 51 at the two ends of the support beam rod 5 are inserted into the hinge seats 52 of the cross rods 112 and the inclined support rods 113 respectively, the square rib plates 3 are taken out through the fastening bolts 521, and the square rib plates 3 and the vertical rods 111 are fixed through the embedded screws 41 to reinforce the single-side external wall formwork 2; through montant 111, horizontal pole 112, the setting of diagonal brace 113 and fixed subassembly 4, unilateral outer wall template 2 construction back, consolidate the construction to other outer wall templates 2 again, simple to operate, area occupied reduces during the installation simultaneously, reduce the narrow possibility that leads to consolidating the inefficiency of construction space, the required time of reinforcement has been shortened, the reinforcement efficiency has been improved, and the constructor of being convenient for is under construction to other parts in the basement simultaneously, the progress of whole engineering has been accelerated.
The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, so: equivalent changes in structure, shape and principle of the present application shall be covered by the protection scope of the present application.

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1. The utility model provides a supporting construction of basement reverse construction method, its characterized in that: including strutting arrangement (1), strutting arrangement (1) is used for supporting unilateral outer wall template (2), strutting arrangement (1) includes a plurality of subassemblies (11) of strutting, and is a plurality of strutting parallel arrangement between subassembly (11), and is a plurality of strut the equal butt of subassembly (11) on outer wall template (2), strut subassembly (11) including montant (111), horizontal pole (112) and diagonal brace (113), montant (111) butt is on outer wall template (2), the one end of montant (111) links to each other with horizontal pole (112), the other end of montant (111) is connected on diagonal brace (113), the one end that montant (111) were kept away from in diagonal brace (113) is connected on horizontal pole (112), horizontal pole (112) are installed subaerial, be provided with on montant (111) and be used for fixing fixed subassembly (4) with outer wall template (2).
2. The supporting structure of basement reverse construction method according to claim 1, characterized in that: one side of montant (111) is provided with a plurality of square floor (3), and is a plurality of parallel arrangement between square floor (3), it is a plurality of equal butt of square floor (3) is on outer wall template (2), each square floor (3) all links to each other with a plurality of montants (111).
3. The supporting structure of basement reverse construction method according to claim 2, characterized in that: fixed subassembly (4) include embedded screw (41) and embedded nut (42), embedded screw (41) run through outer wall template (2), square floor (3) and montant (111) in proper order, embedded nut (42) and embedded screw (41) threaded connection, embedded nut (42) butt is on the outer wall of montant (111).
4. The supporting structure of basement reverse construction method according to claim 1, characterized in that: a plurality of supporting beam rods (5) are arranged between the cross rod (112) and the inclined supporting rod (113), and the supporting beam rods (5) are sequentially arranged along the length direction of the cross rod (112).
5. The supporting structure of basement reverse construction method according to claim 4, characterized in that: the two ends of the supporting beam rod (5) are provided with hinged blocks (51), hinged seats (52) for the hinged blocks (51) to be inserted are arranged on the side walls of the cross rod (112) and the inclined supporting rod (113), and fastening bolts (521) used for fixing the hinged blocks (51) are arranged on the hinged seats (52).
6. The supporting structure of basement reverse construction method according to claim 1, characterized in that: one side that horizontal pole (112) are close to ground is provided with supporting component (6), supporting component (6) include backup pad (61) and a plurality of rag bolt (62), backup pad (61) are placed subaerial, and is a plurality of horizontal pole (112) all are connected on backup pad (61), and are a plurality of rag bolt (62) run through backup pad (61) and link to each other with ground.
7. The support structure of basement reverse construction method according to claim 6, characterized in that: a plurality of mounting grooves (611) are formed in one side, away from the ground, of the supporting plate (61), a plurality of the cross rods (112) correspond to the mounting grooves (611) in a one-to-one mode, and each cross rod (112) is embedded in the corresponding mounting groove (611).
8. The supporting structure of basement reverse construction method according to claim 7, characterized in that: be provided with anticreep ring (7) on backup pad (61), the inner wall of anticreep ring (7) is laminated with the outer wall of horizontal pole (112) mutually, anticreep ring (7) butt is on backup pad (61), be provided with on anticreep ring (7) and be used for with backup pad (61) fixed holding screw (71).
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