CN219280754U - Stress system suitable for reinforcing pile plate wall - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a stress system suitable for reinforcing a pile plate wall, which comprises a cross beam, a vertical beam and an anchor cable, wherein the cross beam is embedded in an anchor pile along the horizontal direction, and one side of the cross beam is propped against a soil retaining plate; the vertical beam is arranged on one side of the cross beam, which is away from the soil retaining plate, along the vertical direction; and one end of the anchor cable is connected with the vertical beam, and the other end of the anchor cable is anchored in the slope body. According to the utility model, the transverse beams are abutted against the retaining plates with cracks or deformation, and the transverse beams and the retaining plates with cracks or deformation are tensioned and fastened on the slope body by utilizing the vertical beams and the anchor cables, so that the pile plate wall with diseases is reinforced, the economical efficiency is improved, the engineering investment is saved on the premise of ensuring the safety, the pile foundation stress is reduced, the further deformation and deterioration of the pile foundation are avoided, and the least favorable stress position of the retaining plates is reinforced, and the further cracking of the retaining plates is avoided.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of geotechnical engineering, in particular to a stress system suitable for reinforcing a pile plate wall.
Background
In geotechnical engineering, a pile plate wall is a common supporting engineering measure, mainly consists of rectangular piles, a soil retaining plate and a wall thickness reverse filtering layer, and is widely used for reinforcing cutting side slopes and embankment side slopes of buildings, railways, highways and municipal administration.
However, in the actual use process of part of pile plate walls, due to the influence of natural factors such as earthquake, rainwater erosion, geological condition change and the like, early construction human factors and the like, diseases such as large pile deformation, cracking of retaining plates and the like appear, and the stability and the safety of the pile plate walls are reduced. In order to protect the normal use and operation of main projects such as pile plate wall construction, railway and highway municipal engineering, or in order to avoid the risk of collapse caused by further deformation of the pile plate wall, the pile plate wall is often required to be treated, and a dismantling and reconstructing method is mostly adopted in the projects.
In fact, although the pile plate wall is greatly deformed and the retaining wall is cracked, the pile plate wall has a certain bearing capacity because the pile plate wall is high in rigidity and high in deformation tolerance and does not collapse or break completely, and the bearing capacity is considered in terms of economy and use functions.
Therefore, the pile plate wall and the cracked retaining wall which are greatly deformed are not completely collapsed or destroyed, and the pile plate wall and the retaining wall which still have certain bearing capacity are removed and rebuilt, so that the normal operation of the existing engineering projects is often influenced, the rebuilt investment is large, the construction cost is higher, and the economic benefit and the social benefit are poor.
Disclosure of Invention
The main purpose of the utility model is that: the utility model provides a atress system suitable for stake sheet wall reinforcement aims at solving the stake sheet wall that will take place great deformation and the retaining wall of fracture promptly not collapse or destroy completely, still has stake sheet wall and retaining wall dismantlement rebuilding of certain bearing capacity, often can influence the normal operation of existing engineering project, and rebuilding's investment is big, construction cost is higher, economic benefits and social poor technical problem.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a stress system suitable for reinforcing a pile plate wall, which is an existing pile plate wall, wherein the pile plate wall comprises a plurality of anchoring piles and a plurality of retaining plates, one side of each anchoring pile is propped against a slope body, the retaining plates are arranged on one side of each anchoring pile, and a crack is formed by cracking a plate body of each retaining plate;
the stress system suitable for reinforcing pile plate wall comprises:
the cross beam is embedded between two adjacent anchoring piles in the plurality of anchoring piles along the horizontal direction, and one side of the cross beam is propped against the soil retaining plate;
the vertical beam is arranged on one side, away from the retaining plate, of the cross beam along the vertical direction; the method comprises the steps of,
and one end of the anchor cable is connected with the vertical beam, and the other end of the anchor cable is anchored in the slope body.
Optionally, in the above-mentioned atress system suitable for stake sheet wall reinforcement, the crossbeam includes first steel reinforcement cage and first concrete body, one of two adjacent anchor piles is inlayed to the one end of first steel reinforcement cage one anchor pile, the other end of first steel reinforcement cage inlays and locates two adjacent anchor piles another of pile, first concrete body cladding in first steel reinforcement cage.
Optionally, in the stress system applicable to reinforcement and reinforcement of a pile plate wall, the vertical beam comprises a second reinforcement cage and a second concrete body, the second reinforcement cage is vertically connected with the first reinforcement cage, and the second concrete body is wrapped with the second reinforcement cage.
Optionally, in the above-mentioned atress system suitable for stake sheet wall reinforcement, one end of anchor rope with the second steel reinforcement cage is connected, the other end anchor of anchor rope is in the slope.
Optionally, in the stress system suitable for reinforcing a pile plate wall, the first concrete body and the second concrete body are integrally formed.
Optionally, in the above-mentioned atress system suitable for stake sheet wall reinforcement, the quantity of crossbeam is a plurality of, and a plurality of the crossbeam is along vertical direction interval setting.
Optionally, in the above-mentioned atress system suitable for stake sheet wall reinforcement, the quantity of vertical beam is a plurality of, and a plurality of vertical beam is along the interval setting of horizontal direction.
Optionally, in the above-mentioned stress system suitable for reinforcing a pile plate wall, a distance between the vertical beam and one of the two adjacent anchor piles is equal to a distance between the vertical beam and the other of the two adjacent anchor piles.
Optionally, in the stress system applicable to reinforcement of a pile plate wall, the soil retaining plate is disposed on a side of the anchoring pile facing the slope body.
Optionally, in the stress system applicable to reinforcement of a pile plate wall, the soil retaining plate is disposed on a side of the anchoring pile facing away from the slope body.
The one or more technical schemes provided by the utility model can have the following advantages or at least realize the following technical effects:
the stress system suitable for reinforcing and reinforcing the pile plate wall provided by the utility model is characterized in that the transverse beams are abutted against the retaining plate with cracks or deformation, the transverse beams and the retaining plate with cracks or deformation are tensioned and fastened on a slope together by utilizing the vertical beams and the anchor cables, the pile plate wall with diseases is reinforced, the pile plate wall with diseases is not required to be dismantled and reconstructed on the premise of ensuring the safety, the economy is improved, the engineering investment is saved, the construction efficiency of the pile plate wall with diseases is improved, the condition that the operation of the existing engineering is greatly influenced due to the dismantling of the existing pile plate wall is avoided, the pile foundation stress is reduced, the further deformation and deterioration of the pile foundation are avoided, and the least adverse stress position of the retaining plate is reinforced, so that the retaining plate is prevented from being cracked further.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of a force-bearing system for reinforcing a pile wall according to the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a force system suitable for reinforcing a pile wall according to the present utility model;
fig. 3 is a side view structural view of a piling wall according to the present utility model.
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the achievement of the objects, functional features and advantages of the present utility model will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in conjunction with the embodiments.
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For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model more apparent, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments of the present utility model. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present utility model, all directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) are merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement conditions, and the like between the components in a certain specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indication is changed accordingly.
In the present disclosure, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or system that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or system. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or system that comprises the element. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" as it appears throughout includes three parallel schemes, for example "A and/or B", including the A scheme, or the B scheme, or the scheme where A and B are satisfied simultaneously.
In the present utility model, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "fixed," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "connected" may be either a fixed connection or a removable connection or integrated; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; the communication between the two elements can be realized, or the interaction relationship between the two elements can be realized.
In the present utility model, if there is a description referring to "first", "second", etc., the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature.
In the present utility model, suffixes such as "module", "assembly", "piece", "part" or "unit" used for representing elements are used only for facilitating the description of the present utility model, and have no specific meaning per se. Thus, "module," "component," or "unit" may be used in combination.
The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances. In addition, the technical solutions of the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it is based on the fact that those skilled in the art can implement the combination of the technical solutions, when the technical solutions contradict each other or cannot be implemented, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered as not existing and not falling within the protection scope of the present utility model.
The inventive concept of the present utility model is further elucidated below in connection with some embodiments.
The utility model provides a stress system suitable for reinforcing a pile plate wall.
Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of a force-bearing system suitable for reinforcing a pile-slab wall according to the present utility model; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a force system suitable for reinforcing a pile wall according to the present utility model; fig. 3 is a side view structural view of a piling wall according to the present utility model.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, a force system suitable for reinforcing a pile plate wall is an existing pile plate wall, the pile plate wall includes a plurality of anchor piles 100 and a plurality of retaining plates 200, one side of each anchor pile 100 abuts against a slope 300, the retaining plates 200 are disposed on one side of the anchor piles 100, and a crack 400 is formed by cracking a body of the retaining plate 200;
the stress system suitable for reinforcing the pile plate wall comprises a cross beam 500, a vertical beam 600 and anchor cables 700, wherein the cross beam 500 is embedded between two adjacent anchor piles 100 in a plurality of anchor piles 100 along the horizontal direction, and one side of the cross beam 500 is abutted against the soil retaining plate 200; the vertical beam 600 is disposed at a side of the cross beam 500 facing away from the soil guard plate 200 in a vertical direction; and, one end of the anchor cable 700 is connected with the vertical beam 600, and the other end of the anchor cable 700 is anchored in the slope 300.
Two adjacent anchor piles 100 corresponding to the soil-blocking plate 200 with the crack 400 are drilled to form a bar-planting hole, two ends of the cross beam 500 are respectively fixed on the two adjacent anchor piles 100 by utilizing the bar-planting hole, then the vertical beam 600 is connected to the middle position of the cross beam 500 in the horizontal direction, and the vertical beam 600 is anchored on the slope 300 through the anchor cable 700, so that the soil-blocking plate 200 and the piles are connected into a whole through the vertical beam 600 and the cross beam 500, the whole is stressed well, the safety is high, and the transverse crack 400 is generated or the soil-blocking plate 200 with overlarge deformation is reinforced by adopting the cross beam 500, so that further crack deformation is avoided.
In this embodiment and other embodiments, the existing pile wall refers to a pile wall that has been constructed, the vertical direction in fig. 3 is the vertical direction, the vertical direction in fig. 3 is the horizontal direction, the bottom of the anchor pile 100 is disposed below the ground line 800, the top end of the anchor pile 100 is inclined to form a slope line 900, and the slope 300 is disposed below the slope line 900.
According to the technical scheme, the transverse beam 500 is abutted against the retaining plate 200 with the crack 400 or deformation, and the transverse beam 500 and the retaining plate 200 with the crack 400 or deformation are tensioned and fastened on the slope 300 by utilizing the vertical beam 600 and the anchor cable 700, so that the pile plate wall with the disease is reinforced, the pile plate wall with the disease is not required to be dismantled and reconstructed on the premise of ensuring the safety, the economical efficiency is improved, the engineering investment is saved, the construction efficiency of the pile plate wall with the disease is improved, the condition that the existing engineering operation is greatly influenced due to the dismantling of the existing pile plate wall is avoided, pile foundation stress is reduced, further deformation and deterioration of the pile foundation are avoided, and the least adverse stress position of the retaining plate 200 is reinforced, so that the further cracking of the retaining plate 200 is avoided.
In one embodiment, the cross beam 500 includes a first reinforcement cage and a first concrete body, one end of the first reinforcement cage is embedded in one of the two adjacent anchor piles 100, the other end of the first reinforcement cage is embedded in the other of the two adjacent anchor piles 100, and the first concrete body is coated on the first reinforcement cage.
After the bar planting holes are formed on the two adjacent anchoring piles 100, bar planting is performed by using the bar planting holes, so that two ends of the first reinforcement cage are respectively connected with the two adjacent anchoring piles 100, the load capacity of the cross beam 500 is improved, and the reinforcement effect on the soil retaining plate 200 is improved.
In one embodiment, the vertical beam 600 includes a second reinforcement cage vertically connected to the first reinforcement cage and a second concrete body wrapped around the second reinforcement cage.
After the first reinforcement cage is installed, the second reinforcement cage is vertically connected to the first reinforcement cage, so that the cross beam 500 is connected with the vertical beam 600 and is crossed, the cross beam 500 and the vertical beam 600 are connected to form an integral structure, the reinforcement effect on the soil retaining plate 200 is improved, and the protection effect on the side slope body 300 is improved.
In one embodiment, to increase the load carrying capacity of the vertical beams 600 and the cross beams 500, one end of the anchor cable 700 is connected to a second reinforcement cage and the other end of the anchor cable 700 is anchored within the slope 300.
In one embodiment, to form the cross beam 500 and the vertical beam 600 into an integral structure, and to provide the connection between the cross beam 500 and the vertical beam 600 with a load capacity, the cross beam 500 and the vertical beam 600 are prevented from being separated and damaged when being stressed, and the first concrete body and the second concrete body are integrally formed.
In one embodiment, in order to improve the loading capacity of the soil blocking plate 200 while saving construction costs, the number of the cross beams 500 is plural, and the plurality of cross beams 500 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction.
In one embodiment, in order to increase the load capacity of the cross beam 500 and the vertical beams 600 to increase the load capacity of the soil guard plate 200, the number of the vertical beams 600 is plural, and the plurality of vertical beams 600 are arranged at intervals in the horizontal direction.
In one embodiment, the spacing between a vertical beam 600 and one of the two adjacent anchor piles 100 is equal to the spacing between a vertical beam 600 and the other of the two adjacent anchor piles 100.
When only one vertical beam 600 is provided, in order to secure structural strength of the vertical beam 600 and the cross beam 500 fastened by the anchor cable 700 by tension, the load capacity of the soil blocking plate 200 is improved, and the vertical beam 600 is provided at the middle of the cross beam 500 in the horizontal direction.
In one embodiment, the retaining plate 200 is disposed on a side of the anchor piles 100 facing the slope 300.
When the soil-blocking plate 200 is a pile back baffle, the transverse beams 500 and the vertical beams 600 are tensioned through the anchor cables 700 to support the soil-blocking plate 200 against the slope 300, and the transverse beams 500 and the vertical beams 600 are arranged on one side of the soil-blocking plate 200 away from the slope 300.
In one embodiment, the retaining plate 200 is disposed on a side of the anchor pile 100 facing away from the slope 300.
When the retaining plate 200 is a front baffle, the transverse beams 500 and the vertical beams 600 are tensioned through the anchor cables 700 to support the retaining plate 200 against the anchor piles 100, and the transverse beams 500 and the vertical beams 600 are arranged on one side of the retaining wall away from the anchor piles 100.
It should be noted that, the foregoing reference numerals of the embodiments of the present utility model are only for describing the embodiments, and do not represent the advantages and disadvantages of the embodiments. The above embodiments are only optional embodiments of the present utility model, and not limiting the scope of the present utility model, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes using the descriptions of the present utility model and the accompanying drawings or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present utility model.
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1. The stress system suitable for reinforcing a pile plate wall is characterized in that the pile plate wall is an existing pile plate wall, the pile plate wall comprises a plurality of anchoring piles (100) and a plurality of retaining plates (200), one side of each anchoring pile (100) is propped against a slope body (300), the retaining plates (200) are arranged on one side of each anchoring pile (100), and a crack (400) is formed by cracking a plate body of each retaining plate (200);
the stress system suitable for reinforcing pile plate wall comprises:
the cross beam (500) is embedded between two adjacent anchor piles (100) in the plurality of anchor piles (100) along the horizontal direction, and one side of the cross beam (500) is abutted against the soil retaining plate (200);
the vertical beam (600) is arranged on one side, away from the soil retaining plate (200), of the cross beam (500) along the vertical direction; the method comprises the steps of,
and one end of the anchor cable (700) is connected with the vertical beam (600), and the other end of the anchor cable (700) is anchored in the slope body (300).
2. A force-receiving system suitable for reinforcing a pile-sheet wall according to claim 1, wherein the cross beam (500) comprises a first reinforcement cage and a first concrete body, one end of the first reinforcement cage is embedded in one (100) of two adjacent anchor piles (100), the other end of the first reinforcement cage is embedded in the other (100) of two adjacent anchor piles (100), and the first concrete body is coated on the first reinforcement cage.
3. A force system suitable for reinforcing a piling slab wall according to claim 2, wherein the vertical beam (600) includes a second reinforcement cage and a second concrete body, the second reinforcement cage being vertically connected to the first reinforcement cage, the second concrete body being wrapped around the second reinforcement cage.
4. A force-receiving system for reinforcing a piling slab wall according to claim 3, wherein one end of the anchor cable (700) is connected to the second reinforcement cage, and the other end of the anchor cable (700) is anchored in the slope body (300).
5. A force receiving system for reinforcing a piling wall as defined in claim 4, wherein said first concrete body and said second concrete body are integrally formed.
6. A force-receiving system for reinforcing a piling wall according to claim 5, wherein the number of said cross members (500) is plural, and a plurality of said cross members (500) are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction.
7. A force receiving system suitable for reinforcing a piling wall according to claim 6, wherein the number of said vertical beams (600) is plural, and a plurality of said vertical beams (600) are arranged at intervals in the horizontal direction.
8. A force system suitable for reinforcing a sheet wall of piles according to claim 7, wherein the spacing between said vertical beam (600) and one (100) of the adjacent two (100) of said anchors is equal to the spacing between said vertical beam (600) and the other (100) of the adjacent two (100) of said anchors.
9. A force system suitable for reinforcement of a pile wall according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the retaining plate (200) is arranged on the side of the anchor piles (100) facing the slope (300).
10. A force system suitable for reinforcement of a pile wall according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the retaining plate (200) is arranged on the side of the anchor pile (100) facing away from the slope (300).
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