EP0307541B1 - Dränagematte - Google Patents

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EP0307541B1
EP0307541B1 EP88106595A EP88106595A EP0307541B1 EP 0307541 B1 EP0307541 B1 EP 0307541B1 EP 88106595 A EP88106595 A EP 88106595A EP 88106595 A EP88106595 A EP 88106595A EP 0307541 B1 EP0307541 B1 EP 0307541B1
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    • 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
    • E01F5/00—Draining the sub-base, i.e. subgrade or ground-work, e.g. embankment of roads or of the ballastway of railways or draining-off road surface or ballastway drainage by trenches, culverts, or conduits or other specially adapted means
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
    • E01C11/00—Details of pavings
    • E01C11/22—Gutters; Kerbs ; Surface drainage of streets, roads or like traffic areas
    • E01C11/224—Surface drainage of streets
    • E01C11/225—Paving specially adapted for through-the-surfacing drainage, e.g. perforated, porous; Preformed paving elements comprising, or adapted to form, passageways for carrying off drainage
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
    • E01C11/00—Details of pavings
    • E01C11/22—Gutters; Kerbs ; Surface drainage of streets, roads or like traffic areas
    • E01C11/224—Surface drainage of streets
    • E01C11/227—Gutters; Channels ; Roof drainage discharge ducts set in sidewalks
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
    • E01C13/00—Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds; Drainage, irrigation or heating of sports grounds
    • E01C13/08—Surfaces simulating grass ; Grass-grown sports grounds
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
    • E01C13/00—Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds; Drainage, irrigation or heating of sports grounds
    • E01C13/10—Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds; Drainage, irrigation or heating of sports grounds for artificial surfaces for outdoor or indoor practice of snow or ice sports
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B11/00—Drainage of soil, e.g. for agricultural purposes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B2204/00—Characteristics of the track and its foundations
    • E01B2204/05—Use of geotextiles

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  • This invention relates to multidirectional drainage mats which are useful and effective, for instance as a highway edge drain for the dewatering of highway pavement systems.
  • Moisture in pavement systems can come from several sources. Moisture may permeate the sides, particularly where coarse-grained layers are present or where surface drainage facilities within the vicinity are inadequate. The water table may rise; this can be expected in the winter and spring seasons. Surface water may enter joints and cracks in the pavement, penetrate at the edges of the surfacing, or percolate through the surfacing and shoulders. Water may move vertically in capillaries or interconnected water films. Moisture may move in vapor form, depending upon adequate temperature gradients and air void space. Moreover, the problem of water in pavement systems often becomes more severe in areas where frost action or freeze-thaw cycles occur, as well as in areas of swelling soils and shales.
  • pavement distresses caused by water are quite numerous and vary depending on the type of pavement system.
  • some of the distresses related to water either alone or in combination with temperature include: potholes, loss of aggregates, raveling, weathering, alligator cracking, reflective cracking, shrinkage cracking, shoving, and heaves (from frost or swelling soils).
  • some of the distresses include faulting, joint failure, pumping, corner cracking, diagonal cracking, transverse cracking, longitudinal cracking, shrinkage cracking, blowup or buckling, curling, D-cracking, surface spalling, and steel corrosion, and heaving (from frost or swelling soils).
  • faulting at the joints is a normal manifestation of distress of unreinforced concrete pavements without load transfer. Faulting can occur under the following conditions:
  • Methods for predicting and controlling water contents in pavement systems are well documented by Dempsey in "Climatic Effects on Airport Pavement Systems--State of the Art", Report No. FAA-RD-75-196 (1976), United States Department of Defense and United States Department of Transportation.
  • Methods for controlling moisture in pavement systems can generally be classified in terms of protection through the use of waterproofing membranes and anticapillary courses, the utilization of materials which are insensitive to moisture changes, and water evacuation by means of subdrainage.
  • a highway subsurface drainage system should, among other functions, intercept or cut off the seepage above an impervious boundary, draw down or lower the water table, and/or collect the flow from other drainage systems.
  • Existing highway drains include a multitude of designs. Among the simplest are those which comprise a perforated pipe installed at the bottom of an excavated trench backfilled with sand or coarse aggregate. For instance, a standard drain specified by the State of Illinois requires a 10.16 cm. diameter perforated pipe be placed in the bottom of a trench 8 inches (20.3 cm) wide by 30 inches (76 cm) deep. The trench is then backfilled with coarse sand meeting the State of Illinois standard FA1 or FA2.
  • Such drains are costly to fabricate in terms of labor and materials. For instance the material excavated from the trench must be hauled to a disposal site, and sand backfill must be purchased and hauled to the drain construction site.
  • drains have attempted to avoid the use of the perforated pipe by utilizing a synthetic textile fabric as a trench liner.
  • the fabric-lined trench is filled with a coarse aggregate which provides a support for the fabric.
  • the void space within the combined aggregate serves as a conduit for collected water which permeates the fabric.
  • Such drains are costly to install, for instance in terms of labor to lay in and fold the fabric as well as in terms of haulage of excavated and backfill material.
  • Healy et. al. generally disclose a planar extended surface core covered with a filter fabric which serves as a water collector. One edge of the core terminates in a pipe-like conduit for transporting collected water.
  • a pipe-like conduit for transporting collected water.
  • the configurations for the planar extended core are a square-corrugated sheet and an expanded metal sheet.
  • a major disadvantage of designs proposed by Healy et. al. is that the drains are rigid and not bendable; this requires excavation of sufficiently long trenches that an entire length of drain can be installed.
  • the pipe-like conduit requires a wider trench than might otherwise be needed.
  • the expanded metal sheet core does not provide adequate support to the fabric which can readily collapse against the opposing fabric surface, thereby greatly reducing the flow capacity within the core.
  • the square corrugated sheet core is limited in that at least 50 percent of the fabric surface arc is occluded by the core, thereby reducing water collection area.
  • a related drainage material with extended surface is a two-layer composite of polyester non-woven filter fabric heat bonded to an expanded nylon non-woven matting, such as ENKADRAINTM foundation drainage material available from American Enka Company of Enka, North Carolina.
  • the drainage material which can be rolled has filter fabric on one side of the nylon non-woven matting.
  • the drainage material serves as a collector only and requires installation of a conduit at the lower edge. This necessitates costly excavation of wide trenches, in addition to cost of conduit.
  • Another related drainage material with extended surface comprises a filter fabric covered core of cuspated polymeric sheet, such as STRIPDRAIN drainage product available from Nylex Corporation Limited of Victoria, Australia.
  • the impervious cuspated polymeric sheet divides the core into two isolated opposing sections which keeps water collected on one side on that side.
  • the core in order that the drainage material be flexible, the core must be contained in a loose fabric envelope which, being unsupported on the core, can due to soil loading collapse into the core thereby blocking flow channels.
  • the cuspated polymeric sheet is bendable only along two perpendicular axes in the plane of the sheet. This makes installation somewhat difficult, for instance whole lengths must be inserted at once in an excavated trench.
  • a still further similar polymeric drainage product comprises a perforated sheet attached to flat surfaces of truncated cones extending from an impervious sheet, such a CULDRAIN board-shaped draining material available from Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
  • the perforated sheet has holes in the range of 0.5 to 2.0 millimeters in diameter and allows fine and small particles to be leached from the subsurface soil.
  • the drainage materials available have one or more significant disadvantages, including economic disadvantages of requiring extensive amounts of labor for installation and performance disadvantages such as requiring separate conduit for removing collected water.
  • a further performance disadvantage is that the drainage materials utilize fabric which, depending on the adjoining soil, may become blinded with soil particles or may allow too much material to pass through resulting in loss of subgrade support.
  • the drainage mat of this invention serves both as a collector, as well as a conduit for removing, intercepted ground water.
  • the preferred drainage mat of this invention is flexible along any axis into one plane of its major longitudinal surface, this greatly facilitates installation of long lengths of drainage mat in incremental lengths as trenches are excavated and backfilled within a short length. This provides a significant economic advantage in installation cost when automatic installation equipment is utilized.
  • One embodiment of the drainage mat of this invention can, depending on hydraulic gradient, allow intercepted water to flow through any surface of the mat into a common conduit.
  • elongate drainage mat refers to a drainage mat having a length substantially larger than its width or depth.
  • longitudinal axis refers to the axis passing through the center of an elongate drainage mat along its length.
  • transverse rectangular cross section refers to a cross section of an elongate drainage mat in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis of the drainage mat.
  • pointing means a direction in which the longitudinal axis of an elongate drainage mat is extended or aimed.
  • An elongate drainage mat is said to be "vertically-pointed" when the longitudinal axis of the drainage mat is generally vertical with respect to the surface of the earth.
  • An elongate drainage mat is said to be "horizontally-pointed" when the longitudinal axis of the drainage mat is generally horizontal with respect to the surface of the earth.
  • attitude refers to the attitude of an elongate drain mat having a rectangular transverse cross section determined by the relationship of the axes of the rectangular transverse cross section.
  • An elongate horizontally-pointed drainage mat having a rectangular transverse cross section is said to be "vertically-oriented" when the axis of the rectangular transverse cross section having the larger dimension is in a vertical position and the axis of the rectangular transverse cross section having the smaller dimension is in a horizontal position.
  • the same drainage mat, when rotated 90° around its longitudinal axis, is said to be "horizontally-oriented".
  • the coefficient of permeability which indicates the rate of water flow through a fabric material under a differential pressure between the two fabric surfaces expressed in terms of velocity, e.g., centimeters per second.
  • Such coefficients of permeability can be determined in accordance with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard D-737.
  • ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
  • permittivity is a ratio of the coefficient of permeability to fabric thickness, expressed in terms of velocity per thickness, which reduces to inverse time, e.g., seconds ⁇ 1.
  • Permittivity can be determined in accordance with a procedure defined in Appendix A of Transportation Research Report 80-2, available from the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
  • a highway is subjected to repeated dynamic loading by traffic. Such loading can lead to substantial pore pressure pulses in a saturated pavement system.
  • a soil-filter fabric at the pavement edge may be subjected not only to a static hydraulic gradient, but also to a dynamic gradient caused by the highway traffic loading.
  • Another useful parameter for characterizing fabric useful in the drainage mat of this invention is "dynamic permeability" which indicates the rate of water flow through a column of specifically gradated soil over a layer of fabric material under a combined static and dynamic hydraulic gradient.
  • Dynamic permeability characterizes fabric performance in resisting blinding and pluggage under conditions which duplicate the effects of repeated traffic loading. The method for determining "dynamic permeability" is disclosed in Example III, herein.
  • Our EP-A-01.24500 from which the present application is divided, described and claims an elongate drainage mat having a rectangular transverse cross section, said drainage mat comprising: a polymeric core having a plurality of substantially rigid fingers extending from one side of a layer and an enveloping water permeable fabric, characterised in that the mat is bendable into the surface proximate the ends of the fingers, and the fabric is secured to a sufficient number of ends of said fingers such that the fabric does not unduly collapse.
  • This invention provides a drainage mat comprising a three-dimensional openwork covered on at least a major surface with a water permeable fabric, having a permittivity from 0.2 seconds ⁇ 1 to 2.0 seconds ⁇ 1 and exhibiting a dynamic permeability after 106 loadings of at least 10 ⁇ 4 centimeters per second.
  • a preferred mat according to this invention is an elongate, bendable drainage mat having a rectangular cross section, comprising a polymeric core having a plurality of fingers extending from one side of a layer and an enveloping water permeable fabric.
  • the fabric has a permittivity from 0.2 seconds ⁇ 1 to 2.0 seconds ⁇ 1 and dynamic permeability after 106 loadings of at least 10 ⁇ 4 centimeters per second.
  • the fabric does not unduly collapse in a flow-restricting manner into the conduit area of the mat it is generally desired that the fabric be secured to a sufficient number of the ends of the fingers.
  • the mat is bendable only such that the surface proximate the layer becomes convex.
  • This invention also provides a number of improved systems utilizing such drainage mat including, for instance, an improved highway system.
  • a preferred elongate, bendable polymeric drainage mat having a rectangular transverse cross section comprises a polymeric core having a plurality of substantially rigid fingers extending from one side of a layer and an enveloping water permeable fabric.
  • the fabric has a permittivity from 0.2 seconds ⁇ 1 to 2.0 seconds ⁇ 1 and a dynamic permeability after 106 loadings of at least 10 ⁇ 4 centimeters per second. It is generally desirable that the fabric be secured to the core to avoid undesirable movement of the fabric relative to the core. For instance the fabric can be secured to the layer. In those instances when the layer is perforated, or otherwise permeable, the fabric should totally envelop the core including the perforated layer such that perforations in the layer are covered by fabric.
  • the fabric should also be secured to a sufficient number of ends of said fingers such that the fabric does not unduly collapse into space around the fingers.
  • the fabric may be secured to relatively few of the plurality of fingers, for instance less than 50 percent, say even as low as 30 percent or even 10 percent, of the fingers to avoid movement of the fabric relative to the ends of the fingers such that the fabric would unduly collapse into the space around the fingers thereby occluding cross-sectional area otherwise available for fluid flow.
  • the preferred drainage mats of this invention have unique properties characterized by a large surface area available for drainage, bendability for ease of installation, and a large open transverse cross-sectional area which serves as a conduit for allowing high multi-directional flow volumes for rapid evacuation of collected water.
  • Figure 1 schematically illustrates an embodiment of a section of drainage mat of this invention where water permeable fabric 1 envelops core 2 having a plurality of substantially rigid fingers 4 extending from one side of a layer 3.
  • the longitudinal axis of the mat is indicated by axis 5.
  • Figure 2 schematically illustrates an embodiment of a section of polymeric core useful in the drainage mat where the core has a plurality of fingers 24 extending from layer 23.
  • Figure 3 schematically illustrates a transverse cross section of drainage mat where fabric 31 envelops a core having a plurality of substantially rigid fingers 34 extending from one side of a layer 33.
  • the drainage mat shown is readily bendable into the surface 35 proximate the ends 37 of the fingers 34. That is, the drainage mat is readily bendable only such that the surface 35 proximate the ends 37 of the fingers 34 become concave, and the surface 36 proximate the layer 33 becomes convex. In this regard the drainage mat can not be folded upon itself into the surface 36 proximate the layer 33 without an undue amount of force which is likely to tear the fabric or deform or collapse the core. This is especially the case when the fabric is bonded to the core.
  • the mat is however readily bendable with little force such that the surface 35 proximate the ends 37 of the fingers 34 will readily and easily bend upon itself even up to about 180° around a bending axis having a radius of less than about 1 inch (2.54 cm), for instance as low as 0.25 inches (0.63 cm).
  • This bending into the surface proximate the ends of the fingers can be achieved around any bending axis parallel to the surface 35.
  • Figure 5 illustrates various bending axes superimposed on a drainage mat surface 56 proximate the ends of the fingers. Such bending axes are parallel to the surface 56 and are defined by their rotational disposition from longitudinal axis 50 of the drainage mat.
  • a bending axis can be rotationally disposed at any angle from 0 to 180° from the longitudinal axis 50.
  • the bending axis 51 is normal to the longitudinal axis 50 (that is, the bending axis 51 is rotationally disposed at an angle of 90° from the longitudinal axis 50).
  • the drainage mat can be folded upon itself around bending axis 51 resulting in a shorter length; or such mat can be rolled into a short cylindrical spiral roll.
  • the bending axis 52 is parallel to the longitudinal axis 50 (that is, the bending axis 52 is rotationally disposed at an angle of 0° from the longitudinal axis 50).
  • the drainage mat can be folded around bending axis 52 upon itself lengthwise or rolled into a long spiral roll.
  • the longitudinal axis 50 of the drainage mat will effect a 90° bend, as illustrated in Figure 6.
  • This property of the drainage mat is particularly useful for those installations where the drainage mat 61 is to be installed below grade in a vertical orientation.
  • the drainage mat can be provided in a vertical orientation above grade and guided to a roller 62 at an angle of 45°.
  • the drainage mat directed around such a roller 62 will be normal to a horizontal plane and can be guided to a second roller 63 at an angle of 45° at an elevation below grade. This second roller 63 will direct the drainage mat into a vertical orientation below grade in a position for its utilization.
  • rollers at other angles can be utilized to effect such changes in elevation.
  • changes in horizontal position can also be effected by rollers disposed in horizontally parallel planes.
  • the preferred drainage mat of this invention provides a large open transverse cross-sectional area which provides little resistance to flow in any direction.
  • a large open transverse cross-sectional area is provided by selecting an optimum number of substantially rigid fingers which provide the spaced-apart fabric surfaces.
  • the core for use in the preferred drainage mat of this invention is three-dimensional, having a plurality of substantially rigid fingers extending from one side of a layer.
  • the layer can be impervious or perforated, depending on the intended use. When it is desirable that the drainage mat be capable of intercepting water from both major surfaces the layer should be perforated.
  • a core with a perforated layer is illustrated in Figure 2 where layer 23 has a plurality of perforations 25. Such perforations should be of sufficiently large area to allow water containing suspended solids to pass freely through the layer without pluggage by entrapped or bridged solids.
  • the fingers can comprise a very large group of shaped projections. As illustrated in Figure 2 a preferred finger is a rod-like projection which is cylindrical and projects in a direction normal to the plane of the layer. Fingers of other shapes can be utilized for instance fingers having square, hexagonal, star or oblong cross-sectional shape or with fins, etc. Such shapes can be influenced by the mold design utilized in the core forming process. Although solid fingers can be utilized, it is often desired that the fingers be hollow both for ease of fabrication and for minimizing the mass of the core to facilitate installation.
  • the fingers can be characterized as having a nominal diameter which is an average transverse dimension across the cross section of a finger.
  • the nominal diameter is the diameter of the circular cross section; when the finger has some other geometric shape the nominal diameter is an average transverse dimension, for instance when the finger is square shaped the average transverse dimension will be somewhat greater than a side of the square but somewhat less than the diagonal of the square.
  • the nominal diameter dimension can be approximated by twice the average of the maximum and the minimum distance from the center of the shape to a surface.
  • fingers In most instances it is preferred that fingers have a central axis which is normal to the plane of the perforated layer. In other cases it may be desirable for fingers to project at some other angle from the perforated layer.
  • the core can be characterized as having fingers which have a nominal diameter such that the ratio of the length of the fingers measured from the perforated layer to the end of the finger to the nominal diameter of the finger is in the range of from about 1: 1 to about 8: 1.
  • the core be provided with an optimum spacing of fingers which can be characterized as an average center spacing, that is, the distance between centers of fingers intercepting the base.
  • Average center spacing can range from about 0.3 inches (0.76 cm) to about 3 inches or more (7.6 cm). In many instances it is desired that the average center spacing range from 0.9 inches (2.3 cm) to 1.25 inches (3.2 cm).
  • Cores having utility in the drainage mat of this invention can have fingers with a length from about 0.125 inches (0.3 cm) to 3 inches or more (7.6 cm) in length and a nominal diameter of from about 0.1 inches (0.25 cm) to 1.0 inch (2.54 cm) or more. However, it is often desired that the fingers have a length from 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) to 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) and a nominal diameter from 0.15 inches (0.4 cm) to 0.5 inches (1.3 cm).
  • the depth of drainage mat will be approximated by the length of the fingers and the length can be very long, for instance up to about 400 feet (122 meters).
  • the width of the drainage mat that is, the larger dimension of its transverse rectangular cross section can range from 6 inches (15.2 cm) to more than 4 feet (122 cm), say even up to 12 feet (365 cm) or more.
  • the width will depend on the size of the apparatus used to fabricate the core. Larger sizes can be fabricated by fastening two or more widths of core.
  • Drainage mats can be fabricated from a very large variety of polymeric materials.
  • the preferred materials for the core are thermoplastic materials such as polyethylene and polypropylene.
  • the preferred materials comprise low density polyethylene or linear low density poylethylene.
  • Polymeric core useful in the drainage mat of this invention can be fabricated utilizing thermoplastic molding apparatus and processes well known to those skilled in such art.
  • a preferred procedure for fabricating polymeric core having hollow cylindrical fingers is to utilize continuous molding apparatus as described by Dolemen et. al. in U.S. Patent 3,507,010.
  • Figure 7 illustrates a cross-sectional view of such continuous molding apparatus comprising a rotating cylindrical drum 70 having a plurality of regularly spaced injection cavities 71.
  • the cylindrical drum 70 rotates in context with stationary injection head 74.
  • the spacing of the injection cavities 71 will correspond to the average center spacing of the fingers extending from one side of the core.
  • the cross-sectional shape of the injection cavities can be varied to produce fingers of a desired cross section, for instance circular, rectangular, star-shaped, etc. Such fingers can also be tapered, depending on the cavity design.
  • Hollow fingers can also be produced by providing an annular injection cavity, as illustrated in Figure 7, where each injection cavity 71 is fitted with an insertion pin 72, having a reduced diameter extension 73. The length of the reduced diameter extension can be varied depending on the desired depth of the hollow bore within the finger.
  • Stationary injection head 74 has two rows of extension nozzles--high pressure nozzles 76 and low pressure nozzles 75.
  • the high pressure nozzles 76 provide molten thermoplastic material P from a pressurized reservoir 77 to the injection cavities 71 as they rotate into communication with the end of the high pressure nozzle 76.
  • a high pressure nozzle 76 is aligned with each row of injection cavities 71 aligned around the circumference of the cylindrical drum 70.
  • the low pressure nozzles 75 are supplied with molten thermoplastic material P from the pressurized reservoir 77.
  • Restrictors 78 in each low pressure nozzle reduce the pressure of the thermoplastic material exiting the end of each low pressure nozzle providing longitudinal stringers between rows of fingers.
  • Core geometry can be varied as desired by providing such continuous injection molding apparatus with appropriate dimensions.
  • the enveloping water permeable fabric can comprise a wide variety of materials.
  • the preferred fabrics are those comprising polymeric materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamides, polyesters and polyacrylics.
  • the fabric comprise a hydrophobic material such as polypropylene or polyester.
  • Such fabric should be sufficiently water permeable that it exhibits a water permittivity in the range of from about 0.2 seconds ⁇ 1 to 2.0 seconds ⁇ 1. More preferred fabrics are those having a permittivity in the range of from about 0.5 seconds ⁇ 1 to about 1.0 seconds ⁇ 1.
  • the fabric can either be of a woven or non-woven manufacture; however non-woven fabrics are often generally preferred.
  • the fabric should also exhibit substantial resistance to blinding and pluggage, for instance as may be caused by bridging or arching of soil particles next to the fabric. Since the fabric in many installations, for instance in highway edge drains, is subjected to both static and dynamic hydraulic gradient due to repeated traffic loading, dynamic permeability is an essential characteristic of the drainage mat of this invention.
  • the fabric should exhibit a dynamic permeability after 106 loadings, as described in the procedure of Example III below, of at least 10 ⁇ 4 centimeters per second.
  • a more preferred fabric will exhibit a dynamic permeability after 106 loadings of at least 10 ⁇ 3 centimeters per second, for instance in the range of 10 ⁇ 2 to 10 ⁇ 3 centimeters per second.
  • a fabric which exhibits a dynamic permeability of as low as 10 ⁇ 5 centimeters per second may be acceptable.
  • Dynamic permeability readings may vary over the course of repeated loadings, for instance over 10 6 loadings. It is generally desired that variations in dynamic permeability be within an acceptable range based on the highest reading of dynamic permeability. For instance, the ratio of the highest reading of dynamic permeability to the lowest reading of dynamic permeability over 106 loadings (a million loading dynamic permeability ratio) should not exceed 100. It is more preferred that the million loading dynamic permeability ratio be about 50 or less.
  • the water permeable fabric envelop the entire core.
  • the fabric need only overlap the edges of the layer.
  • the fabric should entirely envelop the core.
  • the fabric may be provided as a sock to slip over the core.
  • the fabric may be wrapped around the core such that there is an overlapping longitudinal seam to form the enveloping fabric.
  • the fabric should preferably be secured to the core particularly to the ends of the fingers to avoid collapse of the fabric into the conduit space of the core.
  • a variety of methods of securing the fabric to the core may be employed.
  • the fabric can be secured to the core by use of an adhesive, such as a hot melt adhesive.
  • the fabric can also be secured to the core by the use of mechanical fasteners or by sonic welding.
  • the fabric can be secured to the ends of the fingers by causing the material of the ends of the fingers to flow into the fabric.
  • the drainage mat of this invention is useful in any number of applications where it is desirable to remove water from an area.
  • the mat can be used in aquariums as a support for gravel.
  • the permeability of the fabric could vary depending on whether filtering would be desired.
  • the drainage mat can also be advantageously utilized as a support for both natural and artificial turf. It is sometimes desirable to grow turf over a paved surface, for instance a patio or rooftop.
  • the drainage mat of this invention can be laid in a horizontal orientation, preferably within a confined area, then covered with a layer of soil, such as loam, to support natural turf.
  • the drainage mat of this invention can be advantageously installed below the artificial turf, which is most often water permeable, to collect and drain away rain water. Even when installed on a level paved surface, the depth of the drainage mat will provide sufficient head to allow adequate water flow over several hundred meters to drain connections.
  • the drainage mat of this invention has sufficient strength to support playing activity including vehicle traffic on the supported artificial turf.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a cross-sectional view of an artificial turf playing surface supported by a drainage mat in accordance with this invention.
  • Artificial turf 91 is installed over a resilient mat 92 having a plurality of perforations 93.
  • the resilient mat 92 is installed over a drainage mat 94, according to this invention.
  • the drainage mat can be installed with the layer against a supporting smooth surface 95; alternatively, if the layer is perforated, the drainage mat can be installed with the layer against the resilient mat 92.
  • the drainage mat of this invention is advantageously useful with traffic-carrying surfaces for bearing traffic by motor vehicles, aircraft, rail conveyed vehicles and even pedestrians. Such use of this drainage mat is particularly advantageous in those installations where the drainage mat is installed such that the larger of its transverse cross-sectional dimensions is normal to an area to be drained. For instance the mat is useful in a vertical orientation as a traffic carrying surface edge drain, such as a highway edge drain or as a joint drain for instance where two pavement segments abut.
  • a traffic carrying surface edge drain such as a highway edge drain or as a joint drain for instance where two pavement segments abut.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a highway system comprising concrete pavement 41 with an adjoining shoulder 42 which may be paved.
  • the concrete pavement 41 overlies a support bed 43.
  • the shoulder overlies support 44.
  • a drainage mat with an impervious layer can be installed with the impervious layer in contact with the vertical edge of the support bed to prevent the flow of ground water either into or out of the support bed.
  • the drainage mat can intercept and carry away ground water which could otherwise enter the support bed.
  • the drainage mat is also advantageously useful in railroad systems when installed in a horizontal orientation for instance below or within ballast.
  • Figure 10 schematically illustrates such an installation where a pair of rails 96 lie on cross-ties 97 which are supported by ballast 98.
  • Drainage mat 99 according to this invention can lie below or within the ballast to stabilize the railroad system by intercepting and carrying away rain water which would allow ballast and soil to intermix undermining the support.
  • the drainage mat of this invention is readily installed with simple connectors and transition pieces. For instance, rectangular molded couplings fitting over the terminals of the drainage mat can readily splice two lengths of drainage mat. Transition pieces adapted to intercept the bottom edge of the drainage mat can be utilized to connect the drainage mat to standard circular conduit or pipe for conveying collected water away from the drainage mat to a sewer or drain system.
  • the apparatus comprises a cylindrical drum provided with a multitude of equally spaced rows of cavities, for instance on one-half inch centers. Fluted insertion pins were press-fitted into the cavities to selectively limit the penetration of injected polymer melt into the drum and thus control the height of the projections formed from the polymer. In one-fourth of the cavities the fluted insertion pins were replaced with insertion pins having a reduced diameter extension forming an annular mold space within the injection cavity.
  • the annular mold space had an outer diameter of about 1 ⁇ 4 inch (0.64 cm), an inner diameter of about 3/16 inch (0.48 cm) and a length of about 1 inch (2.54 cm).
  • the remaining three-fourths of the cavities were plugged with fill pins.
  • the pin modifications resulted in a cylindrical drum having annular injection cavities on 2.54 cm. centers.
  • Linear low density polyethylene pellets were melted and fed under hydraulic pressure from a screw extruder into the distributing nozzle of the apparatus having two rows of holes which directed polymer into the cavities and grooves of the cylindrical drum.
  • the first row of holes in contact with the rotating cylindrical drum supplied polymer to the annular mold cavities as well as the blinded cavities.
  • the second row of holes supplied polymer to stringer grooves in the drum.
  • Stationary fingers lying in grooves of the cylindrical drum isolated each cavity while molding took place, thus creating a zone of high pressure which allowed full depth penetration into the annular mold cavities as well as a short pillar piece in the blinded cavities.
  • Polymer was deposited in the stringer grooves at a pressure slightly above atmospheric to control the amount of polymer fed to each groove. By adjusting the restricters it was possible to obtain a balance of molding pressures to completely fill the annular mold cavities and produce stringers flush with the surface of the cylindrical drum.
  • the shape of the molded product is illustrated schematically in Figure 2 which shows a perforated layer having a plurality of hollow cylinders extending from one surface of the layer.
  • the cylinders had a length of 1 inch (2.54 cm), an outer diameter of about 1 ⁇ 4 inch (0.64 cm), and an inner diameter of about 3/16 inch (0.48 cm).
  • the cylinders were spaced at about 1 inch (2.54 cm) centers with two rows of stringers extending between rows of cylinders in the longitudinal direction.
  • Circular plugs provided connectors between stringers on 1 ⁇ 2 inch (1.27 cm) centers as illustrated in Figure 2.
  • This provided a continuous layer having butterfly shaped perforations as illustrated in Figure 8 which is a bottom view of the molded core.
  • the molded core was provided in a width of about 6 inches (15.24 cm) with a continuous length.
  • the core can be cut into any desired length, for instance as short as 5 feet (1.5 meters) or less or as long as 400 feet (122 meters) or more.
  • the triaxial cell apparatus comprises a metal base plate 101, having a central raised boss 104 of 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter and an annular groove to accept cylinder 102.
  • the metal base plate has a fluid port from the center of the raised boss 104 to the periphery.
  • a flexible outer confining membrane 103 of 1/32 inch (0.8 mm) thick neoprene rubber is secured to the periphery of the central raised boss 104. Silicone grease is applied to the interface of the outer confining membrane and the central raised boss to provide a water tight seal.
  • a porous carborundum stone 105 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter, is placed on the central raised boss 104.
  • a piezometric pressure tap tubing 107 is installed in a hole in the outer confining membrane 103, just below the top of the plastic discs 106.
  • a flexible inner membrane 109 having 8 inches (20 cm) diameter engineering fabric disc 110 secured to the bottom edge of flexible inner membrane 109, is inserted within the flexible outer membrane 103, such that the engineering fabric disc 110 rests on the layer of glass spheres 108.
  • a coating of silicone grease at the interface of flexible inner membrane 109 and flexible outer membrane 103 provides a water tight seal between the two membranes.
  • Water is allowed to flow into the confining membrane 103 from the port in the base plate to a level above the fabric disc to remove any trapped air. The water is then drained to the level of the fabric disc 110.
  • a dry soil mixture of 90 percent by weight Class X concrete sand (no minus number 200 sieve material) and 10 percent by weight Roxana silt is prepared.
  • the dry soil has a gradation analysis as shown in Figure 13. 30 pounds (13.6 kg) of dry soil is thoroughly mixed with 2 liters of water to produce a mixture at close to 100 percent water saturation.
  • the mixture M is loaded into the flexible inner membrane 109 to a height of about 9.4 inches (24 cm) above the fabric disc 110. As the mixture M is loaded into the membrane, excess water is allowed to drain from mixture M by maintaining the open end of tubing 107 at a level about 0.4 inch (1 cm) above the fabric disc 110.
  • a porous carborundum stone 111 20 cm (8 inches) in diameter, is placed on the mixture M.
  • Silicone grease is applied to the interface between the cap 112 and the flexible inner membrane 109.
  • Bands (not shown) are used to secure the membranes to the cap 112.
  • the cap 112 has two ports and a raised center boss.
  • a transparent cylinder 102 is placed over the assembly with the bottom edge of the cylinder 102 fitting into the annular groove of the base 101.
  • a metal cell top 113 is placed over the cylinder 102 with the top edge of the cylinder fitting into an annular groove in the cell top 113. the cell top 113 and the base plate 101 are held against the cylinder 102 by bolts (not shown).
  • the cell top 113 has four ports--one port is connected to tubing 114 which provides cell pressurizing water; another port is connected to tubing 115 which runs through the cell top 113 to a port on the cap 112 which can be used to provide flush water to the confined mixture M; another port is connected to tubing 116 which runs through the cell top 113 to a port on the cap 112 which provides water flow for analysis; the fourth port is connected to tubing 107 which is used to monitor pressure below the fabric disc 110.
  • the cell top 113 has a bore through the raised boss 117. The bore allows loading rod 118 to pass through the cell top 113 to the top of metal cap 112.
  • the bottom surface of the loading rod 118 and the top surface of the metal cap 112 have spherical indentations to receive metal sphere 119 which allows a point load to be transmitted.
  • O-rings (not shown) provide a seal between the loading rod 118 and the bore through the cell top 113.
  • the triaxial cell apparatus is prepared for operation by filling the annular space between the cylinder 102 and the membranes with water to the level of the cap 112. Tubes 115 and 116 are connected from ports on the cap 112 to ports on the cell top 113. Water is allowed to enter the membrane containing mixture M from the bottom up to saturate mixture M. Valve 120 on tubing 115 can be operated to vent air. Water is allowed to fill tubing 116 connected to a pair of pressurizable reservoirs of deaerated water. The pressure within the membranes (the "internal pressure”) can be adjusted through tubing 116 connected to the pressurizable reservoir which is loaded with air pressure. The pressure in space surrounding the membranes (the "confining pressure”) can be adjusted through tubing 114.
  • FIG 12 is a simplified schematic illustration of the apparatus illustrated in Figure 11 together with one of the pressurizable deaerated water reservoirs 122, mercury manometer 123 and water manometer 124.
  • the pressurizable reservoir 122 is located above the triaxial cell 125, for instance a convenient distance between the average height of water in the reservoir and the level of water 126 in the triaxial cell 125 is 100 cm.
  • Net confining pressure, P can be calculated from the following equation:
  • P is the net confining pressure, expressed in terms of kN/m2;
  • H is the pressure difference, measured by mercury manometer 23, of the excess air pressure at tubing 14 over air pressure at tubing 27;
  • HW is the average distance between the level of water in reservoir 22 and the level of water 26 in the triaxial cell 25. For instance, when HW is about 100 cm, it is desirable to slowly increase the confining pressure measured at tubing 114 to at least 15 cm Hg (6 inches Hg) greater than the pressure at tubing 127. Then both pressures are slowly raised until the air pressure on the reservoir 122 is about 220 kN/m2 (32 psig).
  • the confining pressure should be adjusted such that the mercury manometer 123 indicates that the air pressure at tubing 114 is 16.5 cm Hg (6.5 inches Hg) greater than the air pressure at tubing 127. This should provide a net confining pressure of about 12.1 kN/m2 (1.75 psi).
  • Flow is initiated by opening bleeder valve 128.
  • the rate for flow is adjusted to generate a pressure drop measured at water manometer 124 in the range of 24 to 26 cm water (about 9.5 to 10.25 inches water). Readings of flow rate, time and water mamometer differential are recorded until permeability is stabilized, for instance usually 10 to 15 minutes.
  • Axial loading via loading rod 118 is then started.
  • An air actuated diaphragn air cylinder (not shown) is connected to the loading rod 118.
  • a load pulse of 17.5 kN/m2 (2.5 psi) is applied to the cap 112 and transmitted to mixture M at a frequency of once every two seconds (0.5 hertz). This loading simulates stress within the mixture M similar to subgrade stress from truck loading on a highway system.
  • Readings are taken after 1, 10, 100 and 500 loads and thereafter generally at six hour intervals.
  • K is dynamic permeability, expressed in terms of cm/sec
  • Q water flow volume, expressed in terms of cm3, collected over time, T;
  • L is the height of soil mixture M, expressed in terms of cm;
  • H is the hydraulic gradient over the mixture as measured on water manometer 24, expressed in terms of cm;
  • A is the cross-sectional area of the fabric disc 10, expressed in terms of cm2;
  • T is the time to collect a volume Q, expressed in terms of sec.
  • Dynamic permeability for the engineering fabrics identified in Example I is shown in Figures 14, 15 and 16, which are plots of dynamic permeability versus loadings.
  • Figure 14 is a plot of dynamic permeability, recorded for Fabric No. 1, which decreases to less than 10 ⁇ 4 cm/sec after about 450,000 loadings.
  • Figure 15 is a plot of dynamic permeability, recorded for Fabric No. 2, which decreases gradually but remains above 10 ⁇ 4 cm/sec even after one million loadings.
  • Figure 16 is a plot of dynamic permeability, which remains between 10 ⁇ 3 and 10 ⁇ 2 cm/sec over the application of one million loadings.
  • Fabric No. 1 would be unacceptable for use with the drainage mat of this invention, while Fabric No. 2 and Fabric No. 3 would be acceptable for use with the drainage mat of this invention.
  • Fabric No. 3 is exemplary of a more preferred fabric.
  • a 2 foot ⁇ 4 foot (0.61 m ⁇ 1.22 m) section of core material was fabricated from molded core material as produced in Example I.
  • a drainage mat was produced by enveloping the section of core with a water permeable fabric which was secured to the back side of the perforated sheet and to the ends of the hollow cylinders with a hot melt adhesive.
  • the water permeable fabric was a non-woven polypropylene fabric available from Amoco Fabrics Company under the trade name PROPAX 4545 Soil Filtration Fabric. Such fabric is specified as having the following properties: tensile strength of 40.9 Kg.
  • the fabric was also determined to have a permittivity per fabric layer of 0.75 cm/sec, as determined by the test method defined in Appendix A of Transportation Research Report 80-2 available from United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
  • the fabric was also determined to have a dynamic permeability after 106 loadings of at least 10 ⁇ 4 centimeters per second. In fact the dynamic permeability was in excess of 10 ⁇ 3 centimeters per second.
  • the drainage mat prepared in Example IV was installed in a lysimeter for outflow studies to evaluate its drainage performance.
  • the lysimeter consisted of a large water-proof box 96 inches (244 cm) long, 48 inches (122 cm) deep and 48 inches (122 cm) wide. The top of the box was open. The box was filled to a depth of 3 feet (91.4 cm) with a compacted subgrade soil characterized by American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) classification system A-7-6. Eight inch (20.3 cm) wide slots were then excavated in the subgrade material to a depth of 2 feet (61 cm). An outflow pipe was installed through the side wall of the water-proof box to intercept the excavated slot at the base.
  • AASHTO American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials
  • the drainage mat was installed in a vertical orientation with the surface of the mat proximate the perforated base lying against the side wall of the slot.
  • the lower 12 inches (30.5 cm) of the slot was refilled with compacted subgrade soil (AASHTO A-7-6).
  • the remainder of the slot as well as the 6 inches (15.2 cm) above the 3 foot (91.4 cm) depth of compacted subgrade soil (AASHTO A-7-6) was filled with a coarse sand material (AASHTO A-1-B).
  • This example illustrates the load deflection resistance of the drainage mat produced in Example IV.
  • a section of drainage mat fabricated in accordance with Example IV was laid in a horizontal orientation with the surface proximate the perforated layer in contact with a base.
  • An open bottom/open top rectangular box having inside dimensions of 4 inches (10.2 cm) and 51 ⁇ 2 inches (14.0 cm) was placed on the drainage mat surface proximate the ends of the cylinders.
  • the box was partially filled with AASHTO A-7-6 soil which was covered by a 4 inch by 51 ⁇ 2 inch (10.2 cm ⁇ 14.0 cm) steel compression plate.
  • Guide casings were installed through holes in the compression plate through the soil to contact the surface of the drainage mat.

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1. Drainagematte, welche ein dreidimensionales durchbrochenes Erzeugnis enthält, das an mindestens einer Großfläche mit einem wasserdurchlässigen Stoff (1, 31) bedeckt ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Stoff eine Durchgängigkeit von 0,2 sec⁻¹ bis 2,0 sec⁻¹ hat und eine dynamische Durchlässigkeit von mindestens 10⁻⁴cm pro Sekunde nach 10⁶ Belastungen zeigt.
2. Drainagematte nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Drainagematte langgestreckt und biegsam ist und einen in Querrichtung rechteckigen Querschnitt hat, wobei der Stoff an mindestens einer Großfläche des dreidimensionalen durchbrochenen Erzeugnisses befestigt ist und das dreidimensionale Erzeugnis einen Kunststoffkern aufweist, der eine Vielzahl von im wesentlichen steifen Fingern (4, 24, 34) besitzt, welche von einer Seite der Schicht (3, 23, 33) ausgehen.
3. Drainagematte nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Drainagematte langgestreckt und biegsam ist und einen in Querrichtung rechteckigen Querschnitt hat und einen Kunststoffkern (2) aufweist, der mit dem wasserdurchlässigen Stoff eingehüllt ist, wobei der Kern eine Vielzahl von im wesentlichen steifen Fingern (4, 24, 34) besitzt, welche von einer Seite einer Schicht (3, 23, 33) ausgehen.
4. Matte nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Stoff an einer hinreichenden Anzahl von Enden (37) der genannten Finger befestigt ist, so daß der Stoff nicht übermäßig einfällt.
5. Matte nach Anspruch 3 oder Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Matte nur dahingehend leicht biegbar ist, daß die in der Nähe der Enden der Finger liegende Oberfläche (56) der Drainagematte konkav um eine Biegeachse (52), welche parallel zur Ebene der Schicht und um einen Winkel von 0 bis 180° zur Längsachse der Matte (50) verschwenkt verläuft, herumgebogen werden kann.
6. Matte nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die in der Nähe der Enden der Finger liegende Oberfläche der Drainagematte um bis zu 180° um eine Biegeachse (53) mit einem Durchmesser von weniger als ungefähr 2,54 cm herumgebogen werden kann.
7. Matte nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Finger einen Nenndurchmesser aufweisen, bei dem sich ein im Bereich von 1: 1 bis 8: 1 liegendes Verhältnis von Fingerlänge zu Nenndurchmesser ergibt.
8. Matte nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Finger einen mittleren Mittenabstand voneinander aufweisen, bei dem sich ein Verhältnis von mittlerem Mittenabstand zu Nenndurchmesser von 2: 1 bis 20: 1 ergibt.
9. Matte nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schicht (23) perforiert (25) ist.
10. Matte nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Finger hohl sind.
11. Matte nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Finger zylindrisch sind.
12. Matte nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Finger eine Länge von 1,3 bis 3,8 cm, einen Nenndurchmesser von 0,4 bis 1,1 cm und einen mittleren Mittenabstand von 2,3 bis 3,2 cm haben, und daß der im Querschnitt rechteckige Querschnitt eine Längsabmessung von 15 cm bis 3,6 m hat.
13. Matte nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kunststoffkern ein aus der Gruppe Polyäthylen und Polypropylen gewähltes Polymermaterial enthält, und daß der Stoff ein aus der Gruppe Polypropylen, Polyamid, Polyester und Polyacryl gewähltes Polymermaterial oder ein Glasfasermaterial enthält.
14. Matte nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Stoff mittels eines Heißschmelzklebers an den Enden der Finger befestigt ist.
15. Landstraßensystem, welches einen Deckenabschnitt (41) auf einer unteren Tragschicht (43), eine anstoßende Schulter (42) und ein Bodenplanumsschulterdrainagesystem aufweist, wobei das Bodenplanumsschulterdrainagesystem eine Drainagematte (45) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche aufweist.
16. Kunstrasenaufbau zur Anbringung auf einer tragenden Fläche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Aufbau eine Schicht Kunstrasen (91) und eine Drainagematte (94) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 14 aufweist.
17. Aufbau nach Anspruch 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Aufbau weiter eine nachgiebige Matte (92) aufweist, welche eine Vielzahl von Perforationen (93) besitzt und zwischen dem Kunstrasen (91) und der Drainagematte (94) angeordnet ist.
18. Eisenbahnsystem, welches mindestens einen Satz von Schienen (96) aufweist, welche auf Querschwellen (97) angebracht sind, die auf einer Bettung (98) gelagert sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß mindestens ein Teil der Bettung auf einer horizontal orientierten Drainagematte (99) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 14 liegt.
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