EP0560867B1 - Method for manufacturing a tubular foundation in the ground - Google Patents

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EP0560867B1
EP0560867B1 EP92900863A EP92900863A EP0560867B1 EP 0560867 B1 EP0560867 B1 EP 0560867B1 EP 92900863 A EP92900863 A EP 92900863A EP 92900863 A EP92900863 A EP 92900863A EP 0560867 B1 EP0560867 B1 EP 0560867B1
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ram tip
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Willibald Kellner
Rudolf Hendrik Van Dalfsen
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D5/00—Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
    • E02D5/22—Piles
    • E02D5/34—Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same
    • E02D5/36—Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same making without use of mouldpipes or other moulds
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/26—Drilling without earth removal, e.g. with self-propelled burrowing devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25D—PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
    • B25D17/00—Details of, or accessories for, portable power-driven percussive tools
    • B25D17/08—Means for retaining and guiding the tool bit, e.g. chucks allowing axial oscillation of the tool bit
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D27/00—Foundations as substructures
    • E02D27/32—Foundations for special purposes
    • E02D27/42—Foundations for poles, masts or chimneys
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D5/00—Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
    • E02D5/22—Piles
    • E02D5/34—Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same
    • E02D5/38—Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same making by use of mould-pipes or other moulds
    • E02D5/385—Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same making by use of mould-pipes or other moulds with removal of the outer mould-pipes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D5/00—Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
    • E02D5/22—Piles
    • E02D5/34—Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same
    • E02D5/46—Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same making in situ by forcing bonding agents into gravel fillings or the soil
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D7/00—Methods or apparatus for placing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mouldpipes, or other moulds
    • E02D7/02—Placing by driving
    • E02D7/06—Power-driven drivers
    • E02D7/10—Power-driven drivers with pressure-actuated hammer, i.e. the pressure fluid acting directly on the hammer structure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D7/00—Methods or apparatus for placing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mouldpipes, or other moulds
    • E02D7/18—Placing by vibrating
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F3/00—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines
    • E02F3/04—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven
    • E02F3/96—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements for alternate or simultaneous use of different digging elements
    • E02F3/966—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements for alternate or simultaneous use of different digging elements of hammer-type tools
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B11/00—Other drilling tools
    • E21B11/02—Boring rams
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/08—Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables; Apparatus for increasing or decreasing the pressure on the drilling tool; Apparatus for counterbalancing the weight of the rods
    • E21B19/087—Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables; Apparatus for increasing or decreasing the pressure on the drilling tool; Apparatus for counterbalancing the weight of the rods by means of a swinging arm

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  • the invention relates to a method for manufacturing a tubular foundation in the ground, comprising the following steps, in appropriate sequence, of:
  • the method steps (1) through (7) are derivable from US-A-4 193 459.
  • the method according to the known art does not allow that a hollow foundation of the type obtained with this method makes it possible to later remove supporting means arranged therein, should this be necessary.
  • the invention provides a method which is characterized by the steps of:
  • the method can be characterized by (12) performing step (8) such that the depth of the hole amounts to roughly half the depth of the finished foundation.
  • the anchoring can take place by pouring in sand, gravel or other suitable filler material.
  • Optimum use is made of the total available height in an embodiment characterized by (14) performing the method such that the concrete extends to the top edge of the hole.
  • the above described method for manufacturing a tubular foundation in the ground brings about a greater compacting of the ground material in the immediate area of the hole, and therefore the later foundation, whereby the bearing capacity thereof is improved.
  • the concrete is also pressed into the ground material whereby the cohesion between foundation and ground material is improved.
  • Figure 1 shows a lifting device 1 carrying a hydraulic tool driving machine 2.
  • This tool driving machine 2 carries a chisel 3 which in a manner to be further described bears a ram tip 4. This is suitable for making holes in the ground 5.
  • the device 1 comprises a hydraulic pressure source for driving the device 2 by means of flexible hydraulic lines 6, 7 such that the chisel is excited with vibration or percussion.
  • the tool driving machine 2 is set into operation by appropriate energizing of the hydraulic source and the ram tip is moved downward while vibrating through control of the hydraulic lifting cylinders generally designated with 8.
  • the ground material is hereby displaced, thus creating a hole, the immediate area of which has undergone a considerable compacting.
  • Figures 2-6 show schematic vertical sections through a hole 42 made in the ground 5 by a ram tip 43.
  • the depth of the hole 42 is designated with 1/2T. This 5 will be discussed further with reference to figures 4 and 5.
  • the ram tip 43 is removed from the hole 42.
  • a concrete mass 44 is then poured into the hole 42. The filling with concrete takes place in this embodiment such that the hole is approximately half filled with concrete.
  • the ram tip 43 is replaced in the hole 42 in the manner shown in figure 4 and the hole is made longer by appropriate driving of the tool driving machine (not drawn here).
  • the concrete is distributed along the ram tip 4 so that a tubular concrete casing 45 is created.
  • the total length to be reached equals T.
  • the concrete has also partially penetrated into the ground material, whereby the casing 45 is firmly anchored in its immediate surrounding area.
  • the supporting pile 47 for the crash barrier 48 is mounted in the obtained foundation 46. As shown in figure 6, the supporting pile 47 does not entirely fill the space inside the foundation 46. The remaining space can be filled up for instance with sand or gravel.

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  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
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EP92900863A 1990-12-12 1991-12-12 Method for manufacturing a tubular foundation in the ground Expired - Lifetime EP0560867B1 (en)

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AT2520/90 1990-12-12
AT0252090A AT394592B (de) 1990-12-12 1990-12-12 Verfahren zur herstellung eines rohrfoermigen fundaments im erdreich
NL9101507A NL9101507A (nl) 1990-12-12 1991-09-06 Gereedschap voor het maken van gaten in de grond.
NL9101507 1991-09-06
PCT/EP1991/002394 WO1992010637A2 (en) 1990-12-12 1991-12-12 Tool for making holes in the ground

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DE (1) DE69121419T2 (da)
DK (1) DK0560867T3 (da)
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EP0560867A1 (en) 1993-09-22
WO1992010637A3 (en) 1992-12-10
ES2090594T3 (es) 1996-10-16
DK0560867T3 (da) 1996-09-16
DE69121419T2 (de) 1997-01-02
DE69121419D1 (de) 1996-09-19

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