EP1186742A2 - Method, system and device for building a wall in the ground - Google Patents
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- a lubricating fluid is fed from the duct 72 through the duct 72a and 72b out of the body 66 of the jetting and extruding unit 64.
- Fig. 23a shows a composite wall 190 in the ground 2 essentially made from a plurality of interconnecting, uniform, generally Z-shaped wall sections 192, 192a.
- the wall sections 192 have been built essentially in the way illustrated and explained according to Fig. 22.
- the last wall section that has been built is wall section 192a.
- a leading end of a pulling string 194 has been pulled into the ground 2 in a manner not shown in further detail by connecting the pulling string 194 to the wall building device (not shown) used for building the wall section 192a, similar to the use of the pulling string 182 in Fig. 22.
- the wall building method illustrated in Figs. 23a-23g provides a grate flexibility in building complex wall structures from basic, essentially uniform wall sections. At any rate, basically only one type of wall building device is needed to build the wall sections 192, 192a-192i by changing, whenever necessary, the extrusion profile thereof, e.g. by putting into or taking out of operation different jetting and extruding units 64 included in the wall building device.
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- The present invention relates to a method for building a wall or a part thereof in the ground, a system for carrying out the method, and a wall building device for use in the method and system.
- Known tunnel wall building devices are e.g. described in the "Handbook of Mining and Tunnel Machinery", Barbara Stack, 1982, published by John Wiley and Sons, pages 415-417. These known tunnel wall building devices comprise a cutting face at the front of a cylindrical shield. The tunnel wall building device is pushed in the direction of the advance of the shield by hydraulic cylinders acting between the rear side of the shield and the constructed tunnel wall.
- A first drawback of the use of such tunnel wall building devices is the criticality of the control over the stabilization of the ground in front of the cutting face. Too much excavation will cause local collapse of the ground, while too much push force will cause undesirable settlements of the ground.
- A second drawback is the required axial support of the tunnel wall building device on the tunnel wall. In case of the use of prefabricated elements the axial support force might be a governing load case.
- In other methods the tunnel wall is made of extruded concrete. In this respect reference is made here to EP-A-0 354 335 describing axially supporting a boring shield by the extruded concrete tunnel wall through formwork elements used for forming the inner side of the tunnel wall. The tunnel wall building method according to this publication is discontinuous, taking away formwork elements where the concrete has hardened, and adding the formwork elements, after cleaning thereof, directly behind the boring shield. This method is expensive and time-consuming as a result of the use of the formwork elements, which need to be handled behind the boring shield, and can only be removed when the concrete they are supporting has hardened sufficiently, which may take considerable time.
- EP-A-0 483 445 describes a continuous tunnel wall building method, extruding concrete to form a tunnel wall, and using a sliding formwork arrangement requiring additional means to transfer the axial boring forces to the hardened part of the tunnel wall and to facilitate continuity.
- In all previous methods the management of the ground water level during the fabrication of the tunnel wall may present serious problems.
- The object of the present invention is to provide a method, system, and device for building a wall or a part thereof in general, and a tunnel wall in particular which avoid the risk of collapse or undesirable settlement of the ground in front of the wall building area.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a wall building method, system, and device which do not rely on the wall for providing an axial support for the wall building activities.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a wall building method, system, and device which can be continuous and do not use formwork elements.
- A further object of the present invention is to provide a wall building method, system, and device which are virtually unaffected by the ground water level.
- To reach the above objects, in the method according to the invention a wall building device having cross-sectional dimensions which are substantially equal to the dimensions of at least a part of the cross-section of the wall is pulled through the ground, at least a part of the wall being formed by injecting a hardenable material behind the wall building device. In the process of making the wall, the wall is supported on all sides by the ground surrounding the wall (and, in the case of a tunnel wall, by the ground filling the tunnel wall). Consequently, the wall requires no direct strength, and can e.g. be made from fibre concrete with a normal hardening time. The excavation of the ground at one side of the wall can be done after the completion of the tunnel wall, and the stability of the excavation presents no problem at all. Different shapes of wall cross-sections are possible, but not limited to: (semi-)circular, elliptical, rectangular, triangular, flat. Since the wall building device is advanced by pulling, no reaction force is applied on the constructed wall. The advance of the wall building device is therefore independent from the structural strength of the wall at any given moment.
- In a preferred embodiment of the wall building method according to the invention, the following steps are performed: drilling one or more holes in the ground, on or parallel to the projected path of the wall, each of the one or more holes being drilled by means of a drill string; connecting one end of each drill string at the end of the drilling operation to the wall building device; and pulling the wall building device through the ground by retracting the one or more drill strings. Alternatively, the wall building method may comprise the steps of: drilling one or more holes in the ground, on or parallel to the projected path of the wall, each of the one or more holes being drilled by means of a drill string; connecting one end of each drill string at the end of the drilling operation to one end of a casing string; pulling each casing string through the ground by retracting the drill string connected thereto; disconnecting each casing string from the corresponding drill string; connecting one end of each casing string to the wall building device; and pulling the wall building device through the ground by retracting the one or more casing strings. Accordingly, depending on the kind of wall to be built, in particular its cross-sectional area and its length, one or more drill strings and or one or more casing strings are used to pull the wall building device through the ground, using standard directional drilling techniques to bring the drill and casing strings into the ground. The directional drilling techniques are capable of very accurately following the projected path of the wall. The accuracy of the paths of the casing strings can be further improved by using a single drill string and by means of a connecting assembly connecting the ends of several casing strings to one end of the drill string and transversely spaced therefrom, which drill string is then pulled through the ground at the other end thereof.
- In a preferred embodiment each casing string comprises an inner string and an outer string enclosing the inner string, the inner string being adapted to transfer the pulling force required by the wall building device, and the outer string being adapted to provide low friction forces when moving the inner string relative to the outer string. The outer string serves as a guide for the inner string when pulling the wall building device through the ground by the inner string. The friction forces between the inner string and the outer string can be still further reduced by supplying a fluid to the space between the inner string and the outer string.
- Preferably, the inner string of the casing string is made of steel providing the strength needed, while the outer string is made of plastics, e.g. polyethylene providing an excellent low cost and low friction separation wall between the inner string and the ground.
- When moving the wall building device through the ground, a hardenable material is injected behind it to form the wall. The wall material preferably is supplied to the wall building device through at least one of the one or more drill strings/casing strings used for pulling the wall building device through the ground. Additionally, at least one of the one or more drill strings/casing strings may contain at least one line for supplying energy, at least one line for controlling and/or monitoring the wall building device, at least one duct for supplying a drilling fluid to the wall building device, and/or at least one duct for discharging ground removed by the wall building device. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, the wall material and the drilling fluid may be supplied to the wall building device through ducts extruded in the wall. Such ducts can also be used for accommodating lines for supplying energy to the wall building device, or for controlling and/or monitoring the wall building device. Further, such ducts can be used for discharging ground removed by the wall building device.
- For an improved positioning accuracy of different wall parts relative to each other, preferably the wall building device is adapted to build a wall or wall part provided with wall guide means, the or a further wall building device being provided with means for engaging the wall guide means. In this way the latter wall building device is allowed to exactly follow the path of the wall or wall part already in place in the ground. The wall guide means preferably comprise a guide slit, which may have an essentially L-shaped cross-section. More generally, in a preferred embodiment at least one guide member is provided in the ground, the wall building device being adapted to be guided along the guide member through the ground.
- When a wall building device is used in a multi-pass mode, i.e. for subsequently passing through the ground along adjacent paths for building a wall from a plurality of separately built wall sections, preferably the wall building device is adapted to be connected to the leading end of a pulling string for pulling the pulling string into the ground simultaneously with pulling the wall building device through the ground. The pullling string is used for pulling the or a further wall building device through the ground in a next passage. For this purpose, the wall building device preferably has an essentially Z-shaped cross-section.
- An essentially flat wall can be built in the ground by at least two wall building devices which at at least one side thereof are adapted to be coupled to another, which wall building devices further are adapted to be pulled through the ground in a forward direction, and in a direction at an angle to the forward direction.
- For improving the quality of the wall, the wall material preferably is injected between one or more membranes defining one or more sides of the wall or wall part formed by the wall building device. The membrane or membranes can be stored in the wall building device in folded or rolled-up form, and unfolded or unrolled when injecting the wall material.
- The friction between the wall building device and the surrounding ground, and the resistance the ground offers to the wall building device when pulling the wall building device through the ground is preferably reduced by vibrating, lubrication, jetting and/or removing the ground area adjacent to the front part of the wall building device.
- The invention is explained in more detail in an exemplary way by reference to the annexed drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 shows a vertical cross-section of a ground area in which a tunnel is to be built, illustrating a first operation;
- Fig. 2 shows on an enlarged scale a drill string used in the operation shown in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 illustrates a next operation in the ground;
- Fig. 4 shows on an enlarged scale a part of pulling means used in the operation illustrated in Fig. 3;
- Fig. 5 illustrates a next operation in the ground in the process of building a tunnel wall;
- Fig. 6 shows on an enlarged scale a side view of a tunnel wall building device shown in Fig. 5;
- Fig. 7 schematically shows a longitudinal cross-section of the tunnel wall building device shown in Fig. 6;
- Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate different methods of excavating a tunnel within the wall;
- Fig. 10 shows a side view, partially in cross-section, of another embodiment of the tunnel wall building device according to the invention;
- Fig. 11 shows on an enlarged scale a cross-section of a detail X of the tunnel wall building device of Fig. 10;
- Fig. 12 shows a front view of the tunnel wall building device of Fig. 10;
- Fig. 13 shows a perspective view of a wall building device according to the invention;
- Fig. 14 shows on an enlarged scale a cross-section of the wall building device of Fig. 13 taken along the line XIV-XIV;
- Fig. 15 shows a perspective view of an assembly used for simultaneously pulling four casing strings through the ground;
- Fig. 16 shows a front view of the assembly of Fig. 15;
- Fig. 17 shows a side view of the assembly of Fig. 15;
- Fig. 18 shows a cross-section of a structure built in the ground using the method, system and wall building device according to the invention;
- Fig. 19 shows a cross-section of another structure built in the ground using the method, system and wall building device according to the invention;
- Fig. 20 shows a cross-section of a further structure built in the ground using the method, system and wall building device according to the invention;
- Figs. 20a-20d illustrate a method for building a structure similar to the one shown in Fig. 20;
- Fig. 21 shows a cross-section of still another structure built in the ground using the method, system and wall building device according to the invention;
- Fig. 22 illustrates in perspective view the process of building a composite wall made from uniformly shaped wall sections;
- Figs. 23a-23g in cross-sectional view show different stages in building composite walls made from uniformly shaped wall parts;
- Figs. 24a-24c in top view schematically illustrate a further process of building a wall according to the invention; and
- Figs. 25a and 25b in top view schematically illustrate a still further process of building a wall according to the invention.
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- In the different Figures, the same reference symbols relate to the same parts or parts having the same function. Arrows without reference numerals indicate normal directions of movement.
- As Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate, in the given example of a tunnel building method it is assumed that a tunnel is to be built in the
ground 2 under the ground surface 4 from afirst construction pit 6 to asecond construction pit 8. From the second construction pit 8 a number ofpilot holes 10 are drilled using conventional directional drilling techniques, as described e.g. in "Tunnels & Tunnelling", published by Morgan-Grampian, November 1996, in particular on page 15. Adirectional drilling unit 12 pushes adrill string 14 through the ground from thesecond construction pit 8 to thefirst construction pit 6. The pilot holes are drilled on or parallel to the projected path of the tunnel wall. - As Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate, after having reached the
first construction pit 6, the front end of thedrill string 14 is connected to the front part of acasing string 16, after which thecasing string 16 is pulled through the ground along the path of thepilot hole 10 by thedirectional drilling unit 12. As a result of this operation, casing strings 16 are installed in the ground along the projected path of the tunnel wall. - As Fig. 4 shows in more detail, the
casing string 16 comprises asteel casing 18 enclosed in a plastic, preferably polyethylene (PE)tube 20. Thecasing string 16 is connected to abuoy 22 by aflexible coupling 24, whichbuoy 22 in turn is connected to areaming device 26 by aflexible coupling 28. When the projected tunnel wall has a ring-shaped cross-section, preferably at least fourcasing strings 16 are installed in theground 2 spaced along the periphery of the cross-section. - As Figs. 5-7 illustrate, the back ends of the casing strings 16 are connected to the front end of a tunnel
wall building device 30, which has cross-sectional dimensions which are substantially equal to the dimensions of at least a part of the cross-section of the tunnel wall, and which is pulled through theground 2 by pulling means 32 (not shown in further detail) pulling simultaneously all casing strings 16. - The
wall building device 30 comprises abody 34 with a conical-shapedfront part 36, which is rounded at the front end thereof. Behind thefront part 36, in thebody 34 one ormore vibration units 38 can be provided to reduce the friction between thewall building device 30 and the ground, and to reduce the forces required to displace the ground with thefront part 36 while moving through the ground. Directly behind the front part 36 afluid 40, e.g. supplied through one of the casing strings 16, may be injected to further reduce the friction between thewall building device 30 and theground 2. Thefront part 36 is designed to minimize effects on the surrounding ground area, to avoid plug forming in thewall building device 30, and to minimize the required force for advancing thewall building device 30. Near the front end of thefront part 36 jetting 42 may be provided to improve the ground displacement, the jetting fluid e.g. being supplied through one of the casing strings 16. Furthermore, thefront part 36 may be made in segments which are movable in the radial direction to allow for small corrections of the path of thewall building device 30 moving through theground 2. - At the rear end of the
wall building device 30, thetunnel wall 43 is extruded by pumping thewall material 44 into the gap created by thewall building device 30. The pressure of thewall material 44, which preferably is fibre concrete, ensures the stability of the ground and prevents settlements thereof. The pressure also provides a force in the direction of advance of thewall building device 30. Thewall material 44 does not need to have direct strength, and only has to stabilize the gap created by thewall building device 30 at the rear end thereof. - The
wall material 44 is extruded betweenmembranes 46 which can be stored in concertina fashion in spaces provided therefore in thebody 34 of thewall building device 30. Themembranes 46 are folded up in thebody 34, and unfold when the wall building device advances. Themembranes 46 prevent leakage of the wall material into the ground, ensure stabilization of thetunnel wall 43, provide (extra) water tightness, and provide a quality assurance. - The use of one or more membranes in the method, system and wall building device according to the invention is not essential; normally membranes can be omitted, and are used only if special requirements, such as wall quality, water tightness, etc. are to be met.
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wall material 44 is supplied to thewall building device 30 through one or more of the casing strings 16, in particular through thesteel casing 18 thereof. As will be clear from Fig. 6, thetubes 20 of thecasing string 16 are cut in front of the wall building device in a manner not shown in further detail. Thecut tube 20 is directed to the inside of thetunnel wall 43, and can be removed during or after excavating the ground inside thetunnel wall 43. The longitudinally cut tube can also be reused to protect power supply or signal lines, or can serve other useful purposes when the tunnel is completed. Thebody 34 of thewall building device 30 comprises channels not shown in further detail guiding the wall material supplied through the casing strings 16 to the rear end of thewall building device 30 between themembranes 46, and may also comprise other channels not shown in further detail to guide fluid supplied through the casing strings. 16 for lubrication and jetting. - As Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate, after the tunnel wall has been completed and has sufficient strength, the ground inside the tunnel wall can be excavated using a dragline 50 (Fig. 8) or, when the level of the
ground water 52 is high, conventional dredging equipment 54 (Fig. 9) can be used. - It will be clear that the
wall building device 30 can also, under circumstances, be pulled through the ground by thedrill strings 14, which at the same time may serve to supply thewall material 44 to the wall building device. Further it is possible to construct the tunnel wall in separate elongated parts: a tunnel with a rectangular cross-section may be constructed by subsequently building the top wall, the bottom wall and the side walls, after which the ground inside the thus completed tunnel wall is excavated. Yet another possibility is building a first tunnel wall and subsequently building one or more additional tunnel walls enclosing the first tunnel wall, or inside the first tunnel wall. The different tunnel walls may have different properties: one being designed for watertightness, another being designed for strength. - Figs. 10, 11, and 12 show a tunnel
wall building device 60 being pulled through the ground by means of four pullingstrings 62 not shown in further detail. Thewall building device 60 comprises eighty jetting and extrudingunits 64 arranged along the ring-shaped front side of thewall building device 60. - As shown in Fig. 11, each jetting and extruding
unit 64 comprises abody 66 having fourmain ducts ducts units 64 are in fluid communication with each other and may further be in fluid communication with one or more ducts in a pullingstring 62. At its front part the jetting and extrudingunit 64 comprises agrid 76 keeping stones and other large objects out of a jettingchamber 78 situated behind thegrid 76. In the jettingchamber 78, a rotating jetting device is mounted comprising a fluid drivenmotor 80 driving atube 82 which is provided with ajet opening 84. From the duct 70 a fluid, such as water, is fed under pressure through aduct 86 to thefluid motor 80 making thetube 82 rotate. Said fluid further is fed to thejet opening 84, thus creating a rotatingjet 88. From theduct 70 also fluid is fed through aduct 87 to the jettingchamber 78, mixing there with the ground jetted by thejet 88. The ground/fluid mixture is removed from the jettingchamber 78 through aduct 90 to theduct 68. - For a lubrication of the inner and outer sides of the tunnel
wall building device 60, a lubricating fluid is fed from theduct 72 through theduct body 66 of the jetting and extrudingunit 64. - From the duct 74 a hardenable material is fed through a
duct 92, after which the hardenable material is extruded at the trailingend 96 of the jetting and extrudingunit 64 to form a tunnel wall. In the extruding chamber 94 apiston unit 98 is provided which is movable in the directions indicated bydouble arrow 100. Achamber 102 is filled with a fluid under pressure ensuring a constant pressure on the hardenable material in the extrudingchamber 94 despite of variations in the ground travelling speed of thewall building device 60 or variations in the pressure of the hardenable material in theducts - In an alternative embodiment, the tunnel wall building device according to Figs. 10, 11 and 12 comprises only one
annular body 66 connected to eighty jettingchambers 78, each containing atube 82 driven by a fluid drivenmotor 80. In theannular body 60, at regularangular intervals ducts piston unit 98 has a generally annular shape, like thebody 66. - Figs. 13 and 14 show a
wall building device 110 having an essentially rectangular cross-section, as seen at right angles to the direction of movement in the ground. Thewall building device 110 is pulled through the ground by means of two pullingstrings 112 not shown in further detail. At the leadingside 114 of the wall building device 110 a number ofplates 116 are provided to prevent stones and other large objects from entering into the jettingchambers 78 of a plurality of jetting and extrudingunits 64 accommodated next to each other in thewall building device 110. At the trailingside 118 of the wall building device 110 awall 120 is formed having a substantial rectangular cross-section. The jetting and extrudingunits 64 of thewall building device 110 are similar to those of the tunnelwall building device 60 and a discussion thereof is omitted here. Alternatively, thewall building device 110 may comprise only one extrudingchamber 94 in a substantiallyunitary body 66, connected to several jettingchambers 78. - Figs. 15, 16, and 17 show a connecting
assembly 130, being a frame made oftriangular plates 132 andrectangular plates 134 connecting the ends ofcasing strings 136 with the end of a pull string, such as adrill string 138. At the point where theassembly 138 is connected to one of the casing strings 136, a drilling, reaming and/or jettinghead 140 is provided. With theassembly 130 it is possible to bring a number ofcasing strings 136 in the ground exactly parallel to each other, which would be more difficult if for each of the casing strings a separate drill string would be used. Theassembly 130 may take various forms, depending on the number ofcasing strings 136 to be connected and their position relative to each other. - Fig. 18 shows an open channel built in the
ground 2 by subsequently or simultaneously buildingwalls - Fig. 19 shows another open channel built by subsequently or simultaneously building a
wall ground 2. - Fig. 20 shows an open channel in the
ground 2 built by forming awall 160 with a semi-circular cross-section in theground 2. - As Fig. 20a in a cross-sectional view shows, in a first stage of building a wall with a semi-circular or similar cross-section two elongated wall parts or guide
beams ground 2 near the surface, e.g. by digging trenches in the ground and forming theguide beams ground 2. The guide beams 160a, 160b are supported and fixed in theground 2 bypiles 161 driven into theground 2 in a manner known per se. It should be pointed out here that under the same or other circumstances guide beams or wall parts such as the ones shown in Fig. 20a for the same use can also be formed or placed on instead of in the ground, in part or as a whole. Further, it is also not essential that the guide beams or wall parts are fixed in or on the ground. - Then, as Fig. 20b in a cross-sectional view and Fig. 20c in a side view according to arrow XXc in Fig. 20b show, a
wall building device 160c having an essentially semi-circular cross-section is pulled through theground 2 by means of three pullingstrings 160d - at least one of which being a drill string or a casing string - in the indicated direction. Alternatively, thewall building device 160c may be pulled through the ground only by the lowest pullingstring 160d, while the other two upper strings are replaced by other means for moving thewall building device 160c by means of a pulling or a pushing force, such as one or more lorries, jacks, etc. Thewall building device 160c is guided along its path in theground 2 in a manner not shown in further detail byopposite ribs 160e being part of theguide beams wall building device 160c is fitted with thirty-four jetting and extrudingunits 64 the structure and operation of which have already been explained in connection with Fig. 11. As Fig. 20c, and Fig. 20d in a partial cross-section show, with thewall building device 160c awall 161a is formed which is connected to, and fixed by theguide beams strings 160d may be used for supplying wall material, drilling fluid and energy to thewall building device 160c, for discharging ground removed by the wall building device, and/or for accommodating lines for controlling and monitoring the wall building device. Of course, at least part of these functions can also be performed above ground, since the top side of thewall building device 160c is near or above ground level. Further, it will be clear that a similar, appropriately reshaped wall building device as the one shown in Figs. 20b and 20c can be used for building the channels shown in Figs. 18 and 19 each with a wall in one piece, using guide beams similar to the ones shown in Figs. 20a, 20b and 20d. - In the process of building the walls 150-160 and 161a of the channels according to Figs. 18-20 and 20a, the walls 150-160 and 161a are built first, while the ground between the walls 150-152 (Fig. 18), between the
walls 156 and 158 (Fig. 19), and at the concave side of thewalls - Fig. 21 shows a
wall 162 in theground 2, thewall 162 havingducts 164 extruded therein by appropriately designing the trailing portion of the extruding chamber of the wall building device used for building thewall 162. Theducts 164 may be used for supplying the wall material, drilling fluid and energy to the wall building device, for discharging ground removed by the wall building device, and/or for accommodating lines for controlling and monitoring the wall building device. - Fig. 22 shows a
composite wall 170 in theground 2 made from a plurality of interconnecting, uniform, generally Z-shapedwall sections 172 havingducts 174 extruded therein. Eachwall section 172 is provided with aguide slit 176 having a generally L-shaped cross-section. Awall building device 178 with a cross-sectional shape similar to the cross-sectional shape of thewall sections 172 is used for building thewall sections 172 by the action of eight jetting and extrudingunits 64 removing ground material and extruding wall material at the appropriately shaped trailing side of thewall building device 178. A pulling string 180 (which may be a drill string or a casing string), fixed centrally to thewall building device 178 in a manner not shown in further detail, is used for pulling the latter through theground 2 in the direction indicated by the arrow. At the same time, another pullingstring 182 of which the leading end is fixed at the side of thewall building device 178, is pulled into the ground. The trailing end of the pullingstring 182 is used for pulling thewall building device 178 through theground 2 in a next passage thereof for forming anext wall section 172. In said next passage, the trailing end of the pullingstring 182 is fixed centrally to the wall building device, like the pullingstring 180. It will be clear that by using a pulling string for pulling both a wall building device and the leading end of at least one other pulling string through and into the ground, considerable time and cost savings can be achieved in a multi-pass process using the same wall building device. - During a passage through the
ground 2, thewall building device 178 is guided in a desired position relative to awall section 172 formed before by a generally L-shaped foot (not shown) connected to thedevice 178 and sliding in the guide slit 176. Also at other points thewall building device 178 is guided by anadjacent wall section 172, as appears clearly from Fig. 22. The guide slit and the foot may e.g. also be T-shaped or J-shaped. - Fig. 23a shows a
composite wall 190 in theground 2 essentially made from a plurality of interconnecting, uniform, generally Z-shapedwall sections wall sections 192 have been built essentially in the way illustrated and explained according to Fig. 22. The last wall section that has been built iswall section 192a. During the building ofwall section 192a, a leading end of a pullingstring 194 has been pulled into theground 2 in a manner not shown in further detail by connecting the pullingstring 194 to the wall building device (not shown) used for building thewall section 192a, similar to the use of the pullingstring 182 in Fig. 22. - As Figs. 23a and 23b illustrate, next the pulling
string 194 is used for pulling a wall building device (not shown) connected to a leading end of a new pullingstring 196 and the leading end of afurther part 194a of the pullingstring 194 through theground 2 for buildingwall sections - As Figs. 23b and 23c illustrate, next the pulling
string 194a is used for pulling a wall building device (not shown) connected to leading ends of new pullingstrings ground 2 for building awall section 192d essentially at right angles to theother wall sections - As Figs. 23c and 23d illustrate, next the pulling
string 198 is used for pulling a wall building device (not shown) connected to a leading end of a new pullingstring 202 through theground 2 for building awall section 192e. - As Figs. 23d and 23e illustrate, next the pulling
string 202 is used for pulling a wall building device (not shown) connected to a leading end of a new pullingstring 204 in a manner not shown in further detail through theground 2 for building awall section 192f. - As Figs. 23e and 23f illustrate, next the pulling
string 204 is used for pulling a wall building device (not shown) connected to the leading end of afurther part 204a of the pullingstring 204 through theground 2 for buildingwall sections - As Figs. 23f and 23g illustrate, next the pulling
string 204a is used for pulling a wall building device (not shown) connected to leading ends of new pullingstrings ground 2 for building a wall section 192i essentially at right angles to wallsections 192d-192h. - The wall building method illustrated in Figs. 23a-23g provides a grate flexibility in building complex wall structures from basic, essentially uniform wall sections. At any rate, basically only one type of wall building device is needed to build the
wall sections units 64 included in the wall building device. - Further, wall sections may take different shapes than the ones shown in Figs. 23a-23g, possibly for establishing different angles than right angles between walls made up of the wall sections.
- Fig. 24a shows four
construction pits strings 218, 220 (which may be drill strings or casing strings or similar) have been placed in theground 2 between theconstruction pit 210 and theconstruction pit 212. The pullingstrings wall building device 222 along a path from theconstruction pit 210 to theconstruction pit 212. Thewall building device 222 at its leading side has five jetting orother excavating devices 224 which are indicated only schematically. Further, thewall building device 222 is provided with a plurality of jetting and extruding units of which the jettingparts 226 are located at the side of thewall building device 222 facing the construction pits 214 and 216. During the passage of thewall building device 222 from theconstruction pit 210 to theconstruction pit 212, only the jettingdevices 224 are in operation; the jetting and extruding units are inoperative. - As Fig. 24b illustrates, the trailing side of the
wall building device 222 is connected to a furtherwall building device 222a having a plurality of jetting and extruding units of which the jettingparts 228 are located at the side of thewall building device 222a facing the construction pits 214 and 216. The jetting and extruding units of thewall building device 222a are inoperative during the passage of thewall building device 222a from theconstruction pit 210 to theconstruction pit 212, whereas the jettingdevices 224 remain in operation. A furtherwall building device 222b (Fig. 24c) is connected to thewall building device 222a, and has essentially the same structure as thewall building device 222a. To thewall building device 222b a furtherwall building device 222c (Fig. 24c) is connected, having essentially the same structure as thewall building devices wall building devices - As Fig. 24c illustrates, next the assembly of
wall building devices strings 230 and 232 (which may be drill strings or casing strings or similar) in the indicated direction to the construction pits 214 and 216. The pullingstrings wall building devices ground 2, the jettingdevices 224 are out of operation, while the jetting and extruding units of thewall building devices wall 234 between the construction pits 212-216. - Figs. 25a and 25b show three
construction pits wall building devices strings 246 and 248 (which may be drill strings or casing strings or similar). Next, by means of a pullingstring 250 one end of the assembly ofwall building devices construction pit 244, while the other end of the assembly remains rotatingly connected to theconstruction pit 240, thus building a circle segment shapedwall 252 by having the jetting and extruding units of the assembly ofwall building devices devices 224 are inoperative.
Claims (13)
- Method for building a wall (43; 120; 150, 152, 154; 156, 158; 160; 160a, 160b; 161a; 162; 170, 172; 192, 192a-192i; 234; 252) or a part thereof in the ground (2), the method comprising:pulling a wall building device (30; 60; 110; 160c; 178; 222, 222a-222d) through the ground, whereby the ground adjacent the wall is left substantially intact, the wall building device having cross-sectional dimensions being substantially equal to the dimensions of at least a part of the cross-section of the wall or wall part;forming the wall or wall part by injecting a hardenable material (44) behind the wall building device; andremoving and discharging the ground in the area adjacent the front part of the wall building device.
- Method according to claim 1, wherein the ground (2) is removed and discharged through the wall building device (30; 60; 110; 160c; 178; 222, 222a-222d).
- Method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the wall building device (30; 60; 110; 160c; 178; 222, 222a-222d) is pulled through the ground (2) by a drill string (14) or a casing string (16) containing at least one duct, and wherein the ground removed by the wall building device is discharged through the at least one duct of the drill string or the casing string.
- Method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the wall or wall part contains at least one duct (164; 174), and wherein the ground (2) removed by the wall building device (30; 60; 110; 160c; 178; 222, 222a-222d) is discharged through the at least one duct of the wall or wall part.
- Method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the ground (2) adjacent the front part of the wall building device (30; 60; 110; 160c; 178; 222, 222a-222d) is jetted.
- Method according to claim 5, wherein the wall building device (30; 60; 110; 160c; 178; 222, 222a-222d) is pulled through the ground (2) by a drill string (14) or a casing string (16) containing at least one duct, and wherein a jetting fluid is supplied to the wall building device through the at least one duct of the drill string or the casing string.
- Method according to claim 5, wherein the wall (162) or wall part contains at least one duct (164), and wherein a jetting fluid is supplied to the wall building device (30; 60; 110; 160c; 178; 222, 222a-222d) through the at least one duct of the wall or wall part.
- Wall building device (30; 60; 110; 160c; 178; 222, 222a-222d) for building a wall (43; 120; 150, 152, 154; 156, 158; 160; 160a, 160b; 161a; 162; 170, 172; 192, 192a-192i; 234; 252) or a part thereof in the ground (2), the wall building device being adapted to be pulled through the ground, and having cross-sectional dimensions which are substantially equal to the dimensions of at least a part of the cross-section of the wall or wall part, the wall building device further comprising:an injection device (74, 92, 94, 98) for injecting a hardenable material behind the wall building device;a ground removing device (70, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90) for removing and discharging the ground in the area adjacent the front part of the wall building device during pulling of the wall building device through the ground.
- Device according to claim 8, wherein the ground (2) is removed and discharged through the wall building device (30; 60; 110; 160c; 178; 222, 222a-222d).
- Device according to claim 9, having a body (66) comprising ducts (68, 90) for discharging the ground (2).
- Device according to any of claims 8-10, wherein the ground removing device comprises a plurality of jetting chambers (78).
- Device according to claim 11, wherein each jetting chamber (78) comprises at least one rotatably driven jet tube (82) extending substantially parallel to the direction of movement of the wall building device (30; 60; 110; 160c; 178; 222, 222a-222d).
- Device according to claim 11 or 12, having a body (34; 66) comprising channels (70, 87) for guiding a jetting fluid.
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