EP1310595A1 - Procédé pour renforcer la tenue d'un élément d'ancrage dans une dalle de béton - Google Patents

Procédé pour renforcer la tenue d'un élément d'ancrage dans une dalle de béton Download PDF

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EP1310595A1
EP1310595A1 EP02292778A EP02292778A EP1310595A1 EP 1310595 A1 EP1310595 A1 EP 1310595A1 EP 02292778 A EP02292778 A EP 02292778A EP 02292778 A EP02292778 A EP 02292778A EP 1310595 A1 EP1310595 A1 EP 1310595A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B9/00—Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like
    • E01B9/02—Fastening rails, tie-plates, or chairs directly on sleepers or foundations; Means therefor
    • E01B9/04—Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry without clamp members
    • E01B9/14—Plugs, sleeves, thread linings, or other inserts for holes in sleepers
    • E01B9/18—Plugs, sleeves, thread linings, or other inserts for holes in sleepers for concrete sleepers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B9/00—Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like
    • E01B9/02—Fastening rails, tie-plates, or chairs directly on sleepers or foundations; Means therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/38—Connections for building structures in general
    • E04B1/41—Connecting devices specially adapted for embedding in concrete or masonry

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  • the invention relates to a method for strengthening the holding of an anchoring element. drowned in a concrete slab.
  • the method according to the invention is used in particular for improve the strength of the anchoring elements for fixing the saddles supporting the rails of a railway track resting on a concrete slab.
  • Document FR 2 425 014 discloses anchoring elements which are directly embedded in a concrete slab which allows the fixing of a railroad track, these anchoring elements consisting of an anchoring sheath having an envelope external metal provided with multiple beads coming into contact with concrete and a a lag screw screwing into the anchor sheath.
  • Such anchors are usually embedded in the slab while sinking simply, by gravity, concrete around the anchor.
  • it is often difficult to obtain good contact between the concrete and the anchor element because for example the formation of air bubbles at the interface between the anchoring element and the concrete, or when the surface condition of the anchor element does not allow a good natural bonding of concrete, or even when a phenomenon of repulsion due to the texture and nature of the materials in contact like this this is particularly the case when the anchoring element is galvanized and passivated, which limits the holding of the anchoring element in the concrete slab.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a method for strengthening the holding an anchor in a concrete slab that is simple and economical to achieve.
  • the invention relates to a method for reinforcing the holding of an element anchor embedded in a concrete slab, characterized in that, prior to the pouring the concrete slab around the anchor element, coating the element for anchoring a mortar made of a resin mixed with sand and cement.
  • the resin is an ethylene polymer acetate vinyl.
  • the anchoring element is consisting of an anchoring sheath receiving a lag screw and comprising an envelope galvanized metal exterior.
  • the anchoring element is used for fixing a railway track.
  • FIG. 1 represents an anchoring element embedded in a concrete slab 2 according to a particular embodiment of the method according to the invention.
  • the anchoring element 1 comprises an anchoring sheath 11, known per se, into which a lag screw 12 is screwed, this lag screw 12 serving to immobilize the base 5 of a saddle intended to support a non-railway track shown in the figure.
  • the anchoring sheath 11 has an outer casing galvanized and passivated metal.
  • the envelope of the anchoring sheath 11 is covered, prior to pouring the concrete slab 2, a mortar 3 made of a resin mixed with sand and cement.
  • the resin used is preferably a ethylene vinyl acetate polymer.
  • This mortar 3 is advantageously applied to the anchoring sheaths 11 in a independent operation carried out well before pouring the concrete slab 2 so that mortar 3 is perfectly dry when handling the anchor sheaths 11 and when pouring the concrete slab 2.
  • the concrete slab 2 is for example obtained by simple gravity casting in a formwork, the concrete flowing around the mortar 3 covering the anchoring sheath 11, the latter being maintained in a fixed position during this operation.
  • Such a method makes it possible to significantly improve the behavior of the anchoring sheath in the concrete slab thanks to the very good cohesion between the metal casing galvanized anchor sheath and mortar as well as between mortar and concrete.
  • the invention also applies to other types of anchoring elements and may in particular be used to strengthen the holding of an anchor rod substantially smooth intended to be embedded directly in a concrete slab and having a threaded upper part, projecting from the concrete slab, intended for receive fasteners from the railway and allow their immobilization at by means of a nut.

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Procédé pour renforcer la tenue d'un élément d'ancrage (1) noyé dans une dalle de béton (2), caractérisé en ce que, préalablement à la coulée de la dalle de béton (2) autour de l'élément d'ancrage (1), on enduit l'élément d'ancrage (1) d'un mortier (3) constitué d'une résine mélangée avec du sable et du ciment. <IMAGE>

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L'invention se rapporte à un procédé pour renforcer la tenue d'un élément d'ancrage noyé dans une dalle de béton. Le procédé selon l'invention sert notamment à améliorer la tenue des éléments d'ancrage pour la fixation des selles supportant les rails d'une voie ferrée reposant sur une dalle de béton.
Il est connu du document FR 2 425 014, des éléments d'ancrage noyés directement dans une dalle de béton qui permettent la fixation d'un rail de voie ferrée, ces éléments d'ancrage étant constitués d'une gaine d'ancrage présentant une enveloppe externe métallique munie de multiples bourrelets venant au contact du béton et d'un un tire-fond se vissant dans la gaine d'ancrage.
De tels éléments d'ancrage sont habituellement noyés dans la dalle en coulant simplement, par gravité, du béton autour de l'élément d'ancrage. Toutefois, il est souvent difficile d'obtenir un bon contact entre le béton et l'élément d'ancrage du fait par exemple de la formation de bulles d'air à l'interface entre l'élément d'ancrage et le béton, ou lorsque l'état de surface de l'élément d'ancrage ne permet pas un bon accrochage naturel du béton, ou bien encore lorsqu'il se produit un phénomène de répulsion en raison de la texture et de la nature des matériaux en contact comme cela est notamment le cas quand l'élément d'ancrage est galvanisé et passivé, ce qui limite la tenue de l'élément d'ancrage dans la dalle de béton. Or, il est important pour une voie ferrée que les éléments d'ancrage soient fermement tenus dans la dalle de béton afin d'assurer un excellent maintien des rails de la voie ferrée.
Aussi, un but de la présente invention est de proposer un procédé pour renforcer la tenue d'un élément d'ancrage dans une dalle de béton qui soit simple et économique à réaliser.
A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un procédé pour renforcer la tenue d'un élément d'ancrage noyé dans une dalle de béton, caractérisé en ce que, préalablement à la coulée de la dalle de béton autour de l'élément d'ancrage, on enduit l'élément d'ancrage d'un mortier constitué d'une résine mélangée avec du sable et du ciment.
Selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention, la résine est un polymère éthylène vinyle acétate.
Selon encore une autre caractéristique de l'invention, l'élément d'ancrage est constitué d'une gaine d'ancrage recevant un tire-fond et comprenant une enveloppe extérieure métallique galvanisée.
Selon encore une autre caractéristique de l'invention, l'élément d'ancrage est utilisé pour la fixation d'une voie ferrée.
On comprendra mieux les buts, aspects et avantages de la présente invention, d'après la description donnée ci-après d'un mode particulier de réalisation de l'invention, présenté à titre d'exemple non limitatif, en se référant à la figure 1 annexée représentant une vue en coupe d'un élément d'ancrage noyé dans une dalle de béton suivant le procédé selon l'invention.
Pour faciliter la lecture de cette figure, seuls les éléments nécessaires à la compréhension de l'invention ont été représentés.
La figure 1 représente un élément d'ancrage noyé dans une dalle de béton 2 selon un mode de réalisation particulier du procédé selon l'invention.
Conformément à cette figure, l'élément d'ancrage 1 comporte une gaine d'ancrage 11, connue en soi, dans laquelle est vissé un tire-fond 12, ce tire-fond 12 servant à immobiliser l'embase 5 d'une selle destinée à supporter un rail de voie ferrée non représenté sur la figure. La gaine d'ancrage 11 possède une enveloppe extérieure métallique galvanisée et passivée.
Conformément à l'invention, l'enveloppe de la gaine d'ancrage 11 est recouverte, préalablement à la coulée de la dalle de béton 2, d'un mortier 3 constitué d'une résine mélangée avec du sable et du ciment. La résine utilisée est préférentiellement un polymère éthylène vinyle acétate.
Ce mortier 3 est avantageusement appliqué sur les gaines d'ancrage 11 dans une opération indépendante réalisée bien avant la coulée de 1a dalle de béton 2 afin que mortier 3 soit parfaitement sec lors de la manipulation des gaines d'ancrage 11 et lors de la coulée de la dalle de béton 2.
La dalle de béton 2 est par exemple obtenue par simple coulée par gravité dans un coffrage, le béton s'écoulant autour du mortier 3 recouvrant la gaine d'ancrage 11, cette dernière étant maintenue dans une position fixe lors de cette opération.
Un tel procédé permet d'améliorer notablement la tenue de la gaine d'ancrage dans la dalle de béton grâce à la très bonne cohésion qu'il y a entre l'enveloppe métallique galvanisée de la gaine d'ancrage et le mortier ainsi qu'entre le mortier et le béton.
Bien entendu, l'invention n'est nullement limitée au mode de réalisation décrit et illustré qui n'a été donné qu'à titre d'exemple. Des modifications restent possibles, notamment du point de vue de la constitution des divers éléments ou par substitution d'équivalents techniques, sans sortir pour autant du domaine de protection de l'invention.
Ainsi, l'invention s'applique également à d'autres types d'éléments d'ancrage et pourra notamment être utilisée pour renforcer la tenue d'une tige d'ancrage sensiblement lisse destinée à être noyée directement dans une dalle de béton et disposant d'une partie supérieure filetée, débordant de la dalle de béton, destinée à recevoir des pièces de fixation de la voie ferrée et à permettre leur immobilisation au moyen d'un écrou.

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  1. Procédé pour renforcer la tenue d'un élément d'ancrage (1) noyé dans une dalle de béton (2), caractérisé en ce que, préalablement à la coulée de la dalle de béton (2) autour de l'élément d'ancrage (1), on enduit l'élément d'ancrage (1) d'un mortier (3) constitué d'une résine mélangée avec du sable et du ciment.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la résine est un polymère éthylène vinyle acétate.
  3. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 2, caractérisé en ledit élément d'ancrage (1) est constitué d'une gaine d'ancrage (11) recevant un tire-fond (12) et comprenant une enveloppe extérieure métallique galvanisée.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que ledit élément d'ancrage (1) est utilisé pour la fixation d'une voie ferrée.
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