EP1557497A1 - Leightweight, deformable, isotropic fill - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates, in the field of civil engineering, a flexible and lightened work, whose resistance shearing is devoid of structural anisotropy, and which undergoes ranges of deformations modulable.
- Embankments are traditionally made of earth, loose or containing, in whole or in part, fragments rocky, possibly mixed with artificial elements, such as concrete blocks, incorporating the case appropriate elements intended in particular to confine it, to reduce its overall density by the inclusion of materials light, or to improve its mechanical characteristics by the combination of other materials as elements metal or textile tablecloths or the like.
- the earth has a density of about 2.
- the weight of the earth embankment causes settlement, and beyond that, a rupture of the surrounding soil, requiring expensive work to improve soil lift or carry loads to a deeper level.
- the replacement of the earth with concrete, even alveolar, modifies little the pressure applied to the surrounding soil.
- the tires arranged in bulk constitute as many elementary grains.
- the internal friction they confer on the embankment is isotropic. It is, by nature, much higher than that brought by elementary roughness because the entanglement of the tires, equivalent to grains of concave shapes, makes that, overall, the solicitations to the shear mobilize, among others, the tensile strength of tires.
- the medium consisting of loose tires is susceptible to deformations, in elastic and plastic, which, depending on the use of the embankment, can be significantly reduced by an equivalent pre-load.
- the bulk tires are confined by webs, eg in waterproof textiles or letting the water filter out.
- These sheets may be interconnected by tie rods, which provide a constraint, or a pre-stress, to provide for example a deformation under an equivalent load to bring.
- Containment or incorporation may be rigid or deformable materials.
- the slope angle of a backfill loose materials being of the same order as its internal friction angle, these ancillary devices allow, almost at will, to stiffen the embankment of the fill of loose tires.
- other materials eg vegetated earth, may cover or be incorporated into loose tires, eg from a textile web.
- bulk tires can be used to be incorporated into existing soil, after excavation or not, in order to confer all or part of the properties described above.
- Excavation traps reduce the stability of the soil where they are made. When it comes to a soft soil or sloping ground, embankments or, for all things, scree, the provisions necessary to compensate for the instability are prohibitive. In addition, the procurement of the instruments necessary for their realization can also be a serious obstacle.
- the dikes bring, by their dimensions and by the density of their components, an overload which, without disproportionate with the structure, may be incompatible with the lift of the soil, especially in extreme cases solicitation (large sliding, sliding under the base, punching, overturning, earthquakes).
- weight, volume, and size of the elements components and implementation tools may be incompatible with existing infrastructures (roads, tracks, urban areas or poorly passable).
- the device according to the invention makes it possible to overcome these various disadvantages. It is characterized by the contribution prefabricated elements - preferentially bulk tires - of low overall density, and globally isotropic, quite compressible to power, assembled, in the required location and dimensions, to absorb without breaking the impact energy of the blocks, without significantly overloading the soil, nor being significantly sensitive to the agents atmospheric, and requiring only a light infrastructure.
- Tires may also not be confined, or be partially or completely confined by soil, depending on local conditions.
- the device can be equipped with natural, earth or block coatings, (6), optionally vegetated or seeded (7) and / or coatings artificial, superficial (8) - stacked tires stiffening the upstream front in Figure 1 - or incorporated in the work (9), intended to spread the impact over a larger area and / or volume of the structure, or to contribute to its stability, either directly by their own characteristics or by their influence on other (10) geotextiles filtering the pavement soil).
- anchors made of resistant materials can bind the structure to resistant elements, such as foundation soil or other natural or artificial elements (rocks or blocks).
- FIG. 1 is thus represented, upstream of the basic device, a vertical anchorage - or, if necessary, several anchors, vertical or inclined - embedded in the ground (11) which can be arranged in one or more elements integral, to which is connected or supported a cable (12), perpendicular to the plane of the section shown, itself in resistant connection with the tires or with the threads - in particular by cables spaced parallel to the plane of the Figure (1) -, so that all or part of the solicitation is transmitted to the ground and to the anchorage without discontinuity.
- a stop may be arranged downstream of the structure (not shown), which can also be anchored.
- the structure may be partially buried and / or provided with a ditch on its face upstream.
- the basic device, (3) can be put in place on either side of the anchored element. All these elements complementary to the element (3) are provided only as needed.
- the low average density of the constituents of the structure makes it possible in particular not to significantly affect the stability of the surrounding environment, even if it is a soil in limit of stability like a scree, to let circulate a running water, permanent or not, thanks to the large porosity various tires in bulk, and finally, if necessary, to bring all or part of the constituents by air from a storage point - helicopter tire bags or tire release and other components -.
- the additional anchoring device gives the assembly, when necessary, resistance to the impact of blocks far superior to that of an earthen dyke, even armed with geotextiles or trellises, because it allows to overcome the relative discontinuity due to the grain-to-grain contact of the earth.
- this retention device is, seen in plan, generally linear (one or more segments of straight).
- the axis of the structure seen from above, instead of linear, as schematized in FIGS. 2a and 2b, can receive a shape allowing, with or without impact of blocks, better combine the traction and compression efforts that the structure undergoes and better adapt to the site.
- Figure 2c A possible case is schematically illustrated in Figure 2c.
- the invention can especially be applied to the retention of unstable blocks and floors, especially in hilly sites, in difficult to access sites, in sites where the supply of other materials is difficult, or in poor sites likely to support an overload.
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La présente invention concerne, dans le domaine du génie civil, un ouvrage souple et allégé, dont la résistance au cisaillement soit dépourvue d'anisotropie structurelle, et qui subisse des fourchettes de déformations modulables.The present invention relates, in the field of civil engineering, a flexible and lightened work, whose resistance shearing is devoid of structural anisotropy, and which undergoes ranges of deformations modulable.
Il est caractérisé par l'utilisation de pneumatiques de tailles quelconques, disposés en vrac.
.....Associés ou non avec d'autres matériaux, les pneus en vrac constituent, grâce aux propriétés énoncées ci-dessus,
un milieu utilisable dans diverses applications, dont le nombre de variantes n'est pas limitatif. Deux d'entre
elles sont successivement décrites ci-après, au regard des techniques actuelles. Elles concernent:
..... Associated or not with other materials, the tires in bulk constitute, thanks to the properties stated above, a medium usable in various applications, whose number of variants is not limiting. Two of them are successively described below, with regard to current techniques. They concern:
Les remblais sont traditionnellement constitués de terre, meuble ou comportant, en tout ou partie, des fragments rocheux, éventuellement mélangée avec des éléments artificiels, comme des blocs de béton, incorporant le cas échéant des éléments destinés notamment à la confiner, à réduire sa densité globale par l'inclusion de matériaux légers, ou à améliorer ses caractéristiques mécaniques par l'association d'autres matériaux comme des éléments métalliques ou des nappes textiles ou assimilées.Embankments are traditionally made of earth, loose or containing, in whole or in part, fragments rocky, possibly mixed with artificial elements, such as concrete blocks, incorporating the case appropriate elements intended in particular to confine it, to reduce its overall density by the inclusion of materials light, or to improve its mechanical characteristics by the combination of other materials as elements metal or textile tablecloths or the like.
Les limites de ces modes de réalisation de remblais et l'amélioration apportée par l'invention sont les suivantes:The limits of these embankment embodiments and the improvement provided by the invention are as follows:
La terre a une densité de l'ordre de 2. Quand un remblai est à réaliser à un niveau donné sur un sol compressible, le poids du remblai en terre entraine un tassement, et, au-delà, une rupture du sol encaissant, nécessitant des travaux onéreux d'amélioration de la portance du sol ou de report de charges à un niveau plus profond. Le remplacement de la terre par du béton, même alvéolaire, modifie peu la pression appliquée au sol encaissant.The earth has a density of about 2. When an embankment is to be made at a given level on a compressible soil, the weight of the earth embankment causes settlement, and beyond that, a rupture of the surrounding soil, requiring expensive work to improve soil lift or carry loads to a deeper level. The replacement of the earth with concrete, even alveolar, modifies little the pressure applied to the surrounding soil.
Divers matériaux légers ont été substitués à la terre, notamment le polystyrène expansé et les pneumatiques.
Outre son prix élevé, le polystyrène est très peu déformable; on ne peut donner à ses blocs élémentaires une forme
appropriée sinon en le taillant. En outre, les surfaces de contact entre blocs élémentaires constituent, dans la
résistance au cisaillement de l'ensemble, des discontinuités où la rugosité se substitue au frottement interne du
matériau, obligeant, pour le moins, à disposer ces surfaces de discontinuité dans des directions préférentielles eu
égard au champ de contraintes auxquels l'ensemble est soumis.
Une application ancienne de pneumatiques consiste en leur empilement, vertical ou non. Ils sont parfois remplis de
terre dont la densité prévaut alors; quand ils sont empilés sans apport de terre, les surfaces de contact entre pneus
constituent autant de discontinuités, partiellement réductibles par l'apport d'éléments complémentaires de traction.
L'anisotropie du milieu ainsi constitué reste cependant un élément fragilisant déterminant.Various lightweight materials have been substituted for the earth, including expanded polystyrene and tires. In addition to its high price, polystyrene is very little deformable; we can not give to its elementary blocks an appropriate form except by cutting it. In addition, the contact surfaces between elementary blocks constitute, in the shear strength of the assembly, discontinuities where the roughness is substituted for the internal friction of the material, forcing, at least, to arrange these discontinuity surfaces in directions preference given the field of constraints to which the whole is subject.
An old application of tires consists of their stacking, vertical or not. They are sometimes filled with earth whose density then prevails; when they are stacked without the addition of soil, the contact surfaces between the tires constitute so many discontinuities, partially reducible by the provision of complementary elements of traction. The anisotropy of the medium thus constituted remains however a critical weakening element.
Au contraire, à l'échelle d'un remblai, les pneus disposés en vrac constituent autant de grains élémentaires. Outre une densité globale qui est un large sous-multiple de celle de la terre, le frottement interne qu'ils confèrent au remblai est isotrope. Il est, par nature, bien plus élevé que celui apporté par les rugosités élémentaires, car l'enchevêtrement des pneus, équivalant à des grains de formes concaves, fait que, globalement, les sollicitations au cisaillement mobilisent, entre autres, la résistance à la traction des pneus.On the contrary, at the scale of a backfill, the tires arranged in bulk constitute as many elementary grains. In addition to an overall density which is a large submultiple of that of the earth, the internal friction they confer on the embankment is isotropic. It is, by nature, much higher than that brought by elementary roughness because the entanglement of the tires, equivalent to grains of concave shapes, makes that, overall, the solicitations to the shear mobilize, among others, the tensile strength of tires.
En outre, le milieu constitué de pneus en vrac est susceptible de déformations, sous formes élastique et plastique, qui, selon l'usage du remblai, peuvent être nettement réduits par un pré-chargement équivalent. In addition, the medium consisting of loose tires is susceptible to deformations, in elastic and plastic, which, depending on the use of the embankment, can be significantly reduced by an equivalent pre-load.
Sous une forme préférentielle, les pneus en vrac sont confinés par des nappes, p.ex. en textiles - étanches ou
laissant filtrer l'eau -. Ces nappes peuvent être liées entre elles par des tirants, qui permettent d'apporter une
contrainte, ou une pré-contrainte, pour prévoir p.ex. une déformation sous une charge équivalente à apporter. Le
confinement ou l'incorporation peuvent être en matériaux rigides ou déformables.
En outre, l'angle de talus d'un remblai en matériaux sans cohésion étant du même ordre que son angle de frottement
interne, ces dispositifs annexes permettent, quasi à volonté, de raidir le talus des remblais de pneus en vrac.
Enfin, d'autres matériaux, p.ex. de la terre végétalisable, peuvent recouvrir les pneus en vrac, p.ex. à l'abri d'une
nappe textile, ou y être incorporés.In a preferred form, the bulk tires are confined by webs, eg in waterproof textiles or letting the water filter out. These sheets may be interconnected by tie rods, which provide a constraint, or a pre-stress, to provide for example a deformation under an equivalent load to bring. Containment or incorporation may be rigid or deformable materials.
In addition, the slope angle of a backfill loose materials being of the same order as its internal friction angle, these ancillary devices allow, almost at will, to stiffen the embankment of the fill of loose tires.
Finally, other materials, eg vegetated earth, may cover or be incorporated into loose tires, eg from a textile web.
Outre les remblais hors sol, les pneus en vrac sont utilisables pour être incorporés à l'intérieur d'un sol existant, après déblai partiel ou non, en vue de lui conférer tout ou partie des propriétés exposées ci-dessus.In addition to the aboveground fill, bulk tires can be used to be incorporated into existing soil, after excavation or not, in order to confer all or part of the properties described above.
L'application suivante de l'invention est plus spécifique. Pour retenir des éléments solides instables, de toutes dimensions, d'origine naturelle ou artificielle, elle fait intervenir, dans ses variantes, d'autres éléments constitutifs, mais les pneus en vrac constituent, pour le moins, l'un des éléments déterminants des dispositifs décrits.The following application of the invention is more specific. To retain unstable solid elements, of all dimensions, of natural or artificial origin, it involves, in its variants, other constituent elements, but bulk tires are, at the very least, one of the determining elements of the devices described.
Elle concerne notamment la rétention de blocs rocheux qui, se détachant de talus ou de falaises, sont susceptibles de troubler ou endommager des sites naturels ou des installations ou habitations situées en aval, sur leur trajectoire. Ci-après le mot: bloc désigne tous types d'éléments à retenir.It concerns in particular the retention of boulders which, coming off slopes or cliffs, are likely to disturb or damage natural sites or downstream facilities or dwellings, on their trajectory. Hereinafter the word: block refers to all types of elements to remember.
Les techniques habituellement utilisées sont:
- soit des filets tendus au-dessus du sol et fixés à des éléments rigides, comme des poteaux,
- soit des digues dont l'élément constitutif principal est habituellement la terre, qui peut être aménagée par criblage et/ou par compactage et/ou par introduction d'éléments améliorant ses caractéristiques mécaniques utiles (résistance à la rupture, pentes de talus, compressibilité), tels le béton (qui peut, dans certains cas être même substitué à la terre), ou des éléments ou nappes métalliques, textiles, ou analogues (terre armée; géotextiles; pneus empilés, parallèlement entre eux, remplis de terre, avec ou sans interfaces; pneus empilés et accolés, rassemblés entre eux par des cables), ces divers ouvrages étant ci-après désignés par le terme de: digues,
- soit des excavations servant de pièges,
- soit une combinaison de cette dernière technique avec l'une des deux autres.
- nets stretched above the ground and attached to rigid elements, such as poles,
- either dikes whose main constituent element is usually earth, which can be arranged by screening and / or compaction and / or by introduction of elements improving its useful mechanical characteristics (breaking strength, slope slopes, compressibility) such as concrete (which may in some cases be even substituted for the earth), or elements or sheets of metal, textiles, or the like (reinforced earth, geotextiles, tires stacked, parallel to each other, filled with earth, with or without interfaces, stacked and contiguous tires, assembled together by cables), these various works being hereinafter referred to as dikes,
- excavations used as traps,
- a combination of this last technique with one of the other two.
Outre la nécessité d'un dimensionnement permettant au filet sur toute sa surface et à ses éléments de fixation au sol, de supporter, sans se rompre, l'impact d'un bloc ou de plusieurs blocs successifs, la technique des filets présente les inconvénients liés à sa mise en oeuvre (approvisionnement et mise en place des éléments), ainsi que ceux inhérents à sa durée de vie limitée quand le filet, sauf constituants spéciaux, est soumis aux agents atmosphériques, notamment aux ultra-violets.In addition to the need for a dimensioning allowing the net on all its surface and its fixing elements on the ground, to support, without breaking, the impact of a block or several successive blocks, the technique of nets disadvantages of its implementation (procurement and implementation of elements), as well as those inherent to its limited life when the net, except special constituents, is subject to the agents atmospheres, especially ultraviolet.
Les pièges par excavations réduisent peu ou prou la stabilité du sol où elles sont réalisées. Quand il s'agit d'un sol mou ou d'un sol en pente, talus ou a fortiori éboulis, les dispositions nécessaires pour compenser l'instabilité sont rédhibitoires. En outre, l'approvisionnement des instruments nécessaires à leur réalisation peut aussi être un obstacle grave.Excavation traps reduce the stability of the soil where they are made. When it comes to a soft soil or sloping ground, embankments or, for all things, scree, the provisions necessary to compensate for the instability are prohibitive. In addition, the procurement of the instruments necessary for their realization can also be a serious obstacle.
Pour présenter une résistance suffisante au cisaillement induit par l'impact d'un bloc, les digues apportent, par leurs dimensions et par la densité de leurs composantes, une surcharge qui, sans des confortements disproportionnés avec l'ouvrage, peut être incompatible avec la portance du sol, notamment dans les cas extrêmes de sollicitation (grand glissement, glissement sous la base, poinçonnement, renversement, séismes). En outre l'approvisionnement (quand on ne trouve pas de matériaux convenables proches du site, ou quand leur prélèvement local peut entrainer des désordres structurels ou esthétiques), le poids, le volume, et l'encombrement des éléments constitutifs et des outils de mise en oeuvre, peuvent être incompatibles avec les infrastructures existantes (routes, pistes, zones urbaines ou mal franchissables).To provide a sufficient resistance to the shear induced by the impact of a block, the dikes bring, by their dimensions and by the density of their components, an overload which, without disproportionate with the structure, may be incompatible with the lift of the soil, especially in extreme cases solicitation (large sliding, sliding under the base, punching, overturning, earthquakes). In addition supply (when there are no suitable materials close to the site, or when local can lead to structural or aesthetic disorders), weight, volume, and size of the elements components and implementation tools, may be incompatible with existing infrastructures (roads, tracks, urban areas or poorly passable).
Les procédés existants mettant en oeuvre des pneus présentent les inconvénients de constituer des massifs anisotropes, avec des surfaces de glissement préférentielles, notamment aux interfaces entre pneus et en limite du massif ainsi constitué, notamment au contact avec le sol - ce qui réduit considérablement leur résistance globale.Existing processes using tires have the drawbacks of forming massifs anisotropic, with preferential sliding surfaces, especially at the interfaces between tires and at the limit of massive thus formed, especially in contact with the ground - which significantly reduces their overall strength.
Le dispositif selon l'invention permet de s'affranchir de ces divers inconvénients. Il est caractérisé par l'apport d'éléments préfabriqués - préférentiellement de pneus en vrac - de faible densité globale, et globalement isotropes, assez compressibles pour pouvoir, assemblés, à l'emplacement et aux dimensions requis, absorber sans rupture l'énergie d'impact des blocs, sans surcharger notablement le sol, ni être notablement sensible aux agents atmosphériques, et en ne nécessitant qu'une infrastructure légère.The device according to the invention makes it possible to overcome these various disadvantages. It is characterized by the contribution prefabricated elements - preferentially bulk tires - of low overall density, and globally isotropic, quite compressible to power, assembled, in the required location and dimensions, to absorb without breaking the impact energy of the blocks, without significantly overloading the soil, nor being significantly sensitive to the agents atmospheric, and requiring only a light infrastructure.
Dans sa forme préférentielle, le dispositif est représenté en coupe sur la figure 1:
Les pneus peuvent aussi ne pas être confinés, ou être partiellement ou totalement confinés par de la terre, notamment en fonction des conditions locales.Tires may also not be confined, or be partially or completely confined by soil, depending on local conditions.
Aux endroits appropriés selon les besoins cas par cas, notamment si c'est utile à son dimensionnement, ou à la protection contre les agressions (dont celles des ultra-violets) ou à l'esthétique, le dispositif peut être muni de revêtements naturels, en terre ou en blocs, (6), éventuellement végétalisés ou ensemencés (7) et/ou de revêtements artificiels, superficiels (8) - pneus empilés raidissant le front amont sur la figure 1 - ou incorporés à l'ouvrage (9), destinés à répartir l'impact sur une surface et/ou sur un volume plus grands de l'ouvrage, ou à contribuer à sa stabilité, soit directement par leurs caractéristiques propres, soit par leur influence sur d'autres éléments (notamment (10) géotextiles filtrant le sol de revêtement).In appropriate places according to the needs case by case, especially if it is useful for its dimensioning, or at the protection against attacks (including those of ultra-violet) or aesthetics, the device can be equipped with natural, earth or block coatings, (6), optionally vegetated or seeded (7) and / or coatings artificial, superficial (8) - stacked tires stiffening the upstream front in Figure 1 - or incorporated in the work (9), intended to spread the impact over a larger area and / or volume of the structure, or to contribute to its stability, either directly by their own characteristics or by their influence on other (10) geotextiles filtering the pavement soil).
Pour apporter à l'ouvrage une plus grande résistance au cisaillement, particulièrement pour sa stabilité et vis à vis de l'impact de blocs, des ancrages en matériaux résistants, tels des profilés métalliques, peuvent lier l'ouvrage à des éléments résistants, comme le sol de fondation ou à d'autres éléments, naturels ou artificiels (rochers ou blocs). Sur la figure 1 est ainsi représenté, en amont du dispositif de base, un ancrage vertical - ou, si besoin est, plusieurs ancrages, verticaux ou inclinés - fiché dans le sol (11) qui peut être disposé en un seul ou en plusieurs éléments solidaires, auquel est lié ou appuyé un cable (12), perpendiculaire au plan de la coupe représentée, lui même en liaison résistante avec les pneus ou avec les filets - notamment par des cables espacés parallèlement au plan de la figure (1) -, en sorte que soit transmis au sol et à l'ancrage, sans discontinuité, tout ou partie de la sollicitation de l'ouvrage soumis à la survenue d'un bloc. Au seul frottement externe du massif de pneus sur sa base, s'ajoute alors, pour assurer sa stabilité notamment lors de la survenue d'un bloc, la résistance au cisaillement du sol de fondation et de l'ancrage, par l'intermédiaire des liaisons entre l'ancrage et les pneus ou les amas de pneus.To provide the structure with greater shear strength, particularly for its stability and the impact of blocks, anchors made of resistant materials, such as metal profiles, can bind the structure to resistant elements, such as foundation soil or other natural or artificial elements (rocks or blocks). In FIG. 1 is thus represented, upstream of the basic device, a vertical anchorage - or, if necessary, several anchors, vertical or inclined - embedded in the ground (11) which can be arranged in one or more elements integral, to which is connected or supported a cable (12), perpendicular to the plane of the section shown, itself in resistant connection with the tires or with the threads - in particular by cables spaced parallel to the plane of the Figure (1) -, so that all or part of the solicitation is transmitted to the ground and to the anchorage without discontinuity. the work submitted to the occurrence of a block. To the only external friction of the tire mass on its base, then adds, to ensure its stability especially during the occurrence of a block, the shear strength of the foundation soil and anchoring, through the connections between the anchor and the tires or tire clusters.
Selon la pente du terrain et l'impact attendu, une butée peut être disposée en aval de l'ouvrage (non illustrée), qui peut aussi être ancrée.Depending on the slope of the terrain and the expected impact, a stop may be arranged downstream of the structure (not shown), which can also be anchored.
Dans une variante non illustrée, l'ouvrage peut être partiellement enterré et/ou muni d'un fossé sur sa face amont. Dans une autre variante non illustrée, le dispositif de base, (3), peut être mis en place de part et d'autre de l'élément ancré. Tous ces éléments complémentaires à l'élément (3) ne sont apportés que selon les besoins.In a variant not illustrated, the structure may be partially buried and / or provided with a ditch on its face upstream. In another variant not illustrated, the basic device, (3), can be put in place on either side of the anchored element. All these elements complementary to the element (3) are provided only as needed.
La faible densité moyenne des constituants de l'ouvrage permet notamment de ne pas affecter notablement la stabilité du milieu encaissant, même s'il s'agit d'un sol en limite de stabilité comme un éboulis, de laisser circuler une eau courante, permanente ou non, grâce à la grande porosité pneus divers en vrac, et enfin, si nécessaire, d'apporter tout ou partie des constituants par voie aérienne depuis un point de stockage - dépôt par hélicoptère de sacs de pneus ou lâchage de pneus et autres constituants -.The low average density of the constituents of the structure makes it possible in particular not to significantly affect the stability of the surrounding environment, even if it is a soil in limit of stability like a scree, to let circulate a running water, permanent or not, thanks to the large porosity various tires in bulk, and finally, if necessary, to bring all or part of the constituents by air from a storage point - helicopter tire bags or tire release and other components -.
Le dispositif additionnel d'ancrage confère à l'ensemble, quand c'est nécessaire, une résistance à l'impact de blocs bien supérieure à celle d'une digue en terre, même armée de géotextiles ou de treillis, car il permet de s'affranchir de la discontinuité relative due au contact grain à grain de la terre.The additional anchoring device gives the assembly, when necessary, resistance to the impact of blocks far superior to that of an earthen dyke, even armed with geotextiles or trellises, because it allows to overcome the relative discontinuity due to the grain-to-grain contact of the earth.
L'ensemble de ce dispositif de rétention est, vu en plan, généralement linéaire (un ou plusieurs segments de droites). Dans une variante de l'invention schématisée en figure 2, l'axe de l'ouvrage, en vue de dessus, au lieu de linéaire, tel que schématisé en figure 2a et 2b, peut recevoir une forme permettant, avec ou sans impact de blocs, de mieux combiner les efforts de traction et ceux de compression que subit l'ouvrage et de mieux s'adapter au site. Un cas possible est schématiquement illustré en figure 2c.The whole of this retention device is, seen in plan, generally linear (one or more segments of straight). In a variant of the invention shown schematically in FIG. 2, the axis of the structure, seen from above, instead of linear, as schematized in FIGS. 2a and 2b, can receive a shape allowing, with or without impact of blocks, better combine the traction and compression efforts that the structure undergoes and better adapt to the site. A possible case is schematically illustrated in Figure 2c.
L'invention peut notamment s'appliquer à la retenue de blocs et sols instables, notamment en sites accidentés, en sites difficiles d'accès, en sites où l'approvisionnement d'autres matériaux est difficile, ou en sites mal susceptibles de supporter une surcharge.The invention can especially be applied to the retention of unstable blocks and floors, especially in hilly sites, in difficult to access sites, in sites where the supply of other materials is difficult, or in poor sites likely to support an overload.
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