US20090297263A1 - Betonleitwand-element - Google Patents

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US20090297263A1
US20090297263A1 US12/095,051 US9505106A US2009297263A1 US 20090297263 A1 US20090297263 A1 US 20090297263A1 US 9505106 A US9505106 A US 9505106A US 2009297263 A1 US2009297263 A1 US 2009297263A1
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Mathias Redlberger
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F15/00—Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact
    • E01F15/02—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes
    • E01F15/08—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes essentially made of walls or wall-like elements ; Cable-linked blocks
    • E01F15/088—Details of element connection
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F15/00—Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact
    • E01F15/02—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes
    • E01F15/08—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes essentially made of walls or wall-like elements ; Cable-linked blocks
    • E01F15/081—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes essentially made of walls or wall-like elements ; Cable-linked blocks characterised by the use of a specific material
    • E01F15/083—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes essentially made of walls or wall-like elements ; Cable-linked blocks characterised by the use of a specific material using concrete

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  • the invention relates to a concrete safety barrier element with at least one tension member for connection with an additional concrete safety barrier element at end faces.
  • End faces of conventional concrete safety barrier elements have a receptacle for a connecting element for connection with an adjacent concrete safety barrier element.
  • joints can be formed between the concrete safety barrier elements, so that a vehicle sliding along a concrete safety barrier element can essentially collide head-on with the adjacent concrete safety barrier element. The formation of a joint by the concrete safety barrier elements therefore represents a substantial safety risk.
  • a vertical guide groove for a damping element is provided on at least one of the end faces, that the guide groove has lateral boundaries for the damping element, and that the guide groove is configured for insertion of the damping element from the top.
  • the damping element can advantageously be inserted particularly quickly and easily and the tension member can be easily and quickly pretensioned.
  • the guide effectively prevents the damping element from falling out.
  • the damping element can be used in connection with a tensioning screw for support on the adjacent concrete safety barrier element, wherein the tensioning screw can be arranged on an end face of the concrete safety barrier element.
  • the tension member can be additionally pretensioned by changing the range of the screw protruding from the concrete safety barrier element.
  • the guide groove can be arranged in the lower region of the end face, whereby a pretension of the tension member is generated by the damping element, thereby obviating the need for additional tensioning elements for tensioning the tension member.
  • the guide groove as viewed in a direction away from the top surface—can have a decreasing depth at least in certain sections, wherein the guide groove is wedge-shaped at least in certain sections.
  • the wedge-shaped guide groove ensures that the damping element automatically descends when the concrete safety barrier element is deformed, so as to completely fill the gap.
  • a lateral insertion opening can be disposed above the guide groove.
  • the damping element can then be particularly easily and quickly inserted in the guide groove with the help of the lateral insertion opening.
  • two guide grooves with a mutual lateral spacing can be provided, providing increased stability against sideways tilting of the concrete safety barrier elements; the damping elements also readily compensate in curved road sections for the different spacings of the concrete safety barrier elements in the region of the laterally spaced guide grooves.
  • the invention is also directed to a concrete safety barrier with concrete safety barrier elements, wherein two respective concrete safety barrier elements are interconnected at their end faces by at least one tension member under formation of a gap.
  • Conventional concrete safety barriers of this type are formed of conventional concrete safety barrier elements, as described above, and share their disadvantages.
  • a vertical guide groove for a damping element is provided on at least one of the end faces of the concrete safety barrier elements, that the guide groove has lateral boundaries for the damping element, and that the guide groove is configured for insertion of the damping element from the top, wherein the damping element is preferably formed as a wedge-shaped element.
  • the guide groove in a direction away from the top surface—can have a decreasing depth at least in certain sections, wherein the guide groove is wedge-shaped at least in certain sections.
  • the wedge-shaped guide groove ensures that the damping element automatically descends when the concrete safety barrier element is deformed, so as to completely fill the gap.
  • the invention is also directed to a method for constructing a concrete safety barrier from concrete safety barrier elements, wherein two respective concrete safety barrier elements are connected to one another at their end faces by a tension member under formation of a gap.
  • the concrete safety barrier elements are connected with connecting elements after placement, wherein there is frequently a risk that joints are formed in the event of a collision, in particular caused by play between the connecting elements.
  • the formation of the pretension can be easily checked by checking the deformation of the damping element.
  • the damping element can be inserted into a vertical guide groove from the top. This can prevent the damping element from falling out sideways as a result of temperature variations, vibrations or other stresses on the concrete safety barrier.
  • FIG. 1 shows a concrete safety barrier according to the invention with two concrete safety barrier elements in a side view, whereby one side of one of the concrete safety barrier elements is raised;
  • FIG. 2 is a side view of the concrete safety barrier of FIG. 1 , with the concrete safety barrier element lowered;
  • FIG. 3 is a top view onto the gap of the concrete safety barrier of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a view on the end face of a concrete safety barrier element with lateral damping elements
  • FIG. 5 is a top view onto the gap of a concrete safety barrier with concrete safety barrier elements according to FIG. 4 , in cross-section;
  • FIG. 6 is a view on the end face of an additional concrete safety barrier elements with lateral damping elements
  • FIG. 7 is a view on the end face of a concrete safety barrier elements with damping elements
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 show a top view onto a gap of a concrete safety barrier with concrete safety barrier elements according to FIG. 7 , in cross-section;
  • FIGS. 10 to 12 show the gap of a concrete safety barrier with concrete safety barrier elements according to FIG. 7 in a side view, with gaps having different widths.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 illustrate a concrete safety barrier with concrete safety barrier elements 11 , 12 , wherein two respective concrete safety barrier elements 11 , 12 are connected by at least one tension member 3 at the corresponding end faces under formation of a gap. Buckling of the concrete safety barrier following an collision with a vehicle can be prevented by pretensioning the tension member 3 .
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a method for easily and quickly generating a pretension of the tension member 3 .
  • the additional concrete safety barrier element 12 is added to the concrete safety barrier, the additional concrete safety barrier element 12 is coupled by the tension member 3 to the existing concrete safety barrier, and the additional concrete safety barrier element 12 is raised.
  • the additional concrete safety barrier element 12 is hereby pivoted about the connection of the tension member 3 , as shown in FIG. 1 .
  • a damping element 4 for pretensioning the tension member 3 is arranged in the lower region of the gap 5 .
  • the additional concrete safety barrier element 12 is then lowered, thereby compressing the damping element 4 and pretensioning the tension member 3 .
  • the additional concrete safety barrier element 12 can also be moved against the concrete safety barrier in the pivoted position.
  • the damping element 4 can be already placed in the lower region of the gap 5 before the additional concrete safety barrier element 12 is moved against the concrete safety barrier. This modification does not impact the underlying operation of the method and can therefore be viewed as being part of the method of the invention.
  • the tension member 3 is pretensioned by the weight of the additional concrete safety barrier element 12 and the damping element 4 .
  • the damping element 4 also prevents buckling of the concrete safety barrier and the formation of a joint in the region of the gap 5 during a collision.
  • damping elements 4 can be introduced into the gap from the side after the concrete safety barrier is formed, and optionally tensioned relative to one another with a connecting member 45 . Such concrete safety barrier elements are illustrated in FIGS. 4 , 5 and 6 .
  • FIG. 7 shows the end face 21 of a concrete safety barrier element 11 , 12 which—as viewed in the operating position—has at least one vertical guide groove 22 at the end face 21 , wherein the guide groove 22 has lateral boundaries 23 for the damping element 4 and the guide groove 22 is configured for introduction of the damping element 4 from the top.
  • the lateral boundaries 23 prevent the damping element 4 from falling out sideways during operation. This approach also prevents vibrations and/or air suction from detaching the damping element from the concrete safety barrier.
  • the lateral boundaries 23 of the guide groove 22 can be provided for receiving the lateral boundaries of the damping element 4 .
  • the guide groove 22 is preferably arranged in the lower region of the end face 21 of the concrete safety barrier element 11 , 12 , with the damping element 4 generating a pretension of the tension member 3 .
  • the pretension is preferably generated by the afore-described method.
  • the damping element 4 may expand in the gap 5 , thereby generating a tension in the gap 5 which in turn pretensions the tension member.
  • a lateral insertion opening 24 can be provided above the guide groove 22 to allow introduction of the damping element 4 from the side. Several positions for introducing the damping element 4 are shown on the right side in FIG. 7 .
  • the concrete safety barrier elements 11 , 12 can be reliably prevented from unintentionally pivoting relative to one another, thereby ensuring short displacements in the event of a collision, by providing at least two laterally spaced guide grooves 22 .
  • the damping elements 4 are designed to prevent rotation as well as to generate a pretension.
  • the guide groove 22 can—in a direction away from the top surface—be formed at least in certain sections with a decreasing depth, wherein the wedge-shaped element 4 is essentially diametrically opposed.
  • different spacings in the gap 5 can be compensated by a single damping element 4 .
  • a change in the gap dimension for example when the gap 5 becomes larger due to temperature variations and the like, can be compensated by allowing the damping element 4 to optionally descend, thereby completely filling the spacing between the two adjacent concrete safety barrier elements 11 , 12 .
  • FIGS. 10 to 12 illustrate three positions of the damping element 4 for a different thickness of the gap 5 .
  • the guide groove 22 is here at least in certain sections formed as a wedge, wherein the damping element 4 is also formed as a wedge-shaped element. In this way, different thicknesses of the gap 5 can be easily compensated for a curved concrete safety barrier, necessitating only a single size of the damping elements 4 .
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 each show a top view onto the gap 5 of a concrete safety barrier with concrete safety barrier elements 11 , 12 in cross-section, wherein the concrete safety barrier elements 11 , 12 in FIG. 8 are arranged along a straight section and in FIG. 9 along a curved section.
  • the gap 5 has a different width across the width of the concrete safety barrier elements 11 , 12 . This can be compensated, in particular, by wedge-shaped damping elements 4 and a wedge-shaped guide groove 22 , as described above, or by employing different damping elements 4 .
  • the concrete safety barrier elements 11 , 12 can be used to construct concrete safety barriers, wherein the damping element 4 is introduced into the vertical guide groove 22 from the top.
  • the concrete safety barrier hence has the features of the concrete safety barrier elements 11 , 12 .

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