Classifications

• • 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
  • E01F8/00—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic
  • E01F8/0005—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic used in a wall type arrangement
  • E01F8/0047—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic used in a wall type arrangement with open cavities, e.g. for covering sunken roads
  • E01F8/0076—Cellular, e.g. as wall facing
  • E01F8/0082—Cellular, e.g. as wall facing with damping material
• • 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
  • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
  • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
  • E04B1/82—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
  • E04B1/84—Sound-absorbing elements
  • E04B1/8404—Sound-absorbing elements block-shaped
• • 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
  • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
  • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
  • E04B1/82—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
  • E04B1/84—Sound-absorbing elements
  • E04B2001/8457—Solid slabs or blocks
  • E04B2001/8476—Solid slabs or blocks with acoustical cavities, with or without acoustical filling
  • E04B2001/848—Solid slabs or blocks with acoustical cavities, with or without acoustical filling the cavities opening onto the face of the element
  • E04B2001/8485—Solid slabs or blocks with acoustical cavities, with or without acoustical filling the cavities opening onto the face of the element the opening being restricted, e.g. forming Helmoltz resonators
• • 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
  • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
  • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
  • E04B1/82—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
  • E04B1/84—Sound-absorbing elements
  • E04B2001/8457—Solid slabs or blocks
  • E04B2001/8476—Solid slabs or blocks with acoustical cavities, with or without acoustical filling
  • E04B2001/848—Solid slabs or blocks with acoustical cavities, with or without acoustical filling the cavities opening onto the face of the element
  • E04B2001/849—Groove or slot type openings

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an acoustic construction element comprising sound insulating cavities.
• n° EP 0 580 096 there is described a sound-insulation element having a wall exhibiting perforations, and having a cavity which receives a sound-absorbing packing, which covers the mounths of the perforations.
• the acoustic bricks usually consist of ceramic material.
• acoustic lining element made of burnt clay, ceramic materials, cement, wood, plaster or the like.
• This acoustic lining element comprises a plane rectangular face intended to be attached to a wall.
• the opposite face to this one comprises a network of ribs forming corrugations parallel to one of the sides.
• Japanes patent application n° JP 09328833 describes a sound-absorbing block, obtained by baking fire clay, into which a pore imparting material is mixed, and fire- resisting chamotte.
• the ceramic block there are bored holes of different depth, drilled all over at right angles to the thickness direction.
• the ceramic block is reported to have sound absorbing performance in a frequency band having broad width.
• German patent application DE 198 23 139 there is described an acoustic element comprising sound insulating cavities having a constant shape along an axis parallel to the exposed surface of the construction element, at least part of said cavities comprising a first portion, situated closest to the external surface of the element, having a smaller width than the maximum width of a second, internal portion of the cavity.
• German patent application DE 33 22 189 and French patent publication FR 2 746 831 describe construction elements comprising cavities with different shapes and sizes.
• the invention thus provides a sound insulating construction element that can absorb a broad range of sound frequencies and that can be manufactured depending on the type or the frequency of noise pressure. For instance, the frequency of the disturbing noise that results from a truck that drives on a highway differs from the noise that has to be absorbed when one records a song in a music studio.
• an acoustic construction element with sound insulating cavities having a constant shape along an axis parallel to the exposed surface of the construction element, at least part of said cavities comprising a first portion, situated closest to the external surface of the element and with a smaller width than the maximum width of a second, internal portion of the cavity, said acoustic elements further comprising sound insulating cavities with: - at least part of said cavities have different depths ; at least part of said cavities have different internal volumes and/or different internal shapes ; at least part of said cavities have a substantially constant width over their entire depth; and at least part of said cavities are completely or partially filled with sound insulating material .
• the cavities have an angular shape. The intention of this is to provide a volume as large as possible after the entry.
• the cavities have a pseudo-rectangular shape. So, there is more reflection of the sound inside the cavity.
• Pseudo-rectangular means that the cavities have at least one acute angle .
• At least 90 % of the cavities are completely filled with sound insulating material.
• At least 90 % of the cavities are partially filled with sound insulating material .
• the cavities are completely or partially filled with foamed mineral product.
• foamed mineral product the cavities of an acoustic element are completely or partially filled with such material, the absorption of the sound is much better.
• the cavities are completely or partially filled with foamed clay, glass and pearlite.
• the elements are manufactured in one step process.
• Such method is used where the sound isolating material has a bake curve corresponding to the material from which the acoustic construction elements are made.
• a second method for manufacturing acoustic construction elements is to manufacture the elements in a two process step.
• the sound isolating material for example : polystyrene foam (such as isomo®) , glass wool,... is introduced in the cavities in a second process step.
• This method is of course also applicable for material which has a bake curve corresponding to the material from which the acoustic construction elements are made .
• said construction element is made of ceramic material.
• ceramic construction elements can be used as regular building bricks.
• the construction element according to the invention can also be used as a save load carrying construction element.
• the method for manufacturing acoustic construction elements is preferably by way of extrusion of the ceramic materials .
• FIG. 1 is a cross section of an acoustic construction element
• FIG. 2 is a cross section of an acoustic construction element of wich the cavities have an angular shape
• FIG. 3 is a cross section of an acoustic construction element of wich the cavities have an angular or pseudo- rectangular shape.
• the acoustic construction element is an acoustic brick (1) with a length of 324 cm., a heigth of 5 cm. and a width of 10 cm..
• the brick is manufactured by extrusion of ceramic material, more specific red-baking clay.
• the acoustic brick has a smooth surface. By using other clays or by addition of aggregates to the base material, the brick can obtain a different color or even a sandy structure. The surface can also be rough. In function of the composition, characteristics as the absorption of water, the intensity of the pressure, etc can differ.
• the acoustic brick (1) comprises at irregular distances, separate entries (2) of cavities (3), the cavities in general are designated by reference numerals 3. etc., which:
• FIG. 1 shows a difference between two cavities, this difference is shown in figure 1, where one notices that cavity (3.11. a) is deeper than cavity (3.10. a); have different internal volumes and/or different shapes, there are cavities which have an angular shape (3.1. a, 3.2. a, 3.3. a, 3.4. a, 3.7. a) and cavities with an pseudo-rectangular shape (3.5.b, 3.6.b, 3.8.b, 3.9.b) .
• Ceramic foam is a verry porous material with a verry low coefficient of heat conduction.
• the brick has thus a two-fold function: for one, the ceramic mass takes care for the absorption of the sound - the ceramic mass is the combination of the brick and the sound absorbing material -, And for another, the cavities, partially or completely filled with sound insulating material, are dimensioned in such a way that through the way of internal reflection, the sound doesn't get the chance to be reflected into free space. In this way, the depth, the shape and the internal volume of the cavities (3) and their position on the stone can be adapte in function of certain types of frequencies and/or the level of the sound that has to be adsorbed.
• An other object of the invention is the method of manufacturing an acoustic construction element comprising sound insulating cavities.
• a first method is to manufacture a brick in one process step.
• the brick is extruded of ceramic material and is provided with a cavity (3) .
• the sound insulting material is introduced through the entry (2) of the cavity (3) .
• This combination (brick+sound insulating material) is brought into a heating device where during one process step baking as well as expansion of the sound insulating material happend. Use of this method is only possible if the sound insulating material has a bake curve corresponding to the material from which the acoustic construction elements are made .
• Another method for manufacturing a construction element according to the invention is to fabricate a brick in a two process step.
• the sound insulating materials for example glass wool, foamed plastic (such as isomo®),... are introduced in a second process step, after the drying and baking of the brick.
• the acoustic construction element according to the invention can be used in every place where noise or noise pollution is an item, for instance in:
• the cavities can also serve as a carrier of technical pipes for, for instance, electricity, computers, telephone, sanitary, heating, ...
• the bricks or the panels can be mounted either horizontally, either vertically, or in a combination of the two, can be glued together or layed in bricks, or can function as a carrying or non-carrying part.
• the bricks can be used as road blocks on which traffic can circulate.
• the disturbing frequencies that arise when car types roll over the road surface can be absorbed by using the acoustic bricks as horizontal carrying driving surfaces.
• the cavities that are present in the bricks could also function for draining the excess of water when it's raining.

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