WO2005108682A1 - Modular building elements for constructing retaining wall and the construction method thereof - Google Patents
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- This present invention relates to the modular building elements fixed to each other without using mortar or reinforcement elements in order to construct a retaining wall which is capable of providing the desired resistance force against the external forces applied by the back-fill materials.
- This invention can be evaluated within the technical fields of construction and structural landscaping. Additionally, modular building elements of this present invention can be made in miniature form and due to their geometric properties can also be used as a construction toy and in the field of model construction.
- Retaining walls which are constructed by using natural stones generally has a thicker base relative to the upper part in order to increase the strength of the wall. Stones are processed generally manually until they reached to the appropriate shape to fit to each other and placed each one on the top of the other with the use of mortar in between.
- One of the main disadvantages of those kind of walls is the difficulty of using mortar since it requires special skills and also improper use of mortar or the stones may result with a weakened wall. It is obvious that constructing a retaining wall with the use of natural stones is labor intensive and time consuming.
- Concrete retaining walls require molding on-site. After preparing the mold, reinforcement elements are placed into the mold. Generally iron rods are used as a reinforcement element so that the desired strength level of concrete can be obtained. Iron rods are placed inside the mold and by casting the concrete into the mold construction is completed. Constructing a concrete retaining wall again labor intensive, expensive and time consuming. Casting concrete on-site also requires specially skilled persons to be employed. In addition to these disadvantages, transferring the equipments or devices as well as the materials required to the construction area is not always possible or too expensive.
- Another way of constructing a retaining wall is to use the prefabricated modular concrete blocks which are generally have a projection and a recess located at oppositely facing surfaces so that the modular blocks can be fixed to each other without using mortar.
- each block needs to be fixed into the ground behind the wall with ground anchors.
- Ground anchors are fixed into the ground 5-6 meters apart from the wall.
- Using modular concrete blocks seems to be the most economical and quick way of constructing a retaining wall.
- reinforcement elements such as anchors
- specially skilled persons should be employed and special technics have to be used.
- Another point is that the concrete modular blocks generally have large surface area causing the weight of the blocks to be increased. Because of this reason, heavy duty devices or equipments are used during construction for carriage or placement purposes.
- FR2619138 there are many studies and previously patented art which has similar conceptual perspective with the present invention such us FR2619138, FR2703716 and WO0070154.
- FR2619138 inventor discloses an H-shaped concrete block which is suitable for constructing a mortarless retaining wall.
- the concrete block disclosed by inventor comprises ribs and grooves located at oppositely facing surfaces and superimposed upon each other to form a retaining wall.
- the depth of the grooves and so the compensating ribs may not always assure the strength of the wall under high forces applied by the backfill material. Because of this reason a second courses of the blocks needs to be piled up consecutively so that more resistive force can be obtained from the wall.
- this way of constructing a retaining wall might be time consuming and expensive.
- FIG. 1 Another example of wall structure comprising mortarless prefabricated concrete construction elements is disclosed in FR2703716.
- the inventor discloses a T-shaped concrete elements which include a part forming the head with a visible front face and a part forming a footing with a smooth rear face.
- the elements are interconnected to each other at the footing region of the elements so that the front faces are visible from both sides of the wall structure.
- a single row of the wall is constructed by placing the elements side-by-side and each row is stacked on top of each other to form the wall structure.
- the concrete elements within the single set of rows are interlocked to each other, there is no interconnection mechanism in between the successive rows. This may cause the overall strength of the wall to be weakened.
- WO0070154 Another type of modular blocks that can be used to construct mortarless retaining walls are described in WO0070154.
- the inventor discloses triangular, rectangular or circular projections at the upper surface of the rectangular shaped block while at the bottom surface there are compensating recesses again designed at triangular, rectangular or circular forms.
- the modular blocks are placed side-by-side and superimposed upon each other to form a retaining wall.
- the wall structure disclosed in WO0070154 is the gravity wall type and the strength of the wall depends on the capability of producing the required resistive forces of the projections and the recesses.
- the thickness of the projections and the recesses may not always assure the strength of the wall. Also complexity of the shapes designed for the projections and the recesses may increase the manufacturing cost of the modular blocks.
- the main purpose of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the conventional methods mentioned above and to achieve considerable improvements both in economics of construction and the construction period. It should be kept in mind that while obtaining these improvements, the main purpose is to create more stable and resistant structures.
- the improvements and advantages that can be obtained with the use of the present invention can be summarized as follows:
- modular building elements of the present invention have inter-locking and self- aligning properties, there is no need to use any kind of mortar for plastering or surfacing purposes. While constructing, there is also no need for using any kind of reinforcement elements neither in between the modular building elements of the present invention nor within the ground behind the wall. All these properties of modular building elements of the present invention eliminate the requirements of using special skills or technics while constructing the wall, causing the construction time and the construction costs to be decreased considerably. • With the use of modular building elements of the present invention, the main cost items of constructing a retaining wall consists of cost of modular building elements themselves and carriage cost of them to the construction site only. So there is no need to carry any extra device, equipment or material to the construction site. This is an important factor that has a decreasing effect on the total cost of construction.
- Another one is that constructing a vertical retaining wall will let the usage of the upper land area to be maximized. Further, to be able to construct a vertical retaining wall without using any anchoring mechanism also eliminates or reduces the amount of excavation required. So, to be able to construct a vertical retaining wall without using any kind of reinforcement technics or anchoring mechanism is one of the main improvement that can be obtained from the modular building elements of the present invention. • In case of any damage of the retaining wall composed of the modular building elements of the present invention, it is possible to repair the wall by changing the damaged elements only. So repairing the partially damaged walls are relatively easy and less expensive compared to the conventional ways of constructing a retaining wall.
- the height or the length of the wall can be increased or decreased easily. • Even the place of the wall can be changed without suffering large amount of material or money losses.
- the retaining wall which is constructed by using modular building elements of the present invention provides a view of brick layered wall. Also it is possible to add textures or colors to the front faces of the elements. So by using modular building elements of the present invention it is possible to obtain more decorative and aesthetic appearances.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main body element for constructing a retaining wall according to the invention
- Fig. 2 contains plan views of main body element from top (Fig.2a), front (Fig.2b), side (Fig.2c) and rear (Fig.2d) point of views;
- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the footing element
- Fig. 4 contains plan views of footing element from top (Fig.4a), front (Fig.4b), side (Fig.4c) and rear (Fig.4d) point of views;
- Fig. 5 is a perspective view of upper-side finishing element
- Fig. 6 contains plan views of upper-side finishing element from top (Fig.6a), front (Fig.6b), side (Fig.6c) and rear (Fig. ⁇ d) point of views;
- Fig. 7 is a perspective view of edge finishing element
- Fig. 8 contains plan views of edge finishing element from top (Fig.8a), front (Fig.8b), leftside (Fig.8c), right-side (Fig. ⁇ d) and rear (Fig. ⁇ e) point of views;
- Fig. 9 is a perspective view of corner finishing element;
- Fig. 10 contains plan views of corner finishing element from top (Fig.10a), front (Fig.10b), left-side (Fig.10c), right-side (Fig.10d) and rear (Fig.10e) point of views;
- Fig. 1 1 is a perspective view of a sample base ground prepared to construct a retaining wall by using the modular building elements of the present invention
- Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the footing elements after being placed into the base ground
- Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the completed base ground after which footing elements are placed into;
- Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the partial retaining wall constructed by using the main body elements and the edge finishing elements of the present invention which are placed over the footing elements;
- Fig. 15 is a perspective view of the partial retaining wall showing the placement position of the edge finishing elements of the present invention.
- Fig. 16 is a perspective view of the partial retaining wall showing the placement position of the upper-side finishing elements and the corner finishing elements of the present invention
- Fig. 17 is a perspective view of the completed retaining wall which is comprised of the modular building elements of the present invention.
- Fig. 18 is a perspective view of a retaining wall constructed without using the edge finishing elements, corner finishing elements and the upper-side finishing elements of the present invention.
- Fig. 19 is a rear perspective view of a partial retaining wall which is constructed according to the invention;
- Fig. 20 is a front perspective view of a partial retaining wall which is constructed according to the invention;
- Fig. 21 is a perspective view of a column building element according to the invention.
- Fig. 22 contains plan views of column building element from top (Fig.22a), front (Fig.22b), side (Fig.22c) and rear (Fig.22d) point of views;
- Fig. 23 is a perspective view of the column structure which is comprised of column building elements of the present invention.
- Fig. 24 is a perspective view of a corner building element according to the invention.
- Fig. 25 contains plan views of corner building element from top (Fig.25a), front (Fig.25b), left-side (Fig.25c) and right-side (Fig.25d) and rear (Fig.25e) point of views;
- Fig. 26 is a perspective view of a partial retaining wall showing the placement position of a corner building element of the present invention.
- Fig. 27 is a perspective view of a completed retaining wall including a corner structure according to the invention
- Fig. 28 is a perspective view of a concave curved main body element to form a curved or circular wall according to the invention
- Fig. 29 contains plan views of a concave curved main body element from top (Fig.29a), front (Fig.29b), side (Fig.29c) and rear (Fig.29d) point of views;
- Fig. 30 is a top view of a concave curved main body element showing the placement position into a circular wall according to the invention
- Fig. 31 is a perspective view of a partial circular retaining wall which is constructed by using the concave curved main body elements according to the invention.
- Fig. 32 is a top view of a convex curved main body element showing the placement position into a circular wall according to the invention
- Fig. 33 is a side view of a vertically convex curved main body element showing the placement position into a curved wall according to the invention
- Fig. 34 is a side view of a vertically concave curved main body element showing the placement position into a curved wall according to the invention
- Fig. 35 is a perspective view of a double-sided main body element for constructing a retaining wall according to the invention.
- Fig. 36 contains plan views of a double-sided main body element from top (Fig.36a), front
- Fig. 37 is a perspective view of a double-sided footing element
- Fig. 38 contains plan views of a double-sided footing element from top (Fig.38a), front (Fig.38b), side (Fig.38c) and rear (Fig.38d) point of views;
- Fig. 39 is a perspective view of a double-sided upper-side finishing element;
- Fig. 40 contains plan views of a double-sided upper-side finishing element from top
- FIG.40a front (Fig.40b), side (Fig.40c) and rear (Fig.40d) point of views;.
- Fig. 41 is a perspective view of a double-sided edge finishing element
- Fig. 42 contains plan views of a double-sided edge finishing element from top (Fig.42a), front (Fig.42b), left-side (Fig.42c), right-side (Fig.42d) and rear (Fig.42e) point of views;
- Fig. 43 is a perspective view of a double-sided corner finishing element
- Fig. 44 contains plan views of a double-sided comer finishing element from top (Fig.44a), front (Fig.44b), left-side (Fig.44c), right-side (Fig.44d) and rear (Fig.44e) point of views;
- Fig. 45 is a perspective view of a sample base ground prepared to construct a retaining wall by using the double-sided modular building elements of the present invention.
- Fig. 46 is a perspective view of the double-sided footing elements after being placed into the base ground;
- Fig. 47 is a perspective view of a partial retaining wall showing the placement position of double-sided main body elements over double-sided footing elements
- Fig. 48 is a perspective view of a partial retaining wall showing the placement position of double-sided edge finishing elements
- Fig. 49 is a perspective view of a partial retaining wall showing the placement position of double-sided main body elements over a row comprising double-sided main body elements and double-sided edge finishing elements
- Fig. 50 is a perspective view of a partial retaining wall showing the placement position of double-sided main body elements and double-sided edge finishing elements over a row comprising double-sided main body elements
- Fig. 51 is a perspective view of a partial retaining wall showing the placement position of double-sided main body elements over a row comprising double-sided main body elements and double-sided edge finishing elements;
- Fig. 52 is a perspective view of a partial retaining wall showing the placement position of double-sided upper-side finishing elements and double-sided corner finishing elements over a row comprising double-sided main body elements;
- Fig. 53 is a perspective view of a partial retaining wall showing the placement position of double-sided comer finishing elements
- Fig. 54 is a perspective view of a completed retaining wall which is comprised of double-sided modular building elements of the present invention.
- Fig. 55 is a perspective view of a double-sided corner returning first element according to the invention.
- Fig. 56 contains plan views of a double-sided corner returning first element from top
- FIG. 56a front (Fig.56b), side (Fig.56c) and rear (Fig.56d) point of views
- Fig. 57 is a perspective view of a double-sided corner returning second element according to the invention
- Fig. 58 contains plan views of a double-sided corner returning second element from top
- FIG.58a front (Fig.58b), left-side (Fig.58c), right-side (Fig.58d) and rear (Fig.58e) point of views;
- Fig. 59 is a perspective view of a double-sided corner footing element according to the invention.
- Fig. 60 contains plan views of a double-sided corner footing element from top (Fig.60a), front (Fig.60b), side (Fig.60c) and rear (Fig.60d) point of views;
- Fig. 61 is a perspective view of a sample foundation structure of a retaining wall comprising double-sided modular building elements and including a 90 degrees turning point showing the placement position of double-sided footing elements and double-sided corner footing element into the foundation;
- Fig. 62 is a perspective view of a sample foundation structure of a retaining wall comprising double-sided modular building elements and including a 90 degrees turning point showing the double-sided footing elements and double-sided corner footing element are located into the foundation;
- Fig. 63 is a perspective view of a sample retaining wall comprising double-sided modular building elements and including a 90 degrees turning point showing the placement position of second row or second course of double-sided modular building elements into the wall structure;
- Fig. 64 is a perspective view of a sample retaining wall comprising double-sided modular building elements and including a 90 degrees turning point showing the double-sided modular building elements are located into the wall structure to form the second row;
- Fig. 65 is a perspective view of a sample retaining wall comprising double-sided modular building elements and including a 90 degrees turning point showing the placement position of third row or third course of double-sided modular building elements into the wall structure;
- Fig. 66 is a perspective view of a sample retaining wall comprising double-sided modular building elements and including a 90 degrees turning point showing the double-sided modular building elements are located into the wall structure to form the third row;
- Fig. 67 is a perspective view of a sample retaining wall comprising double-sided modular building elements and including a 90 degrees turning point showing the placement position of fourth row or fourth course of double-sided modular building elements into the wall structure;
- Fig. 68 is a perspective view of a sample retaining wall comprising double-sided modular building elements and including a 90 degrees turning point showing the double-sided modular building elements are located into the wall structure to form the fourth row
- Fig. 69 is a perspective view of a sample retaining wall comprising double-sided modular building elements and including a 90 degrees turning point showing the double-sided modular building elements are located into the wall structure to form the fifth row;
- Fig. 70 is a perspective view of a double-sided upper-corner finishing element from top and bottom point of views;
- Fig. 70a is a perspective view of a double-sided upper-corner finishing element from top;
- Fig. 70b is a perspective view of a double-sided upper-corner finishing element from bottom;
- Fig. 71 contains plan views of a double-sided upper-corner finishing element from top
- FIG.71 a front (Fig.71 b), side (Fig.71 c) and rear (Fig.71 d) point of views
- Fig. 72 is a perspective view of a sample retaining wall including a 90 degrees turning point showing the uppermost row of the wall where flat finishing is not provided;
- Fig. 73 is a perspective view of a sample retaining wall including a 90 degrees turning point showing double-sided upper-side finishing elements and double-sided corner finishing element are located at the uppermost row of the wall and the placement position of a double- sided upper-corner finishing element to the corresponding row;
- Fig. 74 is a perspective view of a sample retaining wall including a 90 degrees turning point showing double-sided upper-side finishing elements, double-sided corner finishing elements and a double-sided upper-corner finishing element are located at the uppermost row of the wall;
- Fig. 75 is a perspective view of a curved double-sided main body element to form a curved or circular wall according to the invention;
- Fig. 76 contains plan views of a curved double-sided main body element from top
- FIG.76a front (Fig.76b), side (Fig.76c) and rear (Fig.76d) point of views;
- Fig. 77 is a perspective view of a partial circular retaining wall which is constructed by using curved double-sided main body elements according to the invention.
- Fig. 78 is a perspective view of an alternative double-sided main body element from front and rear point of views;
- Fig. 78a is a perspective view of an alternative double-sided main body element from front;
- Fig. 78b is a perspective view of an alternative double-sided main body element from rear;
- Fig. 79 is a front view of partial retaining wall comprising alternative double-sided main body elements;
- Fig. 80 is a front view of partial retaining wall comprising alternative double-sided main body elements showing another part of the wall;
- Fig. 81 is a rear view of partial retaining wall comprising alternative double-sided main body elements
- Fig. 82 is a perspective view of a double-sided corner returning third element according to the invention
- Fig. 83 contains plan views of a double-sided corner returning third element from top, front, left and right sides and rear point of views;
- Fig. 84 is a perspective view of a double-sided corner footing second element according to the invention.
- Fig. 85 contains plan views of a double-sided corner footing second element from top, front, side and rear point of views;
- Fig. 86-97 are schematic representation of construction method of a retaining wall including a 90 degrees turning point by using double-sided corner returning third elements and double-sided corner footing second element.
- Fig. 98 is a perspective view of a double-sided corner footing second element without reinforcing bars according to the invention.
- Fig. 99 contains plan views of a double-sided corner footing second element without reinforcing bars from top, front, left and right sides and rear point of views;
- Fig. 100 is a perspective view of a double-sided window opening bottom element according to the invention.
- Fig. 101 contains plan views of a double-sided window opening bottom element from top, front, side and rear point of views;
- Fig. 102-103 is a perspective view of a double-sided inclination element
- Fig. 104 contains plan views of a double-sided inclination element from top, front, left and right sides and rear point of views;
- Fig. 105-1 13 are schematic representation of a sample utilization of the double-sided modular building elements of the present invention.
- Fig. 1 14 is a schematic representation of a sample curved or circular structure formed by using curved double-sided modular building elements.
- Double-sided main body element 102 Double-sided footing element 103. Double-sided upper-side finishing element 104. Double-sided edge finishing element 105. Double-sided corner finishing element - 106. Frontal main rectangular block 110. Upper part of double-sided footing element 111. Bottom part of double-sided footing element 1 12. Double-sided footing element reinforcing bars 124. Double-sided edge finishing element interior cavity 125. Column bottom part of double-sided edge finishing element 126. Column upper part of double-sided edge finishing element 127. Double-sided edge finishing element side surfaces 140a. Double-sided corner returning first element 140b. Double-sided corner returning second element 141. Column heads of double-sided corner returning second element 142. Double-sided corner returning second element corporal cavities 147.
- Double-sided corner footing element 210 Upper part of double-sided corner footing element 211. Bottom part of double-sided corner footing element 212. Double-sided corner footing element reinforcing bars 243. Double-sided upper-corner finishing element 301. Alternative double-sided main body element 305. Relatively weakened areas 310. Double-sided corner returning third element 311. Columns of double-sided corner returning third element 316. Frontal block of double-sided corner returning third element 320. Double-sided corner footing second element 321. Bottom part of double-sided corner footing second element 322. Upper part of double-sided corner footing second element 325. Double-sided corner footing second element reinforcing bars 330. Double-sided corner footing second element without reinforcing bars 340. Double-sided window opening bottom element 341. Internal cavity of double-sided upper-side finishing element 350. Double-sided inclination element
- A-A Section Central section of main body element (1) at horizontal plane
- C-C Section Central section of upper-side finishing element (3) at vertical plane.
- D-D Section Central section of double-sided main body element (101) at horizontal plane
- E-E Section Central section of double-sided main body element (101) at vertical plane
- F-F Section Central section of double-sided upper-side finishing element (103) at vertical plane
- G-G Section Central section of double-sided corner returning first element (140a) at horizontal plane
- H-H Section Central section of frontal block (316) of double-sided corner returning third element (310) at horizontal plane
- I - I Section a section of frontal main rectangular block (106) of double-sided main body element (101) crossing through bottom right corner to the central point of upper side of main rectangular block (106).
- Modular building elements of the present invention consists of the following elements : - in order to be used in a retaining wall or a like structure which has a flat or planar surface:
- main body element (1) which is the essential component which forms the main structure of a retaining wall or the like. All other supplementary modular building elements are derived from the geometry of main body element (1).
- main body element (1) comprises one main rectangular block (6) and two rectangular shaped columns, namely left column (7) and right column (8) which are placed over the frontal surface of main rectangular block (9) and they are located separately at both vertical sides of main rectangular block (6). Both left column (7) and right column (8) are perpendicular to the horizontal side of frontal surface of main rectangular block (9) and mate with the vertical sides of frontal surface of main rectangular block (9).
- Total width of left column (7) and right column (8) is approximately equal to the width of the frontal surface of main rectangular block (9) and the height of the left column (7) or the right column (8) is longer than the height of the frontal surface of main rectangular block (9) and at most it can be two times longer than the height of the frontal surface of main rectangular block (9).
- main body elements (1 ) When main body elements (1 ) are stacked on top of each other to form the retaining wall, they provide an exact match to each other in such a manner that there will not be any gap in between the main body elements (1). So when the longitudinal and lateral forces applied by the back-fill material to the wall, main body elements (1) are compressed so that the required resistive forces are produced.
- main body element (1) For the preferred applications of main body element (1), detailed geometric properties and proportional measurements are described below. With the given geometry of main body element (1 ), it is intended to produce more stable structures. • The length of horizontal side of main rectangular block (6) is two times longer than the vertical side of main rectangular block (6), • Total width of left column (7) and right column (8) is approximately equal to the width of the frontal surface of main rectangular block (9), • The height of the left column (7) or the right column (8) is approximately equal to the length of the horizontal side of main rectangular block (6), • Left column left-hand side (17) is at the same plane with main rectangular block left- hand side (18), • Right column right-hand side (19) is at the same plane with main rectangular block right- hand side (20), • Left column upper surface of main body element (26) is at the same plane with right column upper surface of main body element (27) and higher than main rectangular block upper surface (30), • Left column bottom surface of main body element (28) is at the same plane with right column bottom surface of main body element (29) and lower than main rectangular block bottom surface
- the depth of the main rectangular block (6), left column (7) and right column (8) in other words, the width of main rectangular block left-hand side (18), main rectangular block right-hand side (20), left column left-hand side (17), right column right-hand side (19) can be increased or decreased voluntarily depending on the site or soil conditions or the material from which main body elements (1) are made.
- Fig. 3 there is shown a perspective view of a footing element (2) which is used at the base or foundation of a retaining wall constructed by modular building elements of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 3-4, footing element (2) comprises an upper part (10) and a bottom part (1 1 ). Upper part of footing element (10) is integrated to the bottom part of footing element (11).
- the geometry of upper part (10) is derived from main body element (1 ) by taking a central section of main body element (1) at horizontal plane as shown in Fig. 2b A-A Section.
- Bottom part of footing element (11) comprises preferably a rectangular shaped compact body and includes footing element reinforcing bars (12) in the form of protrusions which are preferably positioned at front and rear surfaces of bottom part of footing element (11). Footing element reinforcing bars are used to secure the footing elements (2) into the base ground (13) so that the stability of the wall against the lateral or longitudinal forces applied by the back-fill material is assured.
- Footing element reinforcing bars (12) can be designed at different shapes and can be produced by different materials such as iron rods or welded-wire.
- FIG. 5 there is shown a perspective view of upper-side finishing element (3) which is used at the uppermost row of the retaining wall.
- upper-side finishing element (3) has same geometric properties and proportional measurements with the footing element (2).
- reinforcing bars it is also possible to add reinforcing bars to upper-side finishing element (3) in a same way as applied to the footing element (2) so that it is possible to connect or secure the upper part of the retaining wall or any other structure comprising modular building elements of the present invention to a building or any other structure.
- Fig. 5-6 describes upper-side finishing element (3) in such a manner that reinforcing bar structure is not applied.
- the main purpose of upper-side finishing element (3) is to obtain a smooth or flat finishing at the top of the wall or the like.
- edge finishing element (4) which is used at the vertical edges of the wall where there forms cavities in between two successive rows of the wall. It can be observed in Fig. 18 that a retaining wall comprising footing elements (2) and main body element (1) includes cavities at both vertical edges where the wall structure ends. Preferably edge finishing elements (4) can be used to fill these cavities.
- the geometry of edge finishing element (4) is derived from main body element (1) by taking a central section of main rectangular block (6) of main body element (1) at vertical plane as shown in Fig. 2b B-B Section.
- FIG. 9 there is shown a perspective view of corner finishing element (5) which is used at the upper-left or upper-right corners of the wall.
- the geometry of corner finishing element (5) is derived from upper-side finishing element (3) by taking a central section of upper-side finishing element (3) at vertical plane as shown in Fig. 6b C-C Section.
- This vertical division of upper-side finishing element (3) produces left and right parts individually so they are used at upper-left corner and upper-right corner respectively.
- Fig. 9 refer to the division taken from left hand-side.
- a base ground (13) preferably in the form of a trench is excavated at a level slightly lower then the frontal ground level (16) in such a manner that soil mass (14) or back-fill materials stay at the back of the trench.
- Fig. 11 represents a perspective view of a sample base ground (13) of a retaining wall over which modular building elements are laid upon to form the wall.
- FIG. 12 there is shown a perspective view of footing elements (2) which are located side-by-side into the base ground (13) so that the commencing row of the retaining wall is formed.
- footing elements (2) are located into the base ground (13) in such a manner that footing element reinforcing bars (12) or bottom part of footing element (11) is completely buried down the frontal ground level (16).
- the rear surfaces of the footing elements (2) (shown in Fig. 4d) should be at the side of soil mass (14) or the back-fill materials by which the load is applied to the wall. In other words, columns of the footing element (2) should be at the outer or empty side of the wall.
- FIG. 13 there is shown a perspective view of base ground (13) after which footing elements (2) are located into the base ground (13).
- filling material of base ground (15) such as compacted granular mortar or concrete is poured into the base ground (13) so that footing elements (2) are secured to the base ground (13) to form the commencing row of the wall.
- the completed form of the base is such that the level of filling material of base ground (15) is preferably same with the frontal ground level (16).
- FIG. 14 there is shown a perspective view of a partial retaining wall constructed by using main body elements (1) and edge finishing elements (4) which are placed over the footing elements (2).
- First row of the wall comprising main body elements (1) is laid upon the footing elements (2) and similarly subsequent rows of main body elements (2) are laid thereupon.
- the rear surface of main body elements (1) (shown in Fig. 2d) should be at the side where the load is applied from by soil mass (14) or the back-fill materials.
- FIG. 2d the rear surface of main body elements (1) (shown in Fig. 2d) should be at the side where the load is applied from by soil mass (14) or the back-fill materials.
- edge finishing elements (4) are also used to fill the cavities formed at two opposite edges of the wall and again while placing the edge-finishing elements (4) into the wall, the rear surface of edge- finishing elements (4) (shown in Fig. 8e) should be at the side where the load is applied from.
- Fig. 15 represents the placement position of the edge finishing element (4) into the corresponding row of the wall.
- FIG. 16 there is shown a perspective view of the partial retaining wall showing the placement position of the upper-side finishing elements (3) and the corner finishing elements (5) into the wall.
- Upper-side finishing elements (3) is used at the uppermost row of the retaining wall in order to obtain a flat finishing.
- corner finishing elements (5) are used at the left and right corners of the uppermost row of the wall again to obtain a flat finishing.
- the rear surfaces of the upper-side finishing elements (3) and the corner finishing elements (5) (shown in Fig. 6d and Fig. 10e respectively) should be at the side of back-fill materials where the load is applied from.
- Fig. 17 illustrates a perspective view of a completed retaining wall which is constructed by aforementioned modular building elements of the present invention.
- edge finishing elements (4), corner finishing elements (5) and the upper-side finishing elements (3) are removed.
- a retaining wall comprising main body elements (1) and footing elements (2) only.
- the retaining wall may represent a different aesthetic view without loosing of its stability and durability attributes. So those kind of different configurations of aforementioned modular building elements can be applied depending on the kind or amount of load that is going to be resisted.
- FIG. 19 A rear perspective view of a partial retaining wall comprising main body elements (1) is shown in Fig. 19 whereas the front view illustrated in Fig. 20.
- main geometric properties of modular building elements of the present invention ensure the stability of the constructed structures in such a way that: upper and bottom part of each column which belongs to an individual element pass through the frontal cavities of the modular building elements which are placed over or beneath the referenced element; the bottom surface of left and right columns (28, 29) and again the bottom surface of main rectangular block (31) contact with the upper surfaces of corresponding columns and the main rectangular blocks that exist just beneath the referenced element.
- Frontal cavities of the modular building elements of the present invention that is to say, frontal cavity of main body element (21), frontal cavity of footing element (22), frontal cavity of upper-side finishing element (23), frontal cavity of edge finishing element (24) and frontal cavity of corner finishing element (25) are shown in Figures 2a-4a-6b-8a-10b respectively.
- Fig.21 there is shown a perspective view of column building element (32) which is used to construct a mortarless column structure (39).
- a perspective view of column structure is shown in Fig. 23.
- a column building element (32) has the same geometric properties and the proportional measurements with the main body element (1).
- the column building element (32) has preferably at least one pin component (33) and the corresponding pin hole (34).
- a column building element (32) is placed over the ground or a base in such a manner that column frontal surface of column building element (35) is parallel to the ground plane. All the subsequent column building elements (32) that are superimposed upon each other to form the column structure (39) placed at the same position.
- a column building element (32) is located on top of the other by turning it 90 degrees clock-wise or counter clock-wise so that column building elements (32) forms the column structure (39) without leaving any space or gaps in between the column building elements (32).
- column building element (32) includes preferably at least one pin component (33) and the corresponding pin hole (34). The pin component which belongs to a column building element (32) is embedded into the corresponding pin hole of the subsequent column building element (32).
- pin component and the corresponding pin hole should be placed in the column building elements (32) in such a manner that they represents an exact match to each other when they are overlapped. So considering this point, different alternative usage of the pin component can be developed. For example, pin components can be manufactured separately and assembled to the column building elements (32) during construction. It is also possible to apply different ideas to resist to lateral forces applied to the column structure (39) such that the contacting surfaces of the column building elements (32) can be prefabricated including projections and recesses designed at various shapes instead of using a pin component.
- a corner building element (40) to supply a 90 degrees turning to a retaining wall constructed with the aforementioned modular building elements of the present invention.
- a corner building element (40) comprises a frontal surface block (41), a left column (42), and a right column (43).
- Corner building elements (40) interconnects the modular building elements at the corner region of the wall so that any possible separation of the sides of the wall because of any longitudinal forces can be avoided. It should also be noted that by using the corner building elements (40) a smooth finishing can be obtained at the corner region, that is to say, there will not be any gaps or spaces in between the modular building elements.
- the geometry of the corner building element (40) is derived from two edge finishing elements (4) (shown in Fig. 8) in such a manner that; first edge finishing element (4) is turned 180 degrees at the horizontal plane relative to the second edge finishing element (4); rear surface of the first edge finishing element (45) mates with the right-hand side surface of the second edge finishing element (44) as well as rear surface of the second edge finishing element (45) is at the same plane with the left-hand side of first edge finishing element (46).
- column upper surfaces of both edge finishing elements (58) and respectively column bottom surfaces of both edge finishing elements (59) should be at the same plane.
- FIG. 26 there is shown a perspective view of a partial retaining wall showing the placement position of a corner building element (40) into a wall structure.
- first footing elements (2) are located inside the base ground (13) including a 90 degrees turning point, afterwards main body elements (1) are stacked over the footing elements (2) along with the corner building elements (40) appropriately placed at the turning point of the wall.
- upper-side finishing elements (3) and corner finishing elements (5) can preferably be used at the uppermost row of a retaining wall which includes a 90 degrees turning in order to obtain a flat finishing.
- a perspective view of a concave curved main body element (47) which is used to form a curved or circular shape retaining wall As shown in Fig. 29, the geometric properties of a concave curved main body element (47) is characterized in that: by twisting or bending a main body element (1) over a plane which coincides with the frontal surface of main rectangular block (9), so as a result, rear surface of main body element (1) takes a concave shape which is suitable to form a curved or circular structures around a vertical axis which is perpendicular to the ground plane.
- Fig. 30 there is shown top view of appropriate placement position of a concave curved main body element (47) to form a circular structure.
- Fig. 29 the geometric properties of a concave curved main body element (47) is characterized in that: by twisting or bending a main body element (1) over a plane which coincides with the frontal surface of main rectangular block (9), so as a result, rear surface of main body element (1) takes a concave shape
- concave curved main body element (48) is shown in the form of a concave curved shape and the rear surface of a concave curved main body element (48) forms inner circle or interior surface of a circular retaining wall comprising concave curved main body elements (47) as shown in Fig. 31.
- rear surface of concave curved main body element (48) can also be designed and manufactured at the convex curved form.
- FIG. 32 there is shown top view of a convex curved main body element (56) placement position into a circular wall structure.
- the geometric properties of a convex curved main body element (56) is characterized in that: by twisting or bending a main body element (1) over a plane which coincides with the frontal surface of main rectangular block (9) rear surface of main body element (1) takes a convex curved shape which is suitable to form a curved or circular structures around a vertical axis which is perpendicular to the ground plane.
- the rear surface of a convex curved main body element (57) forms outer circle arc (53) of a circular retaining wall comprising convex curved main body elements (56).
- FIG. 33 there is shown side view of a vertically convex curved main body element (60) placement position into a curved wall according to the invention.
- Vertically convex curved main body element (60) is another form of modular building elements of the present invention which can be used to construct a curved or circular shape retaining wall or the like.
- the geometric properties of a vertically convex curved main body element (60) is characterized in that: by twisting or bending a main body element (1) over a plane which coincides with the frontal surface of main rectangular block (9), column frontal surfaces of main body element (1) takes a convex curved shape which is suitable to form a curved or circular structures around a horizontal axis which is parallel to the ground plane.
- Fig. 34 there is shown side view of a vertically concave curved main body element (61) placement position into a curved wall according to the invention.
- vertically concave curved main body element (61) is another form of modular building elements of the present invention which can be used to construct a curved or circular shape retaining wall or the like.
- the geometric properties of a vertically concave curved main body element (61) is characterized in that: by twisting or bending a main body element (1) over a plane which coincides with the frontal surface of main rectangular block (9), column frontal surfaces of main body element (1) takes a concave curved shape which is suitable to form a curved or circular structures around a horizontal axis which is parallel to the ground plane.
- footing elements (2) can be located into the base ground (13) in such a manner that footing elements (2) can form an angle relative to the ground plane so that inclined wall structures can be obtained and over this inclined foundation structure, modular building elements such as main body elements (1), upper-side finishing elements (3), edge finishing elements (4) corner finishing elements (5) and corner building elements (40) can be superimposed upon each other to complete the inclination wall structure.
- concave curved main body element (47) is used to construct curved or circular shape retaining walls.
- concave curved footing elements, concave curved upper-side finishing elements, concave curved edge finishing elements, concave curved corner finishing elements which are compatible with the concave curved main body element (47).
- convex curved footing elements, convex curved upper-side finishing elements, convex curved edge finishing elements, convex curved corner finishing elements which are compatible with the convex curved main body element (56) which is another form of modular building elements used to construct curved or circular structures.
- modular building elements of the present invention is vertically convex curved main body element (60) which is again suitable for constructing curved or circular shape retaining walls.
- vertically convex curved footing elements vertically convex curved upper-side finishing elements
- vertically convex curved edge finishing elements vertically convex curved corner finishing elements which are compatible with the vertically convex curved main body element (60).
- vertically concave curved footing elements vertically concave curved upper-side finishing elements, vertically concave curved edge finishing elements, vertically concave curved corner finishing elements which are compatible with vertically concave curved main body element (61 ) which is another form of modular building elements used to construct curved or circular structures.
- projections and recesses at various geometric shapes or any kind of pin mechanisms can be designed and applied over the contacting surfaces of the modular building elements of the present invention. So when they are superimposed upon each other, these projections and recesses along with the pin mechanisms provide an exact fixing or interlocking of the modular building elements to each other so that the structures comprising modular building elements can even be resistive against the forces applied from the exterior or empty side.
- Modular building elements of the present invention also includes the following modular parts as an addition to aforementioned and described modular building elements.
- Double-sided modular building element is the generic name given to these parts. These parts are designed:
- double-sided main body elements 101
- double-sided footing elements 102
- double-sided upper-side finishing elements 103
- double-sided edge finishing elements 104
- double-sided corner finishing elements 105
- double-sided corner returning first elements 140a
- double-sided corner returning second elements 140b
- double-sided corner footing elements 202
- double-sided upper-corner finishing elements 243
- alternative double- sided main body elements 301
- double-sided corner returning third elements 310
- double-sided corner footing second element 320
- double-sided corner footing second element without reinforcing bars 330
- double-sided window opening bottom element 340
- double-sided inclination element 350
- curved double-sided main body elements (147) and curved double-sided modular building elements which are compatible with curved double-sided main body element (147).
- double-sided modular building elements are designed to be able to construct wall structures which are resistive against the forces applied from both sides of the wall.
- any structure such as a retaining wall or like comprising double-sided modular building elements has self-standing property.
- a second rectangular block which is similar to main rectangular block (6) of main body element (1), namely frontal main rectangular block (106), is located at the frontal surfaces of left column (7) and right column (8) of main body element (1) and frontal main rectangular block (106) forms an integrated structure with the main body element (1).
- Double-sided footing element (102) which is the part used at the foundation of a wall structure comprising double-sided main body elements (101).
- Double-sided footing element (102) comprises upper part (110) and bottom part (1 11).
- Upper part of double-sided footing element (110) is integrated to the bottom part of double-sided footing element (111).
- the geometry of upper part of double-sided footing element (110) is derived from double-sided main body element (101) by taking a central section of double-sided main body element (101) at horizontal plane as shown in Fig. 36b D-D Section.
- Bottom part of double-sided footing element (111) comprises preferably a rectangular shaped compact body and includes double-sided footing element reinforcing bars (1 12) in the form of protrusions which are preferably positioned at front and rear surfaces of bottom part of double-sided footing element (1 11 ).
- Double-sided footing element reinforcing bars (112) are used to secure the double-sided footing elements (102) into the base ground so that the stability of the wall against the lateral or longitudinal forces applied by the back-fill material is assured.
- Double-sided footing element reinforcing bars (112) can be designed at different shapes and can be produced by different materials such as iron rods or welded-wire.
- a double-sided upper-side finishing element (103), as shown in Fig. 39-40 is used at the uppermost row of a retaining wall. Still referring to Fig. 39-40, double-sided upper-side finishing element (103) has same geometric properties and proportional measurements with a double- sided footing element (102). For the preferable applications of double-sided upper-side finishing element (103), it is possible to add reinforcing bars to double-sided upper-side finishing element (103) in a same way as applied to the double-sided footing element (102) so that it is possible to connect or secure the upper part of a retaining wall or any other structure comprising double- sided modular building elements of the present invention to a building or any other structure.
- Double-sided upper-side finishing element (103) in such a manner that reinforcing bar structure is not applied.
- the main purpose of double-sided upper-side finishing element (103) is to obtain a smooth or flat finishing at the top of the retaining wall or the like.
- Fig. 41-42 there is shown a perspective view of double-sided edge finishing element (104) which is used to fill the cavities formed at the vertical edges of the wall in between two successive rows.
- a retaining wall comprising double-sided footing elements (102) and double-sided main body element (101) includes cavities at both vertical edges where the wall structure ends.
- Preferably double-sided edge finishing elements (104) can be used to fill these cavities.
- the geometry of double-sided edge finishing element (104) is derived from double-sided main body element (101) by taking a central section of frontal main rectangular block (106) of double-sided main body element (101) at vertical plane as shown in Fig. 36b E-E Section.
- Fig. 43 there is shown a perspective view of double-sided corner finishing element (105) which is used at the upper-left or upper-right corners of a wall structure comprising double-sided modular building elements of the present invention.
- the geometry of double-sided corner finishing element (105) is derived from double-sided upper- side finishing element (103) by taking a central section of double-sided upper-side finishing element (103) at vertical plane as shown in Fig. 40b F-F Section.
- This vertical division of double-sided upper-side finishing element (103) produces left and right parts of double-sided corner finishing element (105) which are symmetrical to each other and used at upper-left and upper-right corners respectively.
- Fig. 45-54 there are shown phases of constructing a sample retaining wall structure by using double-sided modular building elements, namely double-sided main body elements (101), double-sided footing elements (102), double-sided upper-side finishing elements (103), double-sided edge finishing elements (104) and double-sided corner finishing elements (105).
- double-sided main body elements 101
- double-sided footing elements 102
- double-sided upper-side finishing elements 103
- double-sided edge finishing elements 10
- 105 double-sided corner finishing elements
- Double-sided corner returning elements are designed in order to be able to add a 90 degrees turning point structure to a retaining wall comprising double-sided modular building elements. These elements are double-sided corner returning first element (140a) (shown in Fig. 55-56) and double-sided corner returning second element (140b) (shown in Fig. 57-58). Further, double-sided corner footing element (202) is used at the corner of the foundation structure comprising double-sided footing elements (102) which includes 90 degrees turning point. Double-sided corner footing element (202) is given in Fig. 59-60.
- a double-sided corner returning first element (140a), shown in Fig. 55-56, is characterized in that: a compact body is obtained when double-sided edge finishing element interior cavity (124) is full and over this compact body, column bottom part of double-sided edge finishing element (125) and column upper part of double-sided edge finishing element (126) slided towards the centre of this compact body.
- a double-sided corner returning second element (140b) as shown in Fig. 57-58, is same with the geometry obtained by: mating the side surface of a substance obtained by putting a hole at the place of column heads of a double-sided corner returning first element (140a) having the same cross-section with a column, all the way along the body of double-sided corner returning first element (140a); with the double-sided edge finishing element side surfaces (127) (shown in Fig. 42) which belongs to a double-sided edge finishing element (104); integrating or mating these two substances to each other over the same plane, double- sided corner returning second element (140b) is obtained.
- Double-sided corner footing element (202) which is the part used at the corner of a foundation structure of a wall comprising double-sided modular building elements so that a 90 degrees turning can be added to the wall structure.
- Double-sided corner footing element (202) comprises upper part (210) and bottom part (211 ).
- Upper part of double-sided corner footing element (210) is integrated to the bottom part of double-sided corner footing element (211).
- the geometry of upper part of double-sided corner footing element (210) is derived from double-sided corner returning first element (140a) by taking a central section of double-sided corner returning first element (140a) at horizontal plane as shown in Fig. 56b G-G Section.
- Bottom part of double-sided corner footing element (211) comprises preferably a rectangular or square shaped compact body and includes double- sided corner footing element reinforcing bars (212) in the form of protrusions which are preferably positioned at front and side surfaces of bottom part of double-sided corner footing element (211).
- Double-sided corner footing element reinforcing bars (212) are used to secure the double-sided corner footing element (202) into the base ground so that the stability or strength of the wall is assured.
- Double-sided corner footing element reinforcing bars (212) can be designed at different shapes and can be produced by different materials such as iron rods or welded-wire depending on the site or soil conditions. Referring to Fig.
- first or commencing row of a wall structure including 90 degrees turning point comprises double-sided footing elements (102) which are located side-by-side all the way through both direction and double-sided corner footing element (202) which is placed at the corner.
- construction of first side started with double-sided main body elements (101) placed side-by-side until ending edge of the wall is reached where double-sided edge finishing element (104) is used; and for the other side, construction started with a double-sided corner returning second element (140b) located at the corner and continued with double-sided main body elements (101).
- Modular building elements used to form the second row is shown in Fig.
- the third row of a 90 degrees turning wall comprises a double-sided corner returning first element (140a) located at the corner and double-sided main body elements (101) placed side-by-side towards the both direction of the wall.
- Modular building elements used to form the third row is shown in Fig. 65- 66.
- construction of first side started with double-sided corner returning second element (140b) located at the corner and continued with double-sided main body elements (101) until the ending edge is reached; and for the other side, construction started with a double-sided edge finishing element (104) and continued with double-sided main body elements (101 ).
- the modular building elements used to form the fourth row is shown in Fig. 67-68.
- the fifth row of a 90 degrees turning wall comprises a double-sided corner returning first element (140a) located at the corner and double-sided main body elements (101) placed side-by-side towards the both direction of the wall in a same way as it is done in first or third rows.
- height of a retaining wall structure including 90 degrees turning can be increased with the method described above.
- Fig. 70 there is shown a perspective view of a double-sided upper-corner finishing element (243) from top and bottom point of views.
- Fig. 71 there is shown plan views of a double-sided upper-corner finishing element (243) from top, front, side and rear point of views.
- a double-sided upper-corner finishing element (243) is placed at the uppermost corner of a 90 degrees turning wall and used to provide a flat or smoot finishing at that location.
- a double-sided upper- corner finishing element (243) is same with a substance obtained by removing one of the column head of double-sided corner returning second element (141) which belongs to double-sided corner returning second element (140b) (shown in Fig. 58) and double-sided corner returning second element corporal cavities (142) is covered up at the side where column head is removed in such a manner that the depth of double-sided corner returning second element corporal cavities (142) is at least equal to the height of column heads of double-sided modular building elements of the present invention.
- Fig. 72 there is shown a perspective view of a sample retaining wall including a 90 degrees turning point illustrating the state of the uppermost row when flat finishing is not applied. Referring to Fig.
- Fig. 74 there is shown is a perspective view of the same wall structure as double-sided upper-side finishing elements (103) and double-sided corner finishing elements (105) are located at the uppermost row and the placement position of a double-sided upper-corner finishing element (243) is shown.
- Fig. 74 there is shown a perspective view of a sample retaining wall including a 90 degrees turning point as double- sided upper-side finishing elements (103), double-sided corner finishing elements (105) and a double-sided upper-corner finishing element (243) are located at the uppermost row so that a flat finishing is obtained.
- the geometric properties of a curved double-sided main body element (147) is characterized in that: by twisting or bending a double-sided main body element (101) over a plane which coincides with or parallel to the frontal main rectangular block (106), so as a result, double-sided main body element (101) takes a curved shape around a vertical axis which is perpendicular to the ground plane.
- Fig. 77 there is shown a perspective view of a partial circular retaining wall which is constructed by using curved double-sided main body elements (147) according to the invention.
- curved double-sided modular building elements for each of the aforementioned double-sided modular building elements that are compatible with curved double-sided main body element (147). Consequently, by using these curved double-sided modular building elements, concave or convex curved structures can be constructed around a vertical axis which is perpendicular to the ground plane, as shown in Fig. 77 as well as around a horizontal axis which is parallel to the ground plane. Additionally, it is also possible to form circular or curved wall structures around an axis which forms any angle relative to the ground plane.
- curved double-sided modular building elements which are compatible with curved double-sided main body element (147), namely double-sided footing element (102), double-sided upper-side finishing element (103), double-sided edge finishing element (104), double-sided corner finishing element (105), double-sided corner returning first element (140a), double-sided corner returning second element (140b), double-sided corner footing element (202) and double-sided upper-corner finishing element (243) is characterized in that: by twisting or bending double-sided modular building elements mentioned above over a plane which coincides with or parallel to the frontal surface of the elements, and obtaining curved shaped double-sided modular building elements around a vertical axis which is perpendicular to the ground plane.
- the curvature shapes concave or convex
- directions longitudinal or lateral
- frontal main rectangular block (106) and/or main rectangular block (6) can be designed and manufactured at different geometric shapes.
- Fig. 78 there is shown an alternative double-sided main body element (301) which is obtained by locating a diamond shaped block instead of frontal main rectangular block (106).
- Frontal perspective view of a partial retaining wall structure comprising alternative double-sided main body elements (301) is shown in Fig. 79-80, as well as the rear perspective view can be seen in Fig. 81.
- a wall structure shown in Fig.79-81 it is possible to use alternative double-sided modular building elements which are compatible with alternative double-sided main body element (301).
- Vast variety of geometric shapes can be applied as well as a diamond shape for frontal main rectangular block (106) of a double-sided main body element (101) (or main rectangular block (6) of a main body element (1)). Further, main rectangular block (6) or frontal main rectangular block (106) can be designed in such a manner that they can include openings for drainage purposes of ground water or projections and recesses for aesthetic purposes.
- Retaining wall structure including a 90 degrees turning point constructed by using double-sided corner footing element (202), double-sided corner returning first element (140a) and double- sided edge finishing element (104) may include relatively weakened areas (305) as shown in Fig. 69. These weakened areas (305) may cause the wall strength to be decreased at the turning point. So, in order to overcome this problem, double-sided corner returning third element (310) (shown in Fig. 82) and double-sided corner footing second element (320) (shown in Fig. 84) can be used instead of using aforementioned elements (202, 140a, 104). As a result, relatively weakened areas (305) are removed from the 90 degrees turning point of a retaining wall structure. This alternative construction method of a 90 degrees turning point comprising elements 310 and 320 is illustrated in Fig. 86-97.
- the geometric property of a double-sided corner returning third element (310) is characterized in that: the outmost cavity of the double- sided corner returning second element (142) is filled and over this filled area, column heads (311) are located both at lower and upper side which has the same cross-section with column heads of double-sided corner returning second element (141).
- Double-sided corner footing second element (320) is an element used at the corner of the foundation of a wall structure including 90 degrees turning point and the aim of using this element is to eliminate the relatively weakened areas (305) (shown in Fig. 69) from the wall structure.
- Double-sided corner footing second element (320) comprises an upper part (322) and a bottom part (321). Upper part (322) is integrated to the bottom part of double-sided corner footing second element (321).
- the geometry of upper part (322) is derived from double-sided corner returning third element (310) by taking a central section of frontal block of double-sided corner returning third element (316) at horizontal plane as shown in Fig. 83b H-H Section.
- Bottom part of double-sided corner footing second element (321) comprises preferably a rectangular shaped compact body and includes double-sided corner footing second element reinforcing bars (325) in the form of protrusions which are preferably positioned at front and rear surfaces of bottom part of double- sided corner footing second element (320).
- Double-sided corner footing second element reinforcing bars (325) are used to secure the double-sided corner footing second element (320) into the base ground so that the stability or strength of the wall is assured.
- Double-sided corner footing second element reinforcing bars (325) can be designed at different shapes and can be produced by different materials such as iron rods or welded-wire depending on the site or soil conditions.
- a double-sided corner returning second element 140b
- first double-sided corner returning third element 310) is located at the corner and double-sided main body elements (101) are placed side-by-side in a same way done for the second row. Construction of the third row is shown in Fig. 90-91. In Fig. 90-91,
- double-sided corner returning second element (140b) and double-sided corner returning third element (310) is used consecutively and double-sided main body elements (101) are located beside these elements towards the both direction of the wall.
- Fig. 97 there is shown a completed form of the wall. As its explained before, in order to obtain smooth finishing at the finishing sides of the wall, double-sided edge finishing elements (104), double-sided corner finishing elements (105), double-sided upper-side finishing elements (103) and double-sided upper-corner finishing element (243) are used.
- the geometric properties of a double-sided corner footing second element without reinforcing bars (330) is same with the geometry of upper part of double-sided corner footing second element (322).
- This element (330) is again used at the corner point of the foundation structure of a 90 degrees turning wall where reinforcing is not possible or is not required.
- Double-sided window opening bottom element (340) is used at the bottom sides of wide openings such as windows or doors which may form in a wall structure comprising double-sided modular building elements of the present invention.
- the geometric properties of a double-sided window opening bottom element (340) is same with the double-sided upper-side finishing element (103), the only difference is that the internal cavity of double-sided upper-side finishing element (341) (shown in Fig. 40a.) is all along the body of the element.
- a double-sided inclination element (350) is used to obtain an inclined finishing to a wall structure so that some special applications can be possible such as obtaining a roof structure or inclined finishing at the upper side of door or window openings.
- the geometry of a double-sided inclination element (350) is obtained by taking a cross-section preferably through bottom right corner of frontal main rectangular block (106) of double-sided main body element (101) to the mid-point of upper side of main rectangular block (106) over an angled horizontal plane which is perpendicular to the frontal main rectangular block (106) as shown in Fig. 36b l-l section.
- Fig. 105-113 there is shown a sample utilization of double-sided modular building elements of the present invention.
- Fig. 105 illustrates a foundation structure comprising double- sided footing elements (102) and double-sided corner footing second elements (320). Over this foundation structure, placement positions of the other double-sided modular building elements such as 101 ,104,140b, 310 and 340 are shown in Fig 106-107.
- Fig 108-110 illustrates the placement position of double-sided inclination elements (350) over the window and door openings.
- Fig 111-113 again the placement position of double-sided inclination elements (350) are shown in order to obtain a roof structure.
- Fig 114 there is shown a perspective view of a sample curved structure comprising curved double-sided main body elements (147). Obviously, it is also possible to give curved forms to all the other double-sided modular building elements in order to be able to construct structures like one given in Fig 114.
- All the modular building elements of the present invention described herein may not only be used in the construction of a retaining wall or the like structures, but it is also possible to produce them in a miniature form and use them as a construction toy or model constructing elements. Further, all the modular building elements described herein also have the following properties and attributes: • Depending on the site requirements, footing elements (2, 102) can be disposed into the base ground (13) in such a manner that they can form an angle relative to the ground plane so that inclined wall structures can be obtained and over this inclined foundation structure, other corresponding modular building elements can be superimposed upon each other to complete the inclined wall structure.
- any structure such as retaining walls or the like comprising modular building elements of the present invention can successfully be used to secure vast variety of back-fill materials including soil mass, constructional loads which belongs to a structure, or even the liquids against sliding, slumping or flowing.
- the interior surface of the wall can be covered preferably with an elastic coating material in such a manner that coating material lays in between the wall surface and the liquid so that any leakages can be prevented.
- the modular building elements can be manufactured in different forms such as hollowed body or including hole structures.
- the modular building elements can also be manufactured by concrete in which reinforcing materials are used such as iron rods or welded-wire. Further, it is also possible to manufacture the modular building elements with beveled edges instead of sharp edges in order to facilitate stacking process of the modular building elements to each other during construction. • Alternatively, projections and recesses at various geometric shapes can be designed and applied over the contacting surfaces of the modular building elements of the present invention.
- frontal main rectangular block (106) or main rectangular block (6) upper and lower surfaces can be designed in such a manner that these surfaces include projections and recesses in a linear or curved forms. Consequently, when they are superimposed upon each other, these projections and recesses in the form of male- female interconnections provide an exact fixing or interlocking of the modular building elements to each other so that more stable structures can be produced. • Additionally, by using the modular building elements of the present invention it is also possible to produce walls or structures for decorational purposes. Different textures or colors can be applied to the front faces of the elements so that more decorative and aesthetic appearances can be obtained.
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