WO2010005523A2 - Bastions pour protection des forces et applications militaires - Google Patents

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WO2010005523A2
WO2010005523A2 PCT/US2009/003891 US2009003891W WO2010005523A2 WO 2010005523 A2 WO2010005523 A2 WO 2010005523A2 US 2009003891 W US2009003891 W US 2009003891W WO 2010005523 A2 WO2010005523 A2 WO 2010005523A2
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Ryan Christman
Jorge Enrique Gallego
Cesar Giraldo
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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
    • E01F8/00—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic
    • E01F8/02—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic specially adapted for sustaining vegetation or for accommodating plants ; Embankment-type or crib-type noise barriers; Retaining walls specially adapted to absorb or reflect noise
    • E01F8/021—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic specially adapted for sustaining vegetation or for accommodating plants ; Embankment-type or crib-type noise barriers; Retaining walls specially adapted to absorb or reflect noise with integral support structure
    • E01F8/025—Gabion-type
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D29/00—Independent underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
    • E02D29/02—Retaining or protecting walls
    • E02D29/0208—Gabions

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  • the invention relates to a bastion. More particularly, the invention relates to a multiple panel-based bastion system, which can be used, for example, for military applications and force protection.
  • bastions have been traditional ever since Roman times. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it took the form of wicker baskets filled with earth or stones. In the early twentieth century, sand bags were used. In the later twentieth century bastions took the form of gabion structures lined with geo-textiles.
  • the present invention seeks to produce a protection barrier or bastion which overcomes the above described prior art drawbacks.
  • a protection barrier or bastion includes a multi-cell structure, for example, for military and anti-terrorist use, consisting of structures conformed by welded wire panels lined with knitted wire or expanded mesh, linked together to constitute a fire resistant cell structure.
  • This structure is filled with sand, crushed rock or granular materials and may be camouflaged.
  • the multi-cell structure is deployable in flat or sloped terrain.
  • the expanded metal mesh or knitted wire mesh lining may withstand a flame thrower attack successfully, without losing particulate filling material through the openings.
  • the expanded metal mesh or knitted wire mesh lining admits rooting of plants, which helps mitigate the visual impact of the bastions in the cities. Given the nature of the mesh, the plants will grow over the bastions, changing the hard appearance to look as natural fences melding them with the landscape.
  • the expanded mesh or knitted wire mesh lining materials are more suited to resist environmental attacks and are less maintenance demanding than prior art bastions.
  • the wall has a continuous volume, and therefore, behaves like a monolithic rather than an adobe like structure.
  • the bastion may further include a pinned connection system that allows continuity of cells at different heights, and thus, for the possibility of deployment in sloped terrain.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective of an exemplary embodiment of the bastion of the present invention.
  • Fig. 2A is a perspective view of the leftmost and middle cells in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 2B is a perspective view of the leftmost and center cells in Fig. 1 with an exterior panel in the middle cell disconnected.
  • Fig. 3 is a top view of the pinned connection connecting exterior panels of the leftmost and middle cells.
  • Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 4-4 in Fig. 13.
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a single bastion cell having a movable connected top.
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the leftmost cell of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the rightmost cell with an additional panel connected to reinforce a damaged panel.
  • Fig. 8 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a filled bastion wall of the present invention including a hexagonal corner unit.
  • Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the insert of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 10 shows the partially filled bastion of Fig. 1 from a different perspective and without an insert.
  • Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the rightmost cell of Fig. 1 with two pins staked to the ground.
  • Fig. 12 is a perspective view of a bastion including four rows of piled cells.
  • Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a bastion construction including rows separated by structural beams.
  • Fig. 14 is a perspective view of a camouflaged bastion on a sloped terrain.
  • Fig. 15 is a perspective view of a bastion assembly according to an alternative embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 16 is a plan view of an external panel layout for a bastion according to the embodiment of Fig. 15.
  • Fig. 17 is a plan view of an internal panel layout for a bastion according to the embodiment of Fig. 15.
  • Fig. 18 is a schematic illustration of how two external panels and an internal panel may be interconnected, using a single connecting pin.
  • Fig. 18A is a schematic layout of how external and internal panels may be assembled to form a section of bastion, using external and internal panels according to the embodiment of Fig. 15.
  • Fig. 19 is a schematic illustration of how external and internal panels according to the embodiment of Fig. 15 may be used to create a bastion construction that may be used to ascend or descend contours in geography.
  • Fig. 19A is a schematic illustration of how an ascending/descending bastion may be formed, using external and internal panels according to the embodiment of Fig. 15.
  • Fig. 20 is a schematic illustration of how external panels only, according to the embodiment of Fig. 15, may be used to create a bastion that may be used to ascend or descend contours in geography.
  • Fig. 2OA is a schematic illustration of how an ascending/descending bastion may be formed, using only external panels according to the embodiment of Fig.
  • Fig. 21 is an illustration showing representative panel structures according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 22 is a highly schematic top plan view showing how external and internal panels interconnect to form a bastion according to the embodiment of Fig. 15.
  • Figs. 23 - 26 illustrate, non-exhaustively, various structures which may be obtained from the multipanel bastion system of Figs. 15 - 22. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • the basic components of an exemplary embodiment of a bastion of the present invention, generally designated 10, are panels 12a-12j.
  • the panels 12a-12j may be made, for example, from a welded wire frame including wires 14 having, for example, diameters between 3 mm and 8 mm.
  • the wires 14 may, for example, have a rectangular pattern with center to center distance depending on load, for example, 5 cm to 20 cm.
  • the wires 14 may be lined with a screen mesh 16 of expanded metal or wire knitted mesh, stitched to the wire frame or connected using staples 18.
  • the panels 12a-12j may be configured without a mesh.
  • the wires 14 are spaced close together so as to prevent a filler, used to fill the bastion 10, such as sand crushed rocks, granulars, etc., from spilling out.
  • a filler used to fill the bastion 10
  • exterior panels 12a-12h and interior panels 12i and 12j form a three-cell structure of reticular pattern.
  • Bastion 10 may be used, for example, as a force protection system for military applications.
  • the length of the bastion 10 may be as long as desired with a minimum of one cell and may extend up to, for example, hundreds of cells.
  • FIG. 2A and 2B which illustrate close-ups of a connecting region between two cells 21 and 23, exterior panels 12f and 12g are connected at their sides 4 via pinned connection 30.
  • Fig. 2B is the same view as provided in Fig. 2A except a bit closer up and with panel 12g shown disconnected for clarity.
  • a pinned connection may require, for example, a set of 4 up to 24 connecting tubes.
  • Exterior panels 12f and 12g each include a set of connecting tubes 20 and
  • Tube segments 20 and 22 may be welded to their respective panels and are matched and aligned with correspondent connecting tubes 24 and 26 (Fig. 3) connected to interior panel 12i by a centering pin 28a, which passes through the connecting tubes 20 and 24, and by a centering pin 28b, which passes through connecting tubes 22 and 26.
  • Centering pins 28a and 28b also function also as an anchoring element of the system when staked to the ground.
  • Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the rightmost cell of Fig. 1 with pins 28e and 28g staked to the ground.
  • connecting tubes 20 and 22 project at an angle towards the inside of bastion 10.
  • Tubes 20 and 24 are shown using ghost lines because the connection between tubes 20 and 24 via pin 28a is at least partially hidden behind panel 12f.
  • Panels 12f, 12g and 12i are shown connected in the top view of Fig. 3.
  • the remaining panels 12a-12e are interconnected in an identical manner using pins 28a- 28m or, alternatively, using straps 32 (Fig. 4).
  • the lining or mesh 16 of the exterior panels 12f and 12g at pinned connection 30 is bent as flaps 34 and is used to avoid infill spills through the space 36 between the connected exterior panels 12f and 12g. Flaps 34 may be used to prevent spillage between the connection of the other panels as well.
  • an insert such as a duct 38
  • Duct 38 may have an X or Y shape (from a top view) in accordance with the tactical tooth-saw fire pattern.
  • Duct 38 is a rectangular box with a reduced section in a middle section 42 and full sections 44 at the faces of the panels.
  • On the outer face of the bastion 10 these face inserts 40 may be covered with a mesh lining (not shown), which both masks the duct 38 and provides protection against objects thrown from outside.
  • a flap gate 46 can be provided, for temperature control.
  • Fig. 11 shows the bastion of Fig.
  • Interior panels 12i and 12j do not have full mesh lining allowing the continuity of the infill material configuring a monolithic structure. Further, as can be seen in Fig. 6, interior panel 12i may have connecting tubes 34 at a point between its sides, e.g., in the middle, for connection via pin 28n to connecting tubes 35 welded to another interior panel 12k, also without mesh lining. Although not shown, interior panel 12k may be similarly connected to exterior panel 12e. Alternatively, interior panel 12k may be free floating, connected to exterior panel 12e and interior panel 12i by straps, or supported on either side by material used to fill the bastion 10. [0050] Once the structure has been anchored, for example, by anchoring pins
  • FIGS. 1 and 10 are shown in a partially filled state so as to expose the interior panels 12i and 12j.
  • the pinned connection system of the present invention allows for deployment in sloped terrain, as illustrated in Fig. 15, by stepping panels 12 in the vertical direction, i.e., joining the panels at different heights.
  • Fig. 8 illustrates a multi-cell structure filled with sand including two walls
  • Wall 48 includes cells 48a-48c and wall 50 includes cells 50a-50c.
  • the filling of a single cell with two different granulates may be accomplished, for example, by means of interior panel 12k (Fig. 6).
  • a top mesh-lined cover panel 54 may be pivotally or otherwise connected to a top of any given bastion cell.
  • the panel 54 mitigates the action of whirlwinds and drafts caused by nature or machinery.
  • the bastion 10 is a multiple height or piled bastion including a base having four columns 56a-56d of multi-cell structures, a second row having three columns 58a-58c, a third row having two columns 60a and 60b and a top row having a single column 62.
  • the panels in each row may be connected to adjacent rows using metallic or plastic straps 32 that align and fasten the layers, as detailed in Fig. 4.
  • Fig. 4 is a cross section taken along lines 4-4 in Fig. 12.
  • the multi-cell structures may be piled directly on top of each other or may be separated by a structural element 64, such as a structural beam, flat board, steel deck or plate, as illustrated in Fig. 14.
  • a structural element 64 such as a structural beam, flat board, steel deck or plate, as illustrated in Fig. 14.
  • the screen or mesh In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the screen or mesh
  • Fig. 14 illustrates a bastion system of the present invention camouflaged by natural elements, such as vegetation.
  • the panel's wire mesh, pinned connections and expanded metal mesh are environmentally resistant to damage like rust, UV, fungus attack, etc., by means of galvanic protection, or polymeric coating.
  • the structure may be used as basic constituent for constructions and fortifications, supporting a roof structure.
  • Repairs can be made to the bastion by replacing a damaged panel 12 or by strapping an overlapping new panel 66 over an existing damaged panel 12, as illustrated in Fig. 7.
  • the panels form box shaped structures.
  • three or more panels may be joined in the manner taught above to form other shaped free-standing structures having, for example, triangular or hexagonal cross sections when viewed from above. These free-standing structures may then be interconnected, for example using pinned connections or straps, to form bastions of varying shapes and sizes.
  • FIGs. 15 - 22 illustrate an alternative embodiment of the invention, wherein the internal panels employ only a single vertical row of connecting tubes, on each side of the internal panel.
  • Fig. 15 is a perspective view of a partial bastion assembly according to an alternative embodiment of the invention.
  • Partial bastion assembly 100 employs external panels 102 and internal panel 104.
  • Fig. 16 is a plan view of a layout for an external panel 102 for a bastion according to the embodiment of Fig. 15.
  • External panel 102 includes metal bar grid 110 (formed from horizontal bars 112, and vertical bars 114), cylindrical connecting tubes 116, and mesh 118.
  • the connecting tubes 116 repeats every third horizontal bar 112, with the vertical spacing between adjacent connecting tubes being slightly greater (to accommodate manufacturing tolerances) than the height of two connecting tubes.
  • Fig. 17 is a plan view of a layout for an internal panel 104 for a bastion according to the embodiment of Fig. 15.
  • Internal panel 104 includes metal bar grid 120 (formed from horizontal bars 122 and vertical bars 124), and cylindrical connecting tubes 126.
  • Mesh 128 may or may not be provided.
  • Mesh 118 and mesh 128 (if present) may be fabricated as expanded metal mesh.
  • fiberglass mesh e.g., polyester coated/fused fiberglass may be employed.
  • Figs. 18 and 18A illustrate schematically of how two external panels 102 and an internal panel 104 may be interconnected, using a single connecting pin (not shown).
  • all connecting tubes for both external panels 102 and internal panels 104 are all the same length, and external and internal diameters, for ease of manufacturing and interchangeability of components.
  • connecting tubes 116 and 126 may interdigitate snugly and in common vertical alignment, to enable a single connecting pin (not shown) to pass through all the aligned connecting tubes, of both the internal panels 104 and external panels 102. It may be understood that, in an alternative embodiment of the invention (not shown), by increasing the vertical spacing of the connecting tubes, on the external and internal panels to three connecting tube lengths, it becomes possible to join 4 panels all together, e.g., two external panels and two internal panels, by a single connecting pin. [0067] Figs. 19 and 19A illustrate schematically how external panels 102 and internal panels 104 according to the embodiment of Fig.
  • Figs. 20 and 2OA illustrate schematically how external panels only, according to the embodiment of Fig. 15, may be used to create a bastion that may be used to ascend or descend contours in geography.
  • Fig. 21 is an illustration showing representative panel structures according to an embodiment of the invention. Any numerical values provided in Fig. 21 (or in any of the other figures or the present specification) are given by way of example, and the invention is not to be construed as being limited thereto.
  • Fig. 22 is a highly schematic top plan view showing how external and internal panels interconnect to form a bastion according to the embodiment of Fig. 15.
  • the use of a single column of interdigitated connecting tubes in the external panels 102 and internal panels 104 causes the panels to be closer together at their junctions, reducing the space between adjacent panels, as compared to the embodiment of Figs. 1 - 14.
  • the bastion structure becomes tighter and more rigid as a result.
  • mesh may be provided on internal panels 128, typically it may not be used.
  • the mesh 118 will be folded back around the end vertical bars of the external panel 102, as shown in Fig. 22, to provide a vertically extending flap, that, due to material memory behavior of fiberglass, will tend to bear against the sides of the internal panels 104, thus creating an automatically deploying flap to provide resistance to leakage of infill material through the junction.
  • FIG. 23 - 26 illustrate various examples of structures which may be built using the multipanel bastion system of the embodiment of Figs. 15 - 22, though other additional structures may be built as well.

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Bastion comprenant une ou plusieurs structures autoporteuses destinées, par exemple, à des applications militaires et à la protection des forces. Les structures autoporteuses sont constituées d’une pluralité de panneaux métalliques couverts de mailles ignifuges interconnectées, et sont remplies par exemple de sable, de roches écrasées ou de matériaux granulaires.
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