WO2022051686A1 - Renforcement du sol par bande amélioré et procédé de fabrication - Google Patents

Renforcement du sol par bande amélioré et procédé de fabrication Download PDF

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WO2022051686A1
WO2022051686A1 PCT/US2021/049169 US2021049169W WO2022051686A1 WO 2022051686 A1 WO2022051686 A1 WO 2022051686A1 US 2021049169 W US2021049169 W US 2021049169W WO 2022051686 A1 WO2022051686 A1 WO 2022051686A1
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    • 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
    • E02D29/0258—Retaining or protecting walls characterised by constructional features
    • E02D29/0266—Retaining or protecting walls characterised by constructional features made up of preformed elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C47/00—Winding-up, coiling or winding-off metal wire, metal band or other flexible metal material characterised by features relevant to metal processing only
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D17/00—Forming single grooves in sheet metal or tubular or hollow articles
    • B21D17/02—Forming single grooves in sheet metal or tubular or hollow articles by pressing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D35/00—Combined processes according to or processes combined with methods covered by groups B21D1/00 - B21D31/00
    • B21D35/001—Shaping combined with punching, e.g. stamping and perforating
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D35/00—Combined processes according to or processes combined with methods covered by groups B21D1/00 - B21D31/00
    • B21D35/002—Processes combined with methods covered by groups B21D1/00 - B21D31/00
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D53/00—Making other particular articles
    • 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
    • E02D29/0225—Retaining or protecting walls comprising retention means in the backfill
    • E02D29/0233—Retaining or protecting walls comprising retention means in the backfill the retention means being anchors
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D2250/00—Production methods
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D2300/00—Materials
    • E02D2300/0026—Metals
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D2600/00—Miscellaneous
    • E02D2600/30—Miscellaneous comprising anchoring details

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  • the invention relates to the configuration, use, and manufacturing of an improved metal strip soil reinforcing element for ground improvement in a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure using the method of cold forming.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • Earth retaining structures that are constructed using soil inclusions are positioned substantially horizontal in compacted backfill and are a form of ground improvement that is classified as mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structures.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • MSE structures are known to be used for retaining wall systems, earthen embankments, bridge abutments that support the bridge substructure, dams that retain water, headwalls for structural plate crossings, mining crusher support structures, among others.
  • the construction of an MSE structure is a repetitive process that consists of placing compacted backfill and soil reinforcing in regular interval thicknesses until a desired height of the structure is achieved.
  • the soil reinforcing elements are generally the same length from top to bottom and are spaced at regular intervals in both the horizontal and vertical direction.
  • the soil reinforcing elements are fabricated from metal or plastic.
  • the soil reinforcing can consist of strips or continuous sheets. The strips may consist of elements that are fabricated to form a grid.
  • the soil reinforcing elements can be configured so the soil reinforcing profile is planar or bi-planer.
  • the soil reinforcing can be fabricated to contain different surface configurations, patterns, and profiles along their length.
  • the soil reinforcing elements may be placed in an embankment with or without a facing element.
  • the soil reinforcing elements are generally placed perpendicular to the face of the embankment however they may be placed in other skewed directions to bypass obstructions.
  • the adjacent elements are spaced apart and are routinely within the same horizontal plane.
  • the soil reinforcing in combination with the compacted backfill forms a composite structure. The compacted backfill resists compressive forces while the soil reinforcing attempts to resist tensile forces.
  • the facing can be concrete, timber, steel, welded wire mesh or the likes thereof.
  • the proximal ends of the soil reinforcing elements are attached to the facing in many different ways.
  • the facing element forms the external surface of the MSE structure, embankment, or earth retaining structure.
  • the facing elements can be positioned vertically, or they can be battered into the earthen formation.
  • the facing element prevents erosion of the backfill at the proximal end of the soil reinforcing between successive rows and columns of the soil reinforcing elements.
  • the facing element may also serve as a decorative veneer.
  • metal strip soil reinforcing is known to have surfaces that are fabricated to form a grid, fabricated with a surface that is smooth or that has raised cross ribs.
  • the metal strips are also known to be fabricated with a sinusoidal profile such that the strip extends as a force is applied.
  • a modified surface such as a protrusion or raised cross rib
  • the surface protrusion or raised cross rib is always formed during the final phase of the manufacturing process from raw heated stock in what is known as the hot rolling process.
  • Hot rolling is a metalworking process that takes place at a temperature above the recrystallization temperature of the particular material that may be between 850°C to 1200°C based upon the metallic alloy involved. During the hot rolling metalworking process the grains of the material deform and recrystallize during cooling. The hot rolling metalworking process is designed to so the metal maintains a microstructure where the crystals are approximately the same length and so as to prevent the metal from work hardening.
  • the starting material for hot rolling typically consists of large pieces of metal that may be classified as slabs, blooms, and billets which are then squeezed and modified under high temperature and pressures. In instances where the initial casting-to-forming operation is continuous the cast material is fed directly into hot rolling mills at the predefined temperature.
  • the metal material typically proximate its glass transition temperature (t g ), is processed back-and-forth with a series of high pressure (and hot) rollers to produce the end product shape such as strips, rounds, angles, channels, and the likes thereof which are then cooled in specially constructed cooling arrangements.
  • the surface of the hot rolled element can be configured with raised ribs such as the ribs on conventionally known concrete reinforcing bars (formed by hot rolling). These raised ribs are placed on the element as a final rolling process while the material is still at or near the original billet temperature and so that the microstructure is easily manipulated.
  • Metal die forming is a process that uses pressure and dies to manipulate metallic shapes at a cool temperature (e.g., room temperature) that is far below a glass transition (t g ) of any initial metallic alloy material.
  • the die forming process is typically made by means of matched male and female dies.
  • the metal is passed between male and female dies that contain complementary impressions of the desired end pattern.
  • the pattern is formed in the metal when it is cold under pressure. This is advantageous as it allows for the fabrication using different metal stock such as strips, plates, and bars. It also allows for the use of bars with different cross sections such as rectangular, square, round, hexagonal or any desired pattern placed on the surfaces or edges.
  • the present invention provides at least one aspect not appreciated in the conventional arts and provides an improved strip soil reinforcing element and enhanced method of manufacturing as well as providing for a resultant improved mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structures containing an improved strip soil reinforcing element provided by the present invention.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • a soil reinforcing element and method of manufacturing for use in a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure A smooth metal strip is fabricated into a soil reinforcing element that is manufactured from stock pulled from a coil, the surface of the strip surface is manipulated using the technique of cold forming. Where the manipulated surface is optimized to consist of a peak and a valley to increase the pullout resistance when embedded in an earthen formation involving a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • the invention provides a manufacturing process where a metal element can be manipulated into a soil reinforcing element of different widths and thicknesses and with different surface and cross section profiles using a cold rolling process.
  • pullout resistance of soil reinforcing elements is a function of frictional resistance that develops along the interface of the soil reinforcing element and the soil and by passive resistance that develops at the location of a profile that is generally perpendicular to the direction of the applied force. It was determined that the configuration and orientation of the passive profile is therefore important to optimize pullout resistance without adding cost to the element.
  • Soil reinforcing is designed to resists tension forces that develop in an earth mass.
  • the soil reinforcing must be strong enough to resist rupture and to resist pullout from the earth mass.
  • the resistance to rupture of a conventional soil reinforcing element is a function of the metal properties and the cross-sectional area and is easily calculated.
  • One such pullout test method is governed by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specification D6706, Standard Test Method for Measuring Geosynthetic Pullout Resistance in Soil.
  • ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
  • a soil reinforcing element that allows for the use of commonly produced metal shapes, that can have surface reliefs or passive projections or peaks and valleys, and/or edge relief or projections applied to it that increases the pullout capacity of the soil reinforcing element that has been maximized and verified through laboratory pullout testing and can be assembled into a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure, having a facing element to secure a panel anker and one end of the improved strip soil reinforcement.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • an improved strip soil reinforcing element that is fabricated from stock consisting of a strip where all surfaces are smooth, where the surface of the strip is manipulated using a cold forming process by passing it through opposing surfaces of two profile dies, where the profile dies position is adjustable so the strip is passed between the profile dies under pressure, whereas the profile die surface configuration combined with pressure cold forms the profile along the surface of the strip that optimizes pullout resistance.
  • a method for manufacturing a metal soil reinforcing element wherein the metal is one of a carbon steel alloy, aluminum, stainless steel, copper alloy, and bronze alloy.
  • an improved strip soil reinforcing element and method of manufacturer wherein a proximal end of the strip has a through bore and has passive surface profiles spacing, and geometry optimized and verified by pullout testing that resists pulling out under tension.
  • an improved strip soil reinforcing element that is fabricated from stock consisting of a generally flat strip where the top, bottom and side surfaces are smooth, where the top surface of the strip is formed with a combination of at least one set of transverse ribs consisting of a peak and valley where the peak and valley are spaced between generally flat surfaces.
  • an improved strip soil reinforcing element wherein the peaks and valleys are uniformly spaced based apart along the surface of the strip, and where the peak and valley are uniformly spaced apart and the distance between a next set of peaks and valleys is variable.
  • a method of manufacturing an improved soil reinforcing element using coiled metal comprising the steps of placing the coil on an unwinding pedestal; passing the strip through a straightening station; passing the strip through a punch station; passing the strip through a profiling station; passing the strip through a guillotine; placing the finished strip in a stack; banding the finished stack of strips and where the order of the process is adaptive and in part interchangeable.
  • a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) system and a method for constructing a mechanically stabilized earth system comprising: a soil reinforcing element consisting of a metal strip fabricated with cold formed profiled peaks and valleys along the surface and a through bore at the proximal end; a facing anchor having first and second connection plates extending from the back face of an earth structure and being vertically-offset from each other at predetermined distances that accepts the proximal end of the soil reinforcing, each connection plate defining a horizontally-disposed through bore; and a coupling device extendable through each horizontally-disposed through bore and the central opening of the connection element to secure to the soil reinforcing to the facing anchor, wherein the combination of the through bore, central opening and the coupling device prevent the element from uncoupling: and wherein the combined connection element and soil reinforcing element is capable of swiveling in a horizontal plane.
  • a soil reinforcing element consisting of a metal strip fabricated with cold formed profiled
  • a strip soil reinforcing element for use in a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure, comprising: a stock member consisting of a strip wherein all surfaces on the strip are smooth, where the surface of the strip is manipulated using a cold forming process by passing the strip through opposing surfaces of two profile dies imparting a resistance profile on the strip; the resistance profile includes at least one first peak member on a first side of the strip having the first side and an opposite second side, and extending between respective at least a first flat section and a second flat section of the strip; each of the first and the second flat sections extending along a common plane; a first flat side and a second flat side on opposing sides of the at least one peak member having equal lengths and defining an obtuse medial angle therebetween; a first obtuse angle defined from the first flat side of the at least one first peak relative to the first flat section and a second obtuse angle defined from the second flat
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • a strip soil reinforcing element further comprising: at least a second peak member on the strip; and the first peak member and the second peak member spaced on the strip by at least one of the first and the second flat sections therebetween.
  • a strip soil reinforcing element wherein: the at least first and second peak members being either both on the first side of the strip or on opposite sides of the strip relative to the common plane.
  • a strip soil reinforcing element wherein: a length of the first and the second flat sections is one of uniform and nonuniform between respective the first and the second peak members.
  • the stock member being manipulated using the cold forming process is at least one of carbon steel, stainless steel, an iron alloy, an aluminum alloy, a copper alloy, and a bronze alloy.
  • a strip soil reinforcing element wherein: a proximal end of the strip has a through bore.
  • a system for constructing a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure, comprising: a strip soil reinforcing element consisting of a metal strip fabricated with cold formed profiled resistance profile having at least a plurality of peaks along a flat surface and a through bore at a proximal end; a facing panel element having a facing panel anker with a coupling device extending from a back face of a facing panel element and adjustably accepting the proximal end of the strip soil reinforcing element and the strip soil reinforcing element; a coupling device extending through the proximal end and the facing panel anker to secure the strip soil reinforcing member to the facing panel anker wherein the combined coupling device and the strip soil reinforcing element capable of swiveling along a common plane.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • a system for constructing a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure, further comprising: a plurality of the strip soil reinforcing elements each containing a plurality of the cold formed profiles along respective flat surfaces; each of the strip soil reinforcing elements consisting of a strip wherein all surfaces on the strip are smooth, where the surface of the strip is manipulated forming the cold formed profile using a cold forming process by passing the strip through opposing surfaces of two profile dies imparting the resistance profile on the strip; the resistance profile includes the plurality of peaks on a first side of the strip and each the peak having the first flat side and an opposite second flat side, and extending between respective at least a first flat section and a second flat section of the strip; each of the first and the second flat sections extending along the common plane; a first flat side and a second flat side on opposing sides of the at least one peak member having equal lengths and defining an obtuse medial angle therebetween; a
  • a system for constructing a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure, comprising a plurality of facing panel elements each having a plurality of facing panel ankers each with a corresponding coupling device extending from a respective back face of each the facing panel element and adjustably accepting respective the proximal ends of the plurality of strip soil reinforcing elements and securing respective the strip soil reinforcing element; and a plurality of soil lifts along the plurality of facing panel elements relative to a base level and a finished grade; and each the plurality of soil lifts is secured in the mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure with a corresponding series of the strip soil reinforcing elements.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • each the strip soil reinforcing elements includes, in the plurality of peaks at least a first peak ember and a second peak member; and the at least first and the second peak members being either both on the first side of the strip or on opposed sides of the strip relative to the common plane; or wherein: a length of the first and the second flat sections of each the strip of the plurality of strips is one of uniform and nonuniform between respective the first and the second peak members; or wherein: the strip soil reinforcing elements are each selected from one of a carbon steel, stainless steel, an iron alloy, an aluminum alloy, a copper alloy, and a bronze alloy.
  • a method manufacturing a strip soil reinforcing element using coiled metal comprising the steps of: a. placing the coiled metal on an unwinding pedestal and unwinding the coiled metal as a strip; b. passing the strip through a first straightening station forming an initially straightened strip; c.
  • a cold pressing profiling station passes the initially straightened strip through a cold pressing profiling station and imparting a resistance profile consisting of at least a plurality of cold formed peaks along a surface of the strip; wherein the cold pressing profiling station contains a fixed dye and a movable dye each having complementary profiles so that during the step of imparting the resistance profile a final straightened portion is formed between respective the peaks and valleys along the surface of the strip; d. passing the strip through a punch station; e. passing the strip through a guillotine and cutting the strip to a predetermined length; f. placing the finished strip in a stack; and g. banding the finished stack of strips.
  • the resistance profile includes the plurality of the cold formed peaks on the strip and each the peak having the first flat side and an opposite second flat side, and extending between respective at least a first flat section and a second flat section of the strip; each of the first and the second flat sections extending along a common plane on the final straightened portions; a first flat side and a second flat side on opposing sides of the peak members having equal lengths and defining an obtuse medial angle therebetween; a first obtuse angle defined from the first flat side of each the peak relative to the first flat section and a second obtuse angle defined from the corresponding second flat side of each the peak relative to the second flat section; and the first obtuse angle and the second obtuse angle being between 160-140 degrees and the obtuse medial angle between the first and the second flat sides is between 120-100 degrees;
  • Figs. 1 and 2 A provide an illustrative punching shear model calculation of an improved strip soil reinforcing embodiment that is a flat metal strip containing smooth surface on a top and a bottom and along edges following defined passive profiles shown here on a peak and a valley on a top surface thereof (with Figure 1 noting an analysis element thereof for calculation.)
  • Fig. 2B is an illustrative mirrored profile of Fig. 2A wherein an illustrative passive profile containing a peak and a valley are mirror imaged on a single element relative to a direction of force.
  • Figs. 3A, 3B, and 3C provide alternative isometric images of cold formed metal strips according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 4A provides a method of manufacturing that is adaptive to cold forming using either strip coil or straightened feed bar stock.
  • Fig. 4B provides an illustrative cold press forming step of bending to a desired passive profile and a final straightening of a previously provided bar strip having an initial straightening upon removal from a strip coil.
  • Fig. 5 is an illustrative isometric assembly of an improved strip soil reinforcing element having a panel anker assembled thereto.
  • Fig. 6 is an isometric illustrative view of a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure containing one or more improved strip soil reinforcing elements affixed in a facing element or panel element, as shown, in an alternative embodiment on a first lift or first drift level.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • Fig. 7 is a further isometric illustrative view of a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure containing one or more improved strip soil reinforcing elements with a plurality of facing panel elements on a base level relative to a retained fill portion forming an earth retaining structure.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • Fig. 8 is a sectional illustrative view showing an assembly of a facing panel element and a plurality of improved strip soil reinforcing elements in a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure with a plurality of lifts or drift levels for enhanced tension resistance.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • Figs. 1 to 3 provide an improved strip soil reinforcing embodiment for a mechanically stabilized earth (SME) structure that is a flat metal strip containing smooth surface on a top and a bottom and along edges following defined passive profiles shown here on a peak and a valley on a top surface thereof (with Fig. 1 noting an illustrative analysis element thereof for calculation.).
  • SME mechanically stabilized earth
  • the passive profile includes a peak and valley separated by a generally flat surface and are essentially mirror images of one another when viewing the side surface and are formed from cold material using die forming.
  • the spacing and shape of the peak and valley profile is optimized and may be verified by using the below geometric requirements and physically tested using a method of pullout testing.
  • the surface profile is fabricated by the method of cold forming using profiled dies as will be discussed. This provides the further economic advantage of fabricating improved strip soil reinforcement using stock material that is contained on a coil.
  • Figures 1 is an analysis of pullout resistance of improved strip soil reinforcing elements as invented herein and is a function of frictional resistance that develops along the interface of the soil reinforcing element and the soil in tension by passive resistance that develops at the location of a profile that is generally perpendicular to the direction of the applied force.
  • the configuration and orientation of the passive profile invented herein is therefore important to optimize pullout resistance without adding cost to the element.
  • the angle alpha (a) is a function of the internal friction angle of the soil.
  • the angle beta (P) is a function of the applied force and the compacted density of the surrounding soil as well as the dilatancy characteristics of the soil.
  • the angles alpha (a) and beta (P) are correlated to the angle of 45 degrees plus one -half the internal friction angle of the soil.
  • Zone-II (II) is above zone AD (as shown). During tension, the more that Zones-II and Zones-III (III) are allowed to propagate unobstructed the higher the pullout resistance of the soil reinforcing element.
  • the failure surface follows the outer profile of Zones II, III, and provides substantial resistance to movement when suitably positioned and assembled in a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • the preferred embodiment passive profile is shown in Figs. 2 A, 2B, and 3A-3C is of a triangular profile where the acute profile angle theta (0) is preferably between 20-44 degrees and more preferably between 30-40 degrees (relative to the complementary obtuse angle between (opposite acute profile angle theta (0)) (as shown).
  • the complementary obtuse angle is therefore between 160 degrees (180-20 degrees) 136 degrees (180-44 degrees) and more preferably between 140 degrees (180 degrees - 40 degrees) and 150 degrees (180 degrees - 30 degrees).
  • the range of these angles is the range of internal friction angle for soils that are typically used as backfill in Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) structures.
  • MSE Mechanically Stabilized Earth
  • the passive resistance triangular element in Fig. 2A is repeated and alternatively mirrored to the bottom surface and spaced at a distance that limits the interference or overlap of the failure surfaces.
  • This arrangement allows for the flat portions therebetween to fall within the same plane so that the acute and obtuse angles may be readily calculated as is noted herein with certainty that in either direction of force (e.g., Fig. 2A, 2B show direction of force leftward to the image, but the retention force is directly in the opposite direction rightward).
  • Profile element 80 includes the profile as noted in Fig. 2B with passive profiles inverted and regularly spaced so that there are regular flat portions 81, 81 spacing passive profdes forming obtuse angles 82, 82 off the flat portions 81, 81 separated by medial obtuse angles 83, 83 etc. defined between the obtuse angles 82, 82, as shown.
  • profile element 80B is shown with passive profiles that are inverted and spaced by two different flat portions 81 (longer) and 81 A (shorter), each with respective obtuse angles (relative to flat portions 81) 82A, 82A and a medial obtuse angle 83A (defined between obtuse angles 82A), as shown.
  • a profile element 80C is provided with regular uniform flat portions 81, 81, and spaced passive profile elements on only one side with respective obtuse angles 82C, 82C spaced by a medial obtuse angle 83C, as shown.
  • Fig. 4A a method of manufacturing using alternative a cold strip coil (initially), or a provided cold bar stock (initially) is provided.
  • the process includes the steps noted, and includes using coiled metal that is; 1. Placed on an unwinding pedestal;
  • the initially straightened stock flattened bar 50 (cold) is provided to a set of dies, with top die 40A complementing bottom die 40B with a desired profde spaced between flat sections (as shown).
  • the dies are compressed and the profile is cold formed in the bar and then fed along a fixed bed 40 to a punch and shear station 42 to have a through hole provided at an end and the bar cut to a desired production length providing a formed improved strip soil reinforcing element 80 (or 80B or 80C, etc.) as may be determined, then a stack and band and bundle step is noted (combining Figs. 4A, 4B), as is noted the relative stations and steps can be operated moved in different orders and still obtain the same desired outcome.
  • an assembled improved strip soil reinforcing element 1 is provided with the reinforcing soil strip element 80 and a panel anker 90 shaped to be retained within a panel facing element 108.
  • a through hole 91 in panel anker 90 and in element 80 provides for the assembly and fixing with a threaded 72, washers 73, 73 and a nut 71 during a use to form an assembly with combined mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure.
  • MSE mechanically stabilized earth
  • a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure 10 includes reinforced panel facing elements 108 of differing heights and shapes, typically supported on a footer or leveling pad 101 relative to a base level 109, and improved strip soil reinforcing assemblies 1 are secured to panel facing elements 108 at respective lifts or drifts 106 having thicknesses of soil based upon desired parameters, and capped with a moment slap 104 and a roadway 110 with a traffic barrier 105 relative to a desired finish grade 102.
  • there is retained fill 111 based on the respective site requirements.

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L'invention concerne un élément de renforcement de sol et un procédé de fabrication destiné à être utilisé dans une structure de terre stabilisée mécaniquement (MSB). Une bande métallique lisse est fabriquée dans un élément de renforcement de sol qui est fabriqué à partir de stock tiré d'une bobine, la surface de la surface de bande est manipulée à l'aide de la technique de formage à froid. La surface manipulée est optimisée pour se composer d'un pic et d'un creux pour augmenter la résistance à l'arrachement lorsqu'elle est incorporée dans une formation terrestre impliquant une structure de terre stabilisée mécaniquement (MSB).
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