WO2022133512A1 - A plastics geocellular structural module, which are light, - Google Patents

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WO2022133512A1
WO2022133512A1 PCT/AU2021/050441 AU2021050441W WO2022133512A1 WO 2022133512 A1 WO2022133512 A1 WO 2022133512A1 AU 2021050441 W AU2021050441 W AU 2021050441W WO 2022133512 A1 WO2022133512 A1 WO 2022133512A1
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Humberto Urriola
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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
    • E01F5/00—Draining the sub-base, i.e. subgrade or ground-work, e.g. embankment of roads or of the ballastway of railways or draining-off road surface or ballastway drainage by trenches, culverts, or conduits or other specially adapted means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B32—LAYERED PRODUCTS
    • B32B—LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
    • B32B3/00—Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products having particular features of form
    • B32B3/10—Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products having particular features of form characterised by a discontinuous layer, i.e. formed of separate pieces of material
    • B32B3/12—Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products having particular features of form characterised by a discontinuous layer, i.e. formed of separate pieces of material characterised by a layer of regularly- arranged cells, e.g. a honeycomb structure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B32—LAYERED PRODUCTS
    • B32B—LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
    • B32B3/00—Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products having particular features of form
    • B32B3/26—Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products having particular features of form characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layer; characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids ; characterised by an apertured layer
    • B32B3/30—Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products having particular features of form characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layer; characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids ; characterised by an apertured layer characterised by a layer formed with recesses or projections, e.g. hollows, grooves, protuberances, ribs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B32—LAYERED PRODUCTS
    • B32B—LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
    • B32B2250/00—Layers arrangement
    • B32B2250/02—2 layers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B32—LAYERED PRODUCTS
    • B32B—LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
    • B32B2250/00—Layers arrangement
    • B32B2250/24—All layers being polymeric
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
    • E01C11/00—Details of pavings
    • E01C11/22—Gutters; Kerbs ; Surface drainage of streets, roads or like traffic areas
    • E01C11/224—Surface drainage of streets
    • E01C11/225—Paving specially adapted for through-the-surfacing drainage, e.g. perforated, porous; Preformed paving elements comprising, or adapted to form, passageways for carrying off drainage
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
    • E01C2201/00—Paving elements
    • E01C2201/20—Drainage details
    • E01C2201/202—Horizontal drainage channels
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B11/00—Drainage of soil, e.g. for agricultural purposes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D19/00—Keeping dry foundation sites or other areas in the ground
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03F—SEWERS; CESSPOOLS
    • E03F1/00—Methods, systems, or installations for draining-off sewage or storm water
    • E03F1/002—Methods, systems, or installations for draining-off sewage or storm water with disposal into the ground, e.g. via dry wells
    • E03F1/005—Methods, systems, or installations for draining-off sewage or storm water with disposal into the ground, e.g. via dry wells via box-shaped elements
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/40—Protecting water resources
    • Y02A20/402—River restoration

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  • the present invention relates to a plastics geocellular structural module, which are light, interconnectable and strong, and are used for land remediation, road construction, ecological restoration of rivers and building foundations and water storage.
  • the invention comprises plastics geocellular structural module formed from a rectangular planar base unit, said unit having frusto-conical or frusto-pyramidal hollow projections extending from one face thereof, each projection having at its apex a connection which engages with the openings in a three dimension lattice structure, such that the three dimension lattice structure overlays the rectangular base unit.
  • the frusto-conical or frusto-pyramidal hollow projections can be perforated
  • the modules can be joined together forming a large structure capable of resisting high impact and large weights and vibrations that can be used as a strong structural foundation either filled with sand or other granular material, or concrete or left empty.
  • the modules can be used as foundations for buildings, mining access roads, sea and river ports, river retaining levees, tailing dams, retaining walls, dams or as water storage with the use of geotextiles and where needed waterproof liners, or to channel air under buildings or for air conditioning and water cooling systems..
  • the modules under buildings or in road civil works can be used as void.
  • the system can be used with geotextiles to keep the structure free of contamination.
  • the modules are particularly suited under railway line construction as there is no or very little maintenance and almost totally eliminates the use of crushed rocks in railway construction, saving the environment from mining for the crushed rocks, which is a very expensive exercise and ecologically damaging.
  • the modules are extremely strong, resisting seismic movement and absorbs underground vibrations, and are easily assembled together. Further the vibration of the train causes movement or liquidification of the ballast. The use of our structures absorbs the vibrations, without any movement.
  • Figure 1 is an isometric view of a 50mm drainage cell
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of a Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell
  • Figure 3 is an isometric view of a plastics geocellular structural module
  • Figure 4 is a side view of a plastics geocellular structural module
  • RO/AU Figure 5 is a top plan view of a plastics geocellular structural module
  • Figure 6 is a side view of a Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell connected to a plastics geocellular structural module
  • Figure 7 is a top plan view of the a plastics geocellular structural module
  • Figure 8 shows a clip for joining adjacent rectangular planar units
  • Figure 9 shows two rectangular planar units joined together.
  • Figure 10 shows a combination of the two types of plastics geocellular structural module
  • the half module (1) is formed as a single plastics molding, comprising a perforated rectangular planar base unit (2) having frusto-conical hollow projections (3) extending from one face thereof.
  • the top half module is an Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell (9) which is shown in figures 1 & 2.
  • Each of the major faces (11 & 12) have alternate larger openings (13) and smaller circular openings (14). This pattern on the top face (11) is reversed from that of the bottom face (12).
  • the bottom half module (10) has a great number of the frusto-conical hollow projections (3); in this example thirty six.
  • Each of the frusto-conical hollow projections (3) aligns with large openings (13) and the smaller circular openings (14) of the bottom face (12) of the Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell (9).
  • the frusto-conical hollow projections (3) are so tapered that only the apex (15) of the frusto-conical hollow projections (3) passes through the smaller circular openings (14), such that the smaller circular openings (14) sits on the frusto-conical hollow projections (3) as shown in figure 6.
  • the bottom half module (10) is clipped to adjacent bottom half modules (10) by means of clips (17) connecting across the female connectors (16) of adjacent bottom half modules (10), as shown in figure 9.
  • the female connectors (16) are larger at the rear and narrower at their openings.
  • the Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell (9) are connected to adjacent Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell by means of their male connectors (17) and female connectors (18) to form a plastics geocellular structural module, which is then filled with suitably sized gravel.
  • plastics geocellular structural modules can be used as shown in Fig 10 whereby services can run along the plastics geocellular structural module (8) and both plastics geocellular structural modules can be filled with sand or gravel to provide an extremely strong shock resistance structure.
  • the 50mm drainage cell in this configuration can even form a road surface without asphalt. In this configuration the top structure absorbs the impact or weight on compaction..

Abstract

The present invention relates to a plastics geocellular structural module, which are light, interconnectable and strong, and are used for land remediation, road construction, ecological restoration of rivers and building foundations and water storage. The modules can be joined together forming a large structure capable of resisting high impact and large weights and vibrations that can be used as a strong structural foundation either filled with sand or other granular material, or concrete or left empty. The modules can be used as foundations for buildings, mining access roads, sea and river ports, river retaining levees, tailing dams, retaining walls, dams or as water storage with the use of geotextiles and where needed waterproof liners, or to channel air under buildings or for air conditioning and water cooling systems..

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Plastics Geocellular Structural Module
The present invention relates to a plastics geocellular structural module, which are light, interconnectable and strong, and are used for land remediation, road construction, ecological restoration of rivers and building foundations and water storage.
In another form the invention comprises plastics geocellular structural module formed from a rectangular planar base unit, said unit having frusto-conical or frusto-pyramidal hollow projections extending from one face thereof, each projection having at its apex a connection which engages with the openings in a three dimension lattice structure, such that the three dimension lattice structure overlays the rectangular base unit.
The frusto-conical or frusto-pyramidal hollow projections can be perforated
The modules can be joined together forming a large structure capable of resisting high impact and large weights and vibrations that can be used as a strong structural foundation either filled with sand or other granular material, or concrete or left empty. The modules can be used as foundations for buildings, mining access roads, sea and river ports, river retaining levees, tailing dams, retaining walls, dams or as water storage with the use of geotextiles and where needed waterproof liners, or to channel air under buildings or for air conditioning and water cooling systems.. The modules under buildings or in road civil works can be used as void. The system can be used with geotextiles to keep the structure free of contamination.
The modules are particularly suited under railway line construction as there is no or very little maintenance and almost totally eliminates the use of crushed rocks in railway construction, saving the environment from mining for the crushed rocks, which is a very expensive exercise and ecologically damaging. The modules are extremely strong, resisting seismic movement and absorbs underground vibrations, and are easily assembled together. Further the vibration of the train causes movement or liquidification of the ballast. The use of our structures absorbs the vibrations, without any movement.
The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is an isometric view of a 50mm drainage cell;
Figure 2 is a plan view of a Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell;
Figure 3 is an isometric view of a plastics geocellular structural module;
Figure 4 is a side view of a plastics geocellular structural module;
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SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) RO/AU Figure 5 is a top plan view of a plastics geocellular structural module;
Figure 6 is a side view of a Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell connected to a plastics geocellular structural module;
Figure 7 is a top plan view of the a plastics geocellular structural module;
Figure 8 shows a clip for joining adjacent rectangular planar units;
Figure 9 shows two rectangular planar units joined together; and
Figure 10 shows a combination of the two types of plastics geocellular structural module;
As shown in figure 3 the half module (1) is formed as a single plastics molding, comprising a perforated rectangular planar base unit (2) having frusto-conical hollow projections (3) extending from one face thereof.
The top half module is an Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell (9) which is shown in figures 1 & 2. Each of the major faces (11 & 12) have alternate larger openings (13) and smaller circular openings (14). This pattern on the top face (11) is reversed from that of the bottom face (12). However to reinforce the strength of the soil stabilizer the bottom half module (10) has a great number of the frusto-conical hollow projections (3); in this example thirty six. Each of the frusto-conical hollow projections (3) aligns with large openings (13) and the smaller circular openings (14) of the bottom face (12) of the Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell (9). The frusto-conical hollow projections (3) are so tapered that only the apex (15) of the frusto-conical hollow projections (3) passes through the smaller circular openings (14), such that the smaller circular openings (14) sits on the frusto-conical hollow projections (3) as shown in figure 6.
The bottom half module (10) is clipped to adjacent bottom half modules (10) by means of clips (17) connecting across the female connectors (16) of adjacent bottom half modules (10), as shown in figure 9. As shown in figure 3 the female connectors (16) are larger at the rear and narrower at their openings. While the Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell (9) are connected to adjacent Atlantis heavy duty Flo-cell by means of their male connectors (17) and female connectors (18) to form a plastics geocellular structural module, which is then filled with suitably sized gravel.
However two types of plastics geocellular structural modules can be used as shown in Fig 10 whereby services can run along the plastics geocellular structural module (8) and both plastics geocellular structural modules can be filled with sand or gravel to provide an extremely strong shock resistance structure. The 50mm drainage cell in this configuration can even form a road surface without asphalt. In this configuration the top structure absorbs the impact or weight on compaction..
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SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) RO/AU

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1. Plastics geocellular structural modules comprising a rectangular planar unit and having frusto- conical or frusto-pyramidal hollow projections extending from one face thereof, each projection having its apex which engages in the openings in a three dimension lattice structure, such that the three dimension lattice structure overlays the rectangular planar unit, to form a solid modular unit.
2 Plastics geocellular structural modules according to claim 1 wherein the three dimension lattice has a top plate joined to a bottom plate which has openings which are engaged by the projections.
3 Plastics geocellular structural modules according to claim 2 wherein at least some of the openings in the bottom plate of the three dimensional lattice are of such dimensions that only the apex of projections extend therethrough shy of the top plate of the three dimensional lattice.
4 Plastics geocellular structural modules according to claim 1 to 3 wherein the rectangular planar units have connections on their sides such that a clip can be inserted across connections on adjacent rectangular planar units joining said adjacent rectangular planar units, and the three dimensional lattice structures have connections on their sides which engage with connections of adjacent three dimensional structures.
5. A plastics geocellular structural modules according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the three dimension lattice structure is an Atlantis 50mm or 52mm drainage cell.
6. Plastics geocellular structural modules according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the rectangular planar units have openings around their periphery into which clips of a side wall module engage
7. Plastics geocellular structural modules substantially as herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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