US20060115334A1 - Method for protecting an object to be protected against traffic-induced vibration - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method as defined in the preamble of claim 1 . Further, the invention relates to a system as defined in claim 12 .
- the objective of the invention is to eliminate the drawbacks referred to above.
- the method of the invention is characterized by what has been presented in claim 1 . Further, the system of the invention is characterized by what has been presented in claim 12 .
- the invention has the advantage that thanks to it an object such as a building can be protected against traffic-induced vibration more efficiently than before because besides being damped, the vibration is directed downward.
- the insulator wall is installed with respect to the horizontal direction to an angle of about 10° ⁇ 60°, preferably about 45°.
- the depth of the insulator wall below ground level is adjusted to be about 5 m.
- the depth is adjusted according to the soil type into which the insulator wall is to be installed.
- a number of wall elements are installed into the ground and attached to one another side by side in line to form a uniform insulator wall.
- the wall elements are driven one by one into the ground at the aforesaid angle.
- rails of a railway serve as the roadway, whereby
- step j the wall elements are removed from inside the ground, and just one insulator layer is left inside the ground, acting as the insulator wall alone.
- a noise barrier is attached to the wall elements.
- the insulator wall is with respect to the horizontal direction at an angle of about 10° ⁇ 60°, preferably about 45°.
- the depth of the insulator wall below ground level is about 5 m.
- a noise barrier is attached to the insulator wall to damp the noise transmitted from the roadway via the air, the insulator wall thus acting as a foundation for the noise barrier.
- the insulator wall includes a number of wall elements that have been attached to one another side by side in line to form a uniform insulator wall.
- the wall element is a profile sheet element having connecting members in the edges thereof to consecutively attach similar profile sheet elements to one another.
- the wall element is a so-called sheet pile profile element.
- the wall element is a box consisting of a profile sheet element and of a sheet attached to the open flank of the profile sheet element.
- the profile sheet element can be e.g. a sheet pile profile element, and the sheet can be e.g. a steel sheet.
- a supporting plate such as a steel sheet can be further placed between the profile sheet element and the sheet attached to its open flank. The sheet can be fastened to the open flank of the profile sheet element, for example, by welding. In the same manner, the supporting plate can also be welded to the box formed by the profile sheet element and the sheet.
- the box can be filled with concrete, soil material and/or any other suitable medium.
- the wall element refers to a predefined number of tubes that have been attached to one another by means of connecting members as a series of no less than two interlocked tubes.
- the tubes can be e.g. steel tubes.
- two separate tubes can be e.g. welded together, and thereafter a predetermined number of parts formed by two tubes can be connected to one another by means of connecting members such as flat iron bars.
- the tubes can be filled with concrete, soil material and/or any other suitable medium.
- the bottom end of the wall element can be provided with a tip part which facilitates installing of the wall elements into the ground.
- the insulator wall comprises steel, concrete and/or plastic.
- the insulator wall includes an insulator layer of substantially soft material that is arranged against that side surface of the wall elements which is facing the building to be protected.
- the insulator layer is an air cushion, a layer of cellular plastic and/or of light gravel.
- the system can be utilised in protecting buildings situated close to a railway or highway against ground vibration.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic partially sectioned view illustrating one embodiment of the system according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic partially sectioned view illustrating another embodiment of the system according to the invention.
- FIG. 3 shows a working machine to be used in one embodiment of the method according to the invention.
- FIG. 4 shows a combination of a working machine and a railway wagon to be used in one embodiment of the method according to the invention
- FIGS. 5-9 illustrate different steps of one embodiment of the method according to the invention.
- FIGS. 10-13 shows four different insulator wall structures
- FIG. 14 illustrates directing the vibration into the direction determined by the insulator wall
- FIG. 15 is a schematic sectional view showing the sheet pile profile elements to be used in one embodiment of the system according to the invention when attached to form a wall structure;
- FIG. 15 a is a schematic sectional view showing the wall elements to be used in another embodiment of the system according to the invention when attached to form a wall structure;
- FIG. 15 b schematically shows the wall structure of FIG. 15 a as seen from the side;
- FIG. 15 c further shows a wall element according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 16 and 17 schematically show one preferred gripping and jolting apparatus and a sheet pile profile element in its grasp.
- FIG. 1 shows a system using which a building to be protected 1 has been protected against vibration induced by train traffic and transmitted from a railway track 2 via the ground.
- the system may as well be used on highways to protect buildings nearby against ground vibration induced by heavy traffic.
- the system as shown in FIG. 1 comprises an insulator wall 3 , which has been buried into the ground at a distance from the roadway substantially in parallel with respect to the roadway between the roadway and the object being protected to damp vibration.
- the insulator wall 3 is with respect to the horizontal direction at an inclined angle ⁇ so that the insulator wall is slanting downward at the aforesaid angle ⁇ and away from the roadway 1 .
- the ground vibration is directed obliquely downward deep into the ground, where it is damped and not transmitted into the building 1 .
- the insulator wall 3 both damps and directs the vibration into the direction determined by the insulator wall.
- the insulator wall is with respect to the horizontal direction at an angle ⁇ , which is 10° ⁇ 60°, preferably about 45°, as shown in FIG. 1 .
- the depth L of the insulator wall 3 below ground level is about 5 m. The depth is adjusted according to the soil type.
- the insulator wall 3 can consist of a wall formed from solid, stiff materials such as steel or concrete, of artificial gravel layers and of air cushion walls.
- FIG. 2 shows a preferred embodiment of the system of FIG. 1 , in which an underground insulator wall 3 has been provided with an aboveground noise barrier 4 to damp the noise transmitted from the roadway 1 via the air.
- the underground insulator wall 3 acts as a founding for the noise barrier 4 , and no separate founding for the noise barrier is needed.
- the noise barrier 4 can be of any suitable prior-art type.
- the insulator wall 3 includes a wall structure consisting of a number of wall elements 5 , which have been attached to one another in line side by side to form a uniform insulator wall.
- FIG. 15 shows a portion of the wall in which the wall elements 5 are profile sheet elements, that is sheet pile profiles. The edges of the elements 5 are provided with connecting members 16 for connecting similar profile sheet elements 5 successively to one another. The connecting members 16 form together a tongue-and-groove joint.
- FIG. 15 a shows a portion of the wall in which the wall elements 5 are boxes, filled e.g. with concrete 23 , formed from profile sheet elements, that is so-called sheet pile profile elements, and from sheets 20 attached to the open flanks of the profile sheet elements.
- FIG. 15 shows a portion of the wall in which the wall elements 5 are boxes, filled e.g. with concrete 23 , formed from profile sheet elements, that is so-called sheet pile profile elements, and from sheets 20 attached to the open flanks of the profile sheet elements.
- FIG. 15 a further shows a supporting plate 21 attached to the middle portion of the box.
- FIG. 15 b shows the aforesaid portion of the wall as seen from the side.
- FIG. 15 b further shows the tip part 22 disposed at the lower end of the wall element 5 .
- FIG. 15 c shows an example of a part of the wall element, formed from a predetermined number of tubes 24 , which have been connected to one another by means of connecting members 25 as a series of no less than two interlocked tubes.
- the tubes 24 can be so-called RHS tubes (e.g. 100 ⁇ 200 ⁇ 6).
- As the connecting members 25 e.g. PL flat iron bars (e.g. 100 ⁇ 8) can be used.
- the tubes can be filled e.g. with concrete 23 or with any other suitable medium.
- FIG. 10 shows an embodiment in which the insulator wall 3 consists of just a wall formed from sheet pile profiles 5 .
- FIG. 11 shows an embodiment in which the insulator wall 3 consists of a wall formed from sheet pile profiles 5 and from an insulator layer 7 , disposed against that side surface 6 of the wall which is facing the building to be protected, which insulator layer is herein, for example, a layer of light gravel (artificial gravel).
- FIG. 12 shows an embodiment in which the insulator wall 3 consists of a wall formed from sheet pile profiles 5 and from an insulator layer 7 , disposed against that side surface 6 of the wall which is facing the building to be protected, which insulator layer is herein an air cushion.
- FIG. 13 shows an embodiment in which the insulator wall 3 consists of a sheer insulator layer 7 , which is herein an air cushion.
- the wall that is formed from sheet pile profiles to be driven into the ground can be used mainly in soft soil.
- FIGS. 3-9 illustrate a method by which the insulator wall 3 is installed into the ground.
- FIG. 3 shows a working machine 11 , which is an excavator equipped with an articulated boom arm 12 having a standard quick clamping device 13 at the end thereof for removable fastening of a tool 14 , 15 , which working machine is equipped with railway wheels 17 as it is designed to be movable under the control of railway rails 2 .
- the railway track 2 is used as a mechanical guide element in order to keep the distance between the insulator wall 3 and the railway substantially constant.
- the tools of the working machine 11 act a gripping and jolting apparatus 14 (see FIGS. 3, 5 , 9 , 16 ) and a bucket 15 (see FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 ), which one uses in the quick clamping device 13 by turns according to each work phase.
- the gripping and jolting apparatus 14 to be used in the method is preferably the device schematically shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 engaging with the sheet pile profile 5 from the side and provided with a jolting tool 18 and a gripper 19 as a single small-sized complex that flexibly performs all the necessary material handling, manipulation, adjusting, automatic steering and piling operations.
- This kind of excavator accessory is sold under the trade name Movax (manufacturer Unisto Oy, Finland.
- FIG. 4 shows another preferred complex to be used in a railway embodiment, in which a railway wagon 10 acts as an intermediate storage of the wall elements 5 and/or the insulator layer material 7 (not shown in the figure) in the work site.
- the working machine 11 can also be connected to the railway wagon 10 .
- the working machine 11 is an excavator which is equipped with an articulated boom arm 12 having at the end thereof a quick clamping device 13 for removable fastening of the tool 14 , 15 .
- the railway track 2 is used as a mechanical guide element in order to keep the distance between the insulator wall 3 and the railway substantially constant.
- the tools of the working machine 11 act a gripping and jolting apparatus 14 and a bucket 15 , which one uses in the quick clamping device 13 by turns according to each work phase.
- the other can be kept in the railway wagon 10 , enabling one to carry the necessary tools at all times as the work proceeds.
- the method can be made fast, enabling one to avoid long traffic breaks. Furthermore, the method requires very little labour because the installation work can be performed by a single person, who operates an installation device 13 and a bucket 14 installed into the excavator 11 .
- FIG. 4 shows a phase in which the railway wagon 10 and the working machine 11 have been transferred to the working site and the gripping and jolting apparatus 14 has been attached to the quick clamping device of the articulated boom arm, and in which the gripping and jolting apparatus 14 is used to grasp the wall element 5 with a side grip.
- the wall element 5 has been conveyed to a desired place and to a suitable angle position ⁇ , and is being driven into the ground.
- the wagon 10 or the excavator 11 is driven along the railway track about the width of the element 5 , and the next wall element 5 is driven next to the previous one and so that the connecting members 16 are connected to one another as shown in FIG. 15 .
- the aforementioned steps are repeated until there are in the ground wall elements 5 driven side by side one after the other and having a common width corresponding to the width of the air cushion 7 to be used as the insulator layer.
- FIG. 6 shows a situation in which the articulated boom arm 12 has a bucket 15 attached to the end thereof to the quick clamping device 13 .
- Soil material is removed from above the wall elements 5 that were driven into the ground to show their side surface 6 .
- the removed soil material is used for filling the adjacent dig place.
- a soft insulator layer 7 such as an air cushion or the like is placed against the inclined side surface 6 of the wall formed by the wall elements 5 .
- the insulator wall 3 formed by the wall elements and insulator layer 7 is covered with soil material.
- the bucket 15 has been replaced with the gripping and jolting apparatus 14 .
- the sheet pile wall is a temporary one and is only used as an installation aid of the insulator layer 7 , then the wall elements 5 can be removed from inside the ground, leaving just the insulator layer 7 therein, arriving at the result as shown in FIG. 13 .
- the wall elements 5 can be removed from inside the ground, leaving just the insulator layer 7 therein, arriving at the result as shown in FIG. 13 .
- the method can propagate as some kind of a window which propagates along the railway track according to the aforementioned steps.
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