Hydraulic and earth engineering – Earth treatment or control – Shoring – bracing – or cave-in prevention
Patent
1998-10-05
2000-04-18
Lillis, Eileen Dunn
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Earth treatment or control
Shoring, bracing, or cave-in prevention
405262, 52439, E02D 2900, E21D 2000, E21D 2100, E21D 2900
Patent
active
060507497
ABSTRACT:
A concrete masonry unit especially suited for use in soil reinforced retaining walls is provided. The reinforced retaining wall is comprised of precast, concrete block masonry unit facing elements connected by suitable connectors to reinforcing members which extend from the facing elements into the adjacent reinforced soil to form a mechanically stabilized earthen wall construction. The connectors which affix the reinforcing members at their connecting ends to the facing elements comprise concrete poured into a part or all of certain of the void spaces within selective facing blocks, which concrete may or may not be reinforced and which concrete, when dry and cured, envelops and secures the connecting ends of the reinforcement members to their corresponding blocks and forms anchors thereat. The novel masonry unit disclosed herein effectively provides maximum facing area per unit volume (weight) of block, always exceeding 4.0 m.sup.2 /m.sup.3, which results in considerable cost savings per unit of retaining wall surface area over conventional wall constructions.
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Lillis Eileen Dunn
Mayo Tara L.
Uebler, P.A. E. Alan
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