Device for containing granular elements
AssigneeSoletanche Freyssinet
InventorsYassine Bennani Braouli, Nicolas Freitag
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device for containing granular elements, comprising a metal mesh panel having metal wires welded together, the panel comprising at least one curvature of a first orientation and at least one curvature of a second orientation, the first orientation being characterized by a first axis and the second orientation being characterized by a second axis, the first axis and the second axis being non-collinear.
Claims17
A device for containing granular elements, comprising a metal mesh panel comprising metal wires welded together, the metal mesh panel being formed to have at least a first bend and at least a second bend, the first bend and the second bend having a non-parallel orientation, wherein the metal mesh panel comprises a substantially planar portion and wherein the first bend is arranged to guide an out-of-plane metal wire out of a plane formed by said substantially planar portion of the metal mesh panel, the out-of-plane metal wire having a shorter length than a majority of the metal wires of the metal mesh panel.
A method for manufacturing a device for containing granular elements, the method comprising:
- providing a metal mesh panel comprising metal wires welded together;
- bending the metal mesh panel in a first orientation to form at least one first bend of a first orientation, the metal mesh panel comprising a substantially planar portion and wherein the first bend is arranged to guide an out-of-plane metal wire out of a plane formed by said substantially planar portion of the metal mesh panel, the out-of-plane metal wire having a shorter length than a majority of the metal wires of the metal mesh panel;
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- subsequently bending the metal mesh panel in a second orientation that is non-parallel to the first orientation to form at least one second bend of a second orientation.
A reinforced soil structure comprising:
- a device for containing granular elements,
- a plurality of the granular elements contained by said device,
- at least one soil reinforcement member formed of a metal or a polymer material,
- wherein the device for containing the granular elements comprises a metal mesh panel comprising metal wires welded together, the metal mesh panel being formed to have at least a first bend and at least a second bend, the first bend and the second bend having a non-parallel orientation, wherein the metal mesh panel comprises a substantially planar portion and wherein the first bend is arranged to guide an out-of-plane metal wire out of a plane formed by said substantially planar portion of the metal mesh panel, the out-of-plane metal wire having a shorter length than a majority of the metal wires of the metal mesh panel.
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