Concrete arch and method of manufacture

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E - Fixed Constructions

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E01D 4/00 (2006.01) E01D 22/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2501018

A flat-formed arch ring unit comprising a linear array of voussoir portions connected along their upper edges is described. The unit is then archable. A method of forming an archway comprising arching one or more the flat formed arch ring units and locating them between two or more foundation blocks or the like is also described. The present invention provides a simple yet effective process and unit for forming an archway. With ease of production, shaping and transportation, making new archways or carrying out repairs of existing bridge archways is significantly faster and cheaper, minimising disruption and delay to traffic.

La présente invention concerne une unité annulaire de voûte plate comprenant un ensemble linéaire de parties de voussoir reliées le long de leurs bords supérieurs. Cette unité peut être courbée. La présente invention concerne également un procédé pour former une arcade qui consiste à courber une ou plusieurs desdites unités annulaires de voûte plates, puis à les placer entre au moins deux blocs de fondation ou éléments similaires. Cette invention offre un procédé simple mais efficace et une unité pour former une arcade et permet de produire de nouvelles arcades ou de réparer des arcades de pont existantes de manière beaucoup plus rapide et plus économique, avec une facilité de production, d'usinage et de transport, minimisant ainsi les interruptions et les retards de circulation.

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