Gabion Bracing Tie with 3D Support for Mesh Mattress Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bracing ties for mesh mattresses are difficult to install and require manual operations, are prone to being submerged by filling materials, and often result in low-quality connections, making them inefficient and risky to use during the filling process.
Innovation Solution
A bracing tie design featuring a main structure with a lower and upper portion connected by branches, including a support member that can be articulated or interlocked, allowing it to stand alone and adjust in height, facilitating easy installation and filling without operator intervention, and constructed from bent metal wires for simplicity and economy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If simple bars with hook-like ends are used as bracing ties, then the structure is simple to manufacture, but the installation requires several manual operations and is difficult to complete during filling
Solution Approach 1:
The bracing tie incorporates a dynamic component that can rotate or pivot, allowing it to transition from a compact transport position to an extended working position during installation. This dynamic feature enables the tie to be easily positioned and secured without complex manual operations, resolving the contradiction between manufacturing simplicity and installation ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracing tie is divided into separate modular segments that can be easily assembled and disassembled. This segmentation allows for simple manufacturing of individual components while facilitating quick and easy installation by allowing the tie to be configured in place without requiring complex manual manipulation of a single monolithic structure.
2Reliability
If bracing ties are installed before filling, then they can prevent bulging deformations, but they become submerged and bent towards the bottom by the stones during filling
Solution Approach 1:
The bracing tie extends in multiple dimensions with vertical and horizontal components. The vertical portion anchors into the base mesh while the horizontal portion spans between diaphragms, creating a three-dimensional configuration that resists both vertical submersion forces and horizontal bending forces from the filling stones, thereby maintaining positional stability while preventing bulging.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracing tie is pre-configured with its geometric shape and connection points before installation. This preliminary preparation ensures that when installed, it immediately assumes the correct position and orientation to prevent bulging, while its pre-designed structural features inherently resist submersion and bending during the subsequent filling process.
3Manufacturing precision
If complex bracing ties with square wave wires are used, then the connection between lower and upper mesh is improved, but the installation becomes complicated and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The bracing tie uses a dynamic pivot or rotation mechanism that allows the complex geometric structure to be easily deployed from a simple compact form. This enables high-precision connections between mesh layers while keeping the installation process simple and quick, effectively resolving the contradiction between connection quality and structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A free-standing bracing tie is used for reinforcing a mattress type structure constructed with a metal mesh and intended for civil protection works. The bracing tie includes a main structure having a lower portion for connection to a base sheet of mesh of the mattress type structure and an upper portion for connection to a covering sheet of mesh of the mattress type structure. The lower portion and the upper portion are connected to each other by one or more bracing tie branches located in a main plane of the main structure. At least one support member is connected to the main structure so as to extend out of the main plane to produce a three-dimensional bracing tie structure capable of standing alone. The bracing tie can be closed for storage and transport and can be opened at the location for positioning the mattress type structure.