Abstract:
A free-standing wall includes concrete base blocks adjacent to each other forming a base course; a first set of concrete wall blocks stacked on the base course and on each other to form a first wall face; and a second set of concrete wall blocks stacked on the base course and on each other to form a second wall face that faces the opposite direction from the first wall face and that has the same number of courses as the first plurality of wall blocks. Methods of constructing the wall arrangement include laying the base blocks next to each other end to end; stacking individual blocks of a first set of blocks on the base course and then on each other to form a first wall face; stacking individual blocks of the second set of blocks on the base course and then on each other to form a second wall face that faces a direction opposite of the first wall face.
Abstract:
Le mur isolant est constitué par deux parois verticales (10) écartées l'une de l'autre, formées chacune par empilement, selon des rangées horizontales, d'éléments de construction (12, 13) formant parement. Le mur est remarquable en ce que chaque rangée de chaque paroi (10) est formée par une alternance de blocs massifs de parement structurants (12) et de bloc de parement minces et que chaque bloc massif (12) de chaque paroi (10) prend appui par l'intermédiaire d'un matériel de calage structurant, thermiquement isolant, sur au moins un bloc massif (12) de la paroi opposée, que l'épaisseur de chaque bloc massif (12) est égale ou supérieure à la demi épaisseur du mur, que l'épaisseur de chaque bloc de parement mince (13) est inférieure à l'épaisseur de chaque bloc massif (12) et à la demi épaisseur du mur et que les blocs massifs (12) de chaque paroi (10) de mur sont en regard respectivement des blocs de parement minces (13) de l'autre paroi de mur.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a screw device (1) for fixing insulating panels together. The screw (1) is made in one piece from synthetic material and comprises a head (2) and a shank (3). The head (2) comprises a flat surface (4) for abutment on one of the said insulating panels, a surface (5) opposite the abutment surface (4), provided with at least one drive wing (6). The wing (6) extends to a selected distance A from the opposite surface (5), said distance A being more than 10 mm. The shank (3) comprises an elongate body (7) extending from the head (2) and substantially perpendicular to the abutment surface (4). The screw (1) comprises a point (8) arranged at an end of the body (7) opposite the head (2), and at least one helical thread (9). The helical thread 9 extends at least over part of at least one of the point (8) and the body (7), and is spaced from the head (2). The helical thread (9) has a diameter (H) that increases towards the head (2), the helical thread (9) comprising a portion having a frustum-shaped envelope (18), the pitch (P) of the helical thread (9) being greater than 8 mm.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a vertical blank used in wood products, such as buildings and shelters, including two or more wood blanks. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a wood blank and for using it in wood products. In a vertical blank according to the invention, at least two wood blanks (1 a, 1 b) are connected together at a mutual distance, so that in between the wood blanks (1a, 1 b), there is installed one or more connecting pieces (20), and the vertical blank (1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 80, 1p) is provided with one or several connecting elements (S, T, V1 , 21 , 22, 23, 24, 25, 31 , 32, 34, 51 , 52), for connecting the vertical blank (1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 80, 1 p) to another vertical blank (1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 80, 1 p) and/or to other structures of the wood product (RAK).
Abstract:
Un elemento de construcción (11) formado a partir de un cuerpo de configuración paralelepipédico sólido que incluye al menos una depresión (12) sobre un vértice del elemento de construcción; siendo la depresión (12) cóncava.
Abstract:
Described herein is a composite board and a method of producing a composite board, the board having increased fire endurance. The board comprises a sheet having a thickness greater than about 0.014 inches, and a thermal conductivity of about 0.1 w/(m.k.) or less. The composite board can be part of a wall assembly comprising two boards defining an interior cavity, the sheet facing the interior cavity.
Abstract:
Un procédé de réalisation d'un bloc de construction isolant, alvéolé en pierre naturelle ou reconstituée ou en béton ou en argile, comprenant des faces horizontales (11), des faces latérales verticales (10) s'étendant dans le sens de la plus grande dimension du bloc et des faces verticales d'extrémité (12), avec les étapes de définir un premier modèle d'agencement et de répartition alvéolaire comprenant un ou plusieurs alvéoles de formes prédéfinies et des pleins de matière de formes prédéfinies délimitant lesdits alvéoles, définir un second modèle d'agencement alvéolaire comprenant un ou plusieurs alvéoles de formes prédéfinies et des pleins de matière de formes prédéfinies, non superposable au précédent, former dans la masse d'un bloc, selon des plans géométriques verticaux successifs écartés les uns des autres, en alternance, des saignées reproduisant le premier et le second motif alvéolaire de façon que les pleins de matière correspondant à chaque plan ou saignée soit décalés par rapport aux pleins de matière du ou des plans contigus et que les alvéoles correspondant à chaque plan ou saignée soient communicants et isolés des alvéoles du ou des saignées contiguës par une tranche de matière d'épaisseur uniforme.
Abstract:
An attachment system for a ventilated rain screen cladding system that is ASHRAE 90.1 compliant eliminating thermal breaks where anti-crush brackets have threaded horizontal apertures which engage threaded horizontal fasteners that are secured by threads into the wall studs and where anti-crush brackets have threaded diagonal apertures which engage threaded diagonal fasteners that are secured by threads into wall studs.
Abstract:
A structural assembly for use in building applications is disclosed. The assembly has spaced inner and outer face sheets, as well as one or more intermediate panels positioned between the inner and outer face sheets. The intermediate panels are parallel to the inner and outer face sheets, and are supported by alternating flanged web members that engage either the inner or outer face sheets. The assembly provides an enhanced ability to dissipate blast or projectile impact forces and to carry the forces throughout the assembly, thus maintaining sufficient structural integrity in the building to enable the occupants to evacuate, to enable contents to be evacuated, and to enable reuse of the building itself.