JOINT STRUCTURE AT END OF CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB OF BRIDGE
A joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured such that: a lowered step part is formed in an upper part of an expansion gap formed between ends of concrete floor slabs or an expansion gap formed between the end of the concrete floor slab and an abutment; joint layers, each made of an elastic asphalt mixture covered with a covering sheet, are formed in the lowered step part; and a paving material is placed on the joint layer to form a surface layer.
The present invention relates to a joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge such as, for example, a river bridge, a land bridge, and a viaduct.
Generally, as illustrated in
However, there is such a problem that the finger joint protrudes from a road surface when concrete around the finger joint is worn, and the protruding finger joint causes noise and vibration due to travelling vehicles.
In this regard, JP 2923586 B1 and JP 2011-162981 A disclose, as a joint structure from which the finger joint is removed, such a structure that a lowered step part is formed in an upper part of an expansion gap formed between ends of concrete floor slabs or an expansion gap formed between the end of the concrete floor slab and an abutment, and a highly stretchable filling material is placed in the lowered step part to form an elastic joint.
More specifically, JP 2923586 B1 and JP 2011-162981 A disclose such a joint structure that the lowered step part is filled with a highly stretchable paving material or highly elastic cement mortar to form an elastic joint part integrated with the end of the concrete floor slab or the abutment, and thus the elastic joint part absorbs expansion and contraction of the expansion gap.
SUMMARYA highly stretchable paving material or highly elastic cement mortar constituting an elastic joint part of JP 2923586 B1 and JP 2011-162981 A has such a problem that although both the highly stretchable paving material and the highly elastic cement mortar can respond to expansion and contraction of an expansion gap by means of their stretchability and elasticity, a bond between a binder and aggregate is released by repeated loading caused by vehicle travel, whereby the highly stretchable paving material and the highly elastic cement mortar are broken by pressure.
In other words, although each conventional invention employs such a joint structure that the highly stretchable paving material or the highly elastic cement mortar is placed instead of a finger joint, this joint structure contains such a problem that the placed highly stretchable paving material or highly elastic cement mortar is broken by pressure due to the repeated loading.
The present invention does not employ, unlike the above-mentioned conventional bonding joint, such a joint structure that the paving material or the cement mortar is only placed in the lowered step part. Instead, the present invention employs such a joint structure that a joint layer is made of an asphalt mixture confined by a sheet to complement a bond between a binder and aggregate within the asphalt mixture, and this joint layer is arranged in a lowered step part. As a result, a break caused by pressure is effectively prevented.
In summary, the present invention provides a joint structure configured such that: a lowered step part is formed in an upper part of an expansion gap formed between ends of concrete floor slabs or an expansion gap formed between the end of the concrete floor slab and an abutment; a single layer structure or a multilayer structure of a joint layer made of an elastic asphalt mixture covered with a covering sheet is formed in the lowered step part; and a paving material is placed on the joint layer of the single layer structure or an uppermost joint layer of the multilayer structure to form a surface layer. The joint structure configured in this manner flexibly responds to expansion and contraction of the expansion gap and appropriately responds to repeated loading caused by vehicle travel.
Preferably, the asphalt mixture is prepared in such a manner that a main material including butyl rubber or ethylene-propylene rubber and asphalt is heated and melted into a mixture, and the mixture is used as a binder with which known aggregate and filler or the like are mixed. This asphalt mixture is used to form the joint layer that is easily deformed.
As the paving material constituting the surface layer, an asphalt mixture with high elasticity which is the same as the asphalt mixture constituting the joint layer is desirably used.
A surface of the covering sheet serving as an outer surface of the joint layer is an adhesive surface, thereby forming the joint layer that appropriately follows a bottom surface and an inner wall surface of the lowered step part. The adhesive surface is preferably formed of such a mixture that a main material including butyl rubber or ethylene-propylene rubber and asphalt is heated and melted.
A covering surface of the covering sheet that covers the asphalt mixture is a rough surface, whereby bondability to the covered asphalt mixture is improved. The covering surface is preferably formed of a fiber sheet, and fibers constituting the fiber sheet improve the bondability to the asphalt mixture.
The present invention can realize a joint structure that flexibly responds to expansion and contraction of an expansion gap but is not broken by pressure. This joint structure is configured such that a non-connected joint structure including a single layer structure or a multilayer structure of a joint layer made of an asphalt mixture covered with a covering sheet cooperates with a surface layer provided on the non-connected joint structure. The joint structure can be used for a long period of time.
Hereinafter, the best mode of a joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on
<Basic Structure>
A basic structure of the joint structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is as follows. Essentially, as illustrated in
In the present example, the multilayer structure including the joint layer 8 and the joint layer 9 is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this example, and does not exclude a single layer structure including a single joint layer and a multilayer structure including three or more joint layers In any case, the elastic asphalt mixture 7 is covered with the covering sheet 6 to form a joint layer structure, and the joint layer structure appropriately responds to expansion and contraction of the expansion gap 3. Hereinafter, a detailed explanation will be provided step by step.
When the joint structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented in the existing bridge, first, the finger joint 4 is removed together with surrounding concrete on an attachment part. Then, as illustrated in
When the joint structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented in a new bridge, as illustrated in
The concrete floor slabs 1, 2 as used in the present application include all of the following floor slabs: a concrete floor slab molded from site-cast concrete; a PC concrete floor slab molded in a factory; or a floor slab made of concrete in a composite bridge or the like molded from a steel girder (e.g., H-shaped steel girder) and a placed concrete floor slab or a PC concrete floor slab.
Next, as illustrated in
Then, the covering sheet 6 is laid on the waterproof sheet 16, and the elastic asphalt mixture 7 is placed on the covering sheet 6. Furthermore, as illustrated in
As described later, the covering sheet 6 is configured such that one surface 6a serving as an outer surface 8a of the joint layer 8 is an adhesive surface, and the other surface 6b that covers the asphalt mixture 7 is a rough surface. The one surface 6a, i.e., the adhesive surface, comes into close contact with a front surface 16b of the waterproof sheet 16 laid on the bottom surface 5a of the lowered step part 5, and the other surface 6b, i.e., the rough surface, is firmly bonded to the asphalt mixture to be covered, whereby the joint layer 8 is formed. Since the free end parts 6c, 6d of the covering sheet 6 overlap each other to cover the asphalt mixture 7, the one surface 6a, i.e., the adhesive surface, of either one of the free end parts 6c, 6d adheres to the other surface 6b, i.e., the rough surface, of the other one of the free end parts 6c, 6d, whereby the asphalt mixture 7 is securely covered.
As illustrated in
In the present example, as illustrated in
Finally, as illustrated in
Specifically, the illustrated exemplary structure is configured such that the covering sheet 6 is directly laid on the bottom surface 5a of the lowered step part 5 to form the aforementioned joint layer 8, the aforementioned joint layer 9 is formed on the joint layer 8, and the surface layer 14 is formed on the joint layer 9.
In this exemplary structure, preferably, when the covering sheet 6 is laid in the lowered step part 5, a part of the covering sheet 6 is suspended into the expansion gap 3 to form a suspended part 6e, and the asphalt mixture 7 is placed in the suspended part 6e as well and hardened to form a projection part 8b in the joint layer 8. The projection part 8b appropriately prevents rainwater or the like from intruding into the expansion gap 3. In particular, the projection part 8b appropriately prevents the rising surfaces 1a, 2a at the ends of the concrete floor slabs 1, 2 or the rising surface 2′a of the abutment 2′ constituting the expansion gap 3 from being exposed to rainwater or the like.
As described above, the joint structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured such that the elastic asphalt mixture 7 is confined by the covering sheet 6, whereby the joint layers 8, 9 are provided in the lowered step part 5. Each of the joint layers 8, 9 complements a bond between a binder and aggregate within the asphalt mixture 7 by means of the covering sheet 6 and appropriately absorbs expansion and contraction of the expansion gap 3. The joint layers 8, 9 cooperate with the surface layer 14 to produce the joint structure that appropriately responds to expansion and contraction of the expansion gap 3 but does not hinder vehicle travel.
<Asphalt Mixture 7>
Hereinafter, the elastic asphalt mixture 7 constituting each of the aforementioned joint layers 8, 9 will be described. The asphalt mixture 7 is preferably prepared in such a manner that a main material including butyl rubber or ethylene-propylene rubber and asphalt is heated and melted into a mixture, and the mixture is used as a binder with which known aggregate and filler or the like are mixed. This asphalt mixture is used to form each of the elastic joint layers 8, 9 that is easily deformed. Process oil is added to the binder as necessary.
Preferable combination examples of the asphalt mixture 7 are as follows. A combination ratio of a binder (mixture of a main material including butyl rubber or ethylene-propylene rubber and asphalt) to aggregate is 26-2:74-98 in weight ratio.
Combination Example 1
In the present invention, as described above, the asphalt mixture 7 is desirably used as the paving material constituting the surface layer 14 to form the surface layer 14 that follows the deformation of the joint layers 8, 9. Since the formation of the surface layer 14 is limited to a part on the joint layer, the surface layer 14 can be easily removed and easily renewed even if the surface layer is deteriorated over time.
<Covering Sheet 6 (End Part Covering Sheet 6′) and Waterproof Sheet 16>
As illustrated in
The adhesive surface 6a is formed of an adhesive material 10. For example, in the same way as the binder of the asphalt mixture 7, a main material including butyl rubber or ethylene-propylene rubber and asphalt is heated and melted into a mixture, and the adhesive surface 6a is formed of the adhesive material 10 including this mixture. Since the adhesive material 10 is soft and easily deformed, a mesh sheet 11 is desirably buried in the mixture to maintain the shape of the adhesive material 10 and reinforce the adhesive material 10. The mesh sheet 11 is knitted out of a known aramid fiber, nylon fiber, and carbon fiber or the like.
The other surface 6b serving as a covering surface of the covering sheet 6 is formed of a fiber sheet 12 as the rough surface. For example, the fiber sheet 12 is formed of a nonwoven fabric. Fibers constituting the fiber sheet 12 are buried in the asphalt mixture 7, and a gap between the fibers of the fiber sheet 12 is impregnated with components of the asphalt mixture 7, whereby the fiber sheet 12 and the asphalt mixture 7 are firmly bonded together.
In addition, in order to prevent the fiber sheet 12 from being impregnated with the adhesive material 10, a synthetic resin sheet 13 including a synthetic resin such as polyvinyl chloride is arranged between the fiber sheet 12 and the adhesive material 10.
An undercoating agent is applied to the other surface (rough surface) 6b of the covering sheet 6 to perform primer treatment as necessary, whereby the bond to the asphalt mixture 7 and the adhesion between the free end parts 6c, 6d are further strengthened. As the undercoating agent, such a mixture that a main material including butyl rubber or ethylene-propylene rubber and asphalt is heated and melted is desirably used. In other words, a liquid containing components which are the same as those of the binder within the asphalt mixture 7 is desirably used as the undercoating agent. A known organic paint is optionally used as the undercoating agent depending on the implementation.
The end part covering sheets 6′ used for the left and right end parts in the bridge width direction of the joint layers 8, 9 are configured in the same way as the covering sheet 6.
A sheet having the same configuration as the covering sheet 6 is desirably used for the waterproof sheet 16 as well. In this case, a back surface 16a of the waterproof sheet 16 is an adhesive surface, and the front surface 16b of the waterproof sheet 16 is a rough surface. The back surface 16a is brought into close contact with the bottom surface 5a of the lowered step part 5 along an uneven shape of the bottom surface 5a, and the front surface 16b is securely brought into close contact with the outer surface 8a (one surface 6a of the covering sheet 6) of the joint layer 8.
Needless to say, sheets having the same configuration as the covering sheets 6 in the examples of
As described above, the joint structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured such that each of the joint layers 8, 9 is formed of the elastic asphalt mixture 7 covered with the covering sheet 6, the surface layer 14 is also formed of the elastic asphalt mixture 7 on the joint layer 9 and integrated with the pavement part 15, and the joint layers 8, 9 can cooperate with the surface layer 14 to appropriately respond to expansion and contraction of the expansion gap 3.
More specifically, while each of the joint layers 8, 9 has the elasticity and flexibility owing to the asphalt mixture 7 constituting each of the joint layers 8, 9, it is covered with the covering sheet 6. Therefore, the deformation of the joint layers 8, 9 is restricted to some extent by the covering sheet 6, and particularly by the mesh sheet 11 within the adhesive material 10, the fiber sheet 12, and the synthetic resin sheet 13 constituting the covering sheet 6.
Consequently, when the expansion gap 3 is widened, each of the joint layers 8, 9 is slightly reduced in thickness as compared with a normal state and extended in the bridge length direction. To the contrary, when the expansion gap 3 is narrowed, each of the joint layers 8, 9 is slightly increased in thickness as compared with the normal state and shrunk in the bridge length direction. In this way, the joint layers 8, 9 appropriately join the concrete floor slabs 1, 2 together or join the concrete floor slab 1 to the abutment 2′ while absorbing expansion and contraction of the expansion gap 3.
Since the asphalt mixture 7 constituting each of the joint layers 8, 9 is confined by the covering sheet 6, the bond between the binder and the aggregate within the asphalt mixture 7 is complemented. As a result, the joint layers 8, 9 are not broken by pressure and can be used as a joint for a long period of time.
The surface layer 14 itself has the elasticity and follows the deformation of the joint layers 8, 9.
In the present application, a numerical range indicating lower and upper limits with “-” represents all the numerical values (integer values and fractional values) between the lower limit and the upper limit.
Claims
1. A joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge, wherein
- a lowered step part is formed in an upper part of an expansion gap formed between ends of concrete floor slabs or an expansion gap formed between the end of the concrete floor slab and an abutment,
- a single layer structure or a multilayer structure of a joint layer made of an elastic asphalt mixture covered with a covering sheet is formed in the lowered step part, and
- a paving material is placed on the joint layer of the single layer structure or an uppermost joint layer of the multilayer structure to form a surface layer.
2. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 1, wherein
- the asphalt mixture is such an asphalt mixture that a main material including butyl rubber or ethylene-propylene rubber and asphalt is heated and melted into a mixture, and the mixture is used as a binder.
3. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 1, wherein
- an asphalt mixture which is the same as the asphalt mixture constituting the joint layer is used as the paving material constituting the surface layer.
4. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 1, wherein
- a surface of the covering sheet serving as an outer surface of the joint layer is an adhesive surface.
5. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 4, wherein
- the adhesive surface of the covering sheet is formed of such a mixture that a main material including butyl rubber or ethylene-propylene rubber and asphalt is heated and melted.
6. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 1, wherein
- a covering surface of the covering sheet that covers the asphalt mixture is a rough surface.
7. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 6, wherein
- the covering surface of the covering sheet is formed of a fiber sheet.
8. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 2, wherein
- an asphalt mixture which is the same as the asphalt mixture constituting the joint layer is used as the paving material constituting the surface layer.
9. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 2, wherein
- a surface of the covering sheet serving as an outer surface of the joint layer is an adhesive surface.
10. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 3, wherein
- a surface of the covering sheet serving as an outer surface of the joint layer is an adhesive surface.
11. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 2, wherein
- a covering surface of the covering sheet that covers the asphalt mixture is a rough surface.
12. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 3, wherein
- a covering surface of the covering sheet that covers the asphalt mixture is a rough surface.
13. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 4, wherein
- a covering surface of the covering sheet that covers the asphalt mixture is a rough surface.
14. The joint structure at an end of a concrete floor slab of a bridge according to claim 5, wherein
- a covering surface of the covering sheet that covers the asphalt mixture is a rough surface.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 11, 2016
Publication Date: Mar 2, 2017
Inventor: Naoharu MORII (Ishikawa)
Application Number: 15/234,615