IP Library Granted Patent US 9,512,590
Granted Patent B2
US 9,512,590 · App. 14/131,378 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

Combined steel sheet pile, diaphragm wall, and method of disassembling combined steel sheet pile

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Patent No.
US 9,512,590
App. No.
14/131,378
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of disassembling a combined steel sheet pile in which a steel sheet pile and an H-shaped steel are joined to each other, in which, when viewed in a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, in a weld zone formed by a fillet weld, the weld zone is cut off to leave a portion on a side which is closer to the steel sheet pile than a throat depth surface, and thereby the combined steel sheet pile is disassembled into the steel sheet pile and the H-shaped steel.

Claims (14)

1. A method of disassembling a combined steel sheet pile, the combined steel sheet pile including a steel sheet pile and an H-shaped steel, wherein

the steel sheet pile has, when viewed in a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, a web at a center portion in a sheet width direction, and joints at both end portions in the sheet width direction;

the web in one surface of the steel sheet pile is overlapped with an H-shaped steel flange of the H-shaped steel;

the steel sheet pile and the H-shaped steel are joined together by a fillet weld at an end edge of the H-shaped steel flange; and

a throat depth plane which extends from a corner where the H-shaped steel flange and the steel sheet pile are met exists in a weld zone formed by the fillet weld, the method comprising,

when viewed in the cross-section, in the weld zone, cutting the weld zone along a plane which is closer than the throat depth plane to the H-shaped steel side and which is formed along the longitudinal direction of the combined steel sheet pile, and disassembling the combined steel sheet pile into the steel sheet pile and the H-shaped steel.

2. The method of disassembling a combined steel sheet pile according to claim 1 ,

wherein a gap of equal to or more than 0.2 mm and equal to or less than 5 mm is provided between the web of the steel sheet pile and the end edge of the H-shaped steel flange, and

the disassembling is performed by the cutting-off to reach the gap.

3. The method of disassembling a combined steel sheet pile according to claim 2 ,

wherein the gap is provided by disposing a plate having a plate thickness dimension of equal to or more than 0.2 mm and equal to or less than 5 mm to be interposed between the web of the steel sheet pile and the end edge of the H-shaped steel flange.

4. The method of disassembling a combined steel sheet pile according to claim 1 ,

wherein a steel rod is further disposed to come into contact with the web of the steel sheet pile and the end edge of the H-shaped steel flange, and

the disassembling of the combined steel sheet pile in which the steel sheet pile and the H-shaped steel are joined together by the fillet weld with the steel rod interposed therebetween is performed by cutting the weld zone along the plane to leave a larger amount of the steel rod on the steel sheet pile than on the end edge.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2014
From: NAGATSU, RYOSUKE; TERASAKI, SHIGEKI; TESHIMA, KEI; AKAHOSHI, TETSUYA
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031918/0056 →