CONNECTING PROFILE FOR CONNECTING SHEET PILES OF A SHEET PILE WALL
A connecting profile for connecting sheet piles of a sheet pile wall includes a substantially straight central strip, and a first, second and third hook strip, extending from the central strip, wherein the first, second and third hook strip include each a curved section and a substantially straight end section extending from the curved section and forming a free end of the hook strip.
1 . A connecting profile for connecting sheet piles of a sheet pile wall, comprising:
a substantially straight central strip, and
a first, second and third hook strip, extending from the central strip,
wherein the first, second and third hook strip include each a curved section) and a substantially straight end section extending from the curved section and forming a free end of the hook strip.
2 . A connecting profile according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first hook strip extends from the central strip approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the central strip.
3 . A connecting profile according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first hook strip includes a substantially straight, intermediate transition section extending approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the central strip.
4 . A connecting profile according claim 1 ,
wherein each of the hook strips is attached directly to the central strip,
without a straight intermediate transition section between the central strip and the respective hook strip.
5 . A connecting profile according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first hook strip includes a material accumulation at a side of the of the first hook strip facing the curved section of the second hook strip.
6 . A connecting profile according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second and third hook strip extend from the central strip, and
wherein the second hook strip is a mirror image of the third hook strip,
mirrored along a longitudinal axis of the central strip.
7 . A connecting profile according to claim 6 ,
wherein an angle in the range from 60° to 80° is formed between the longitudinal axis of the central strip and a longitudinal axis of the end section of the second and third hook strip.
8 . A connecting profile according to claim 6 ,
wherein an angle of approximately 70 ° is formed between the longitudinal axis of the central strip and a longitudinal axis of the end section of the second and third hook strip.
9 . A connecting profile according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second and third hook strip extend from the central strip, and
wherein the second hook strip is a mirror image of the third hook strip mirrored along a longitudinal axis of the central strip and mirrored along an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the central strip.
10 . A connecting profile according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third hook strip comprises a substantially straight, intermediate transition section extending approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the central strip, and
wherein the curved section of the third hook strip extends from the transition section.
11 . A connecting profile according to claim 10 ,
wherein the first and third hook strip extend from a first end of the central strip, and
wherein the second hook strip extends from a second end of the central strip.
12 . A connecting profile according to claim 10 ,
wherein the free ends of the first and/or third hook strip point toward the transition section, and/or
wherein the free end of the second hook strip points substantially toward the central strip.
13 . A connecting profile according to claim 10 ,
wherein an angle in the range from 60° to 80° is formed between a longitudinal axis of the transition section of the third hook strip and a longitudinal axis of the end section of the third hook strip.
14 . A connecting profile according to claim 10 ,
wherein an angle of approximately 70° is formed between a longitudinal axis of the transition section of the third hook strip and a longitudinal axis of the end section of the third hook strip.
15 . A connecting profile according to claim 1 ,
wherein the curved section of the first, second and/or third hook strip have semicircular shape.
16 . A connecting profile according to claim 15 ,
wherein the free end of the second and/or third hook strip points toward the central strip.
17 . A connecting profile according to claim 1 ,
wherein an angle in the range from 50° to 70° is formed between a longitudinal axis of the end section of the first hook strip and a longitudinal axis of the central strip.
18 . A connecting profile according to claim 1 ,
wherein an angle of approximately 60 ° is formed between a longitudinal axis of the end section of the first hook strip and a longitudinal axis of the central strip.