Attenuating element

摘要

Attenuating element consisting of a head part, neck part and base part. The neck part is narrower compared to the head part and neck parts of adjacent attenuating elements form a continuous channel. Via the head parts, this channel is connected so that the cross-sectional area of the head parts is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the base parts. In this way, a water-control structure, sound-attenuating wall and the like can be provided. Such attenuating elements can be produced in a very simple manner by dividing them vertically and producing each of the vertical parts from concrete in a mould.

主权项

1. A series of substantially identical attenuating elements, each of said attenuating elements being placed adjacent to another of said attenuating elements with each said attenuating element oriented substantially in a same way, each said attenuating element comprising:
i) a first half attenuating element part made of concrete, and ii) a second half attenuating element part made of concrete, the first half attenuating element part placed against the second half attenuating element part, each of the first and second attenuating element parts respectively having a half head part, a half neck part, and a half base part that together define a head part, a neck part and a base part of the attenuating element, wherein, the neck part connects the head part to the base part by one end of the neck part connecting to the head part and another end of the neck part connecting to the base part, wherein a maximum cross-sectional area of the neck part as defined by a plane which is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the attenuating element is smaller than a maximum cross-sectional area of the base part and than a maximum cross-sectional area of the the head part as defined by planes which are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the attenuating element, and in each attenuating element, the head part is positioned over the base part, and each of the half head parts of said attenuating elements share a common first plane, each of the half neck parts of said attenuating elements share a common second plane, and each of the half base parts of said attenuating elements share a common third plane, andwherein,an interspace is formed between each of the head parts of adjacent attenuating elements, and a channel is formed between each of the neck parts of the adjacent attenuating elements.