Patent ID: 6971207
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: B65D,E04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Wall construction with increased resistance to overpressure, such as overpressure as a consequence of explosions, comprising an essentially flat wall panel ( 4 ) that is welded at a peripheral edge thereof to adjoining structural components ( 3 ), characterized in that the adjoining structural components ( 3 ) are provided with at least one stop element ( 6 ) thereon positioned adjacent to an outer surface of the wall panel, the stop element ( 6 ) having a supporting face ( 7 ) facing the wall panel ( 4 ), which supporting face is positioned such that it can be brought into a supporting relationship with the outer surface of the wall panel ( 4 ) on outward deformation of the wall panel ( 4 ) under the influence of an overpressure on an inner side thereof that faces away from the stop element ( 6 ), the stop element supporting the wall panel at a position inward from the peripheral edge, so as to resist wall deflection at a weld joint between the wall panel and structural components.