Composite system and method for reinforcement of existing structures
US6599632B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 18, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31935
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method of reinforcing an external surface of a structural member including the steps of applying to a surface a fiber reinforced polymer system, and curing or hardening the polymer system. The polymer system is characterized by including a single-phase homogenous system before curing or hardening and becoming a two-phase system upon curing. The polymer system results in, when cured, a structural polymer including a continuous phase and an elastomeric polymer discontinuous phase.
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