Frame and testing system for fiber reinforced polymer bond testing
AssigneeKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
InventorFaisal Muhammad Mukhtar
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Abstract
A loading frame for fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)-concrete bond tests includes a standing guide tower, a base section, and a loading beam. The standing guide tower is perpendicularly mounted to the base section. A testing load is applied to the loading beam when performing a series of FRP-concrete bond tests. A sliding end of the loading beam is positioned into a channel within the standing guide tower allowing the loading beam to be positioned at a preferred height. The engagement between the loading beam and the standing guide tower reduces secondary forces. The loading frame is mobile and may also be used with existing testing devices and systems used to perform the series of FRP-concrete bond tests.
Claims19
A frame and test system for fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)-concrete bond tests, comprising:
- a standing guide tower to adjust a height for one or more fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)-concrete bond tests, wherein the standing guide tower comprises a first tower section and a second tower section;
- a base section having a rectangular shape, wherein the base section comprises a first pair of tower-receiving slots to receive the standing guide tower, wherein the first pair of tower-receiving slots traverses through a top surface of the base section adjacent a first end of the base section;
- the standing guide tower being perpendicularly mounted into the base section and is removably positioned into the first pair of tower-receiving slots, wherein a bottom end of the first tower section is positioned into a first slot of the first pair of tower-receiving slots and a bottom end of the second tower section is positioned into a second slot of the first pair of tower-receiving slots;
- a loading beam to apply a load required in each of the FRP-concrete bond tests, wherein the loading beam comprises a sliding end and a free end, wherein the sliding end of the loading beam is slidably positioned into a channel configured in between the first tower section and the second tower section with a sliding mechanism;
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- wherein a long dimension of the base is substantially the same as a length of the loading beam.
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