Composite action system and method
AssigneeBoard of Regents of the University of Nebraska
InventorAtorod Azizinamini
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Abstract
The present invention provides a composite action system and a method for fabricating the same to meet OSHA safety requirements and allow for welding off the work site. An improved structural system achieves the desired composite behavior by providing one or more structural members, plates coupled with the structural members, transverse reinforcing members passing through apertures in the plates, and additional reinforcing members positioned parallel and transverse to the structural members to provide an interlocking composite action between the structural members, reinforcing members, and concrete.
Claims19
A structural system for the creation of composite action with concrete, comprising:
- a structural member having an upper surface;
- a plate coupled with said upper surface, said plate positioned generally parallel to said structural member, said plate defining an aperture;
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- a first reinforcing member passing through said aperture and positioned generally transverse to said structural member.
A structural system for the creation of composite action with concrete, comprising:
- a first structural member having an upper surface;
- a first plate coupled with said upper surface of said first structural member, said first plate positioned generally parallel to said first structural member, said first plate defining a first aperture;
- a second structural member having an upper surface, said second structural member positioned adjacent and generally parallel to said first structural member;
- a second plate coupled with said upper surface of said second structural member, said second plate positioned generally parallel to said second structural member, said second plate defining a second aperture;
- a first reinforcing member passing through said first aperture and said second aperture, said first reinforcing member spanning the distance between said first plate and said second plate and positioned generally transverse to said first structural member and said second structural member.
A method of fabricating a composite action system, comprising the steps of:
- positioning a first structural member at the work site, said first structural member having a first plate coupled with an upper surface of said first structural member, said first plate defining a first aperture;
- positioning a second structural member adjacent and generally parallel to said first structural member, said second structural member having a second plate coupled with an upper surface of said second structural member, said second plate defining a second aperture;
- placing concrete formwork between said first and second structural members;
- inserting a first reinforcing member through said first aperture and said second aperture, said first reinforcing member spanning the distance between said first plate and said second plate and positioned generally transverse to said first structural member and said second structural member;
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- pouring concrete into said formwork to embed said first and second plates and said first reinforcing member in said concrete.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.