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US 2005/0229532 A1Published application
Double-skin tubular structural members
AssigneeThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
InventorJin-Guang Teng
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Abstract
This invention provides double-skin tubular structural members having fibre-reinforced polymer outer tubes, steel or otherwise generally metallic inner tubes and generally a bound aggregate such as concrete in between the tubes.
Claims11
A double-skin tubular structural member including:
- a fibre reinforced polymer outer tube;
- an inner tube made from generally metallic materials;
- and
- filler material provided between said outer tube and said inner tube.
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A method of constructing a double-skin tubular structural member comprising the steps of:
- providing a preformed fibre reinforced polymer outer tube;
- providing an inner tube made from generally metallic materials;
- and
- inserting a filler material between said outer tube and said inner tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.