Method of reinforcing a bridge
AssigneeIntelligent Engineering (Bahamas) Limited
InventorStephen John Kennedy
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Abstract
A method of repairing, reinforcing or reinstating a bridge, comprising fixing a reinforcing plate in a spaced relationship with an existing plate or girder, especially on the underside of the bridge structure, to form a closed cavity, and injecting plastics or polymer material into said cavity in liquid form, whereby said plastics or polymer material sets or cures so as to bond to said reinforcing and existing plates with sufficient strength to transfer shear forces therebetween.
Claims16
A method of repairing, reinforcing or reinstating a bridge, comprising fixing a reinforcement plate in a spaced relationship with an existing plate or girder of the bridge structure to form a closed cavity, and injecting plastics or polymer material into said cavity in liquid form, whereby said plastics or polymer material sets or cures so as to bond to said reinforcing and existing plates with sufficient strength to transfer shear forces therebetween.
A bridge comprising an existing structure adjacent which is provided a reinforcing plate, the reinforcing plate being bonded to the existing structure by an intermediate layer of plastics or polymer material that is bonded to the reinforcing plate and the existing structure with sufficient strength to transfer shear forces therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.