Load-carrying concrete floor structure and method for building the load-carrying concrete floor structure
AssigneeReigstad & Associates, Inc.
InventorsGordon H. Reigstad, Jason G. Reigstad
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Abstract
A construction process for enhancing or repairing a concrete floor structure that includes a carbon fiber grid as a reinforcement component is disclosed. The process includes forming a trench at a top surface of the concrete floor structure and placing a reinforcement material in the formed trench. Then, a concrete bonding agent is applied into the trench. Then, the trench is filled with concrete. As a result, the concrete floor structure is enhanced or repaired to have at least one additional reinforcement component other than the carbon fiber grid.
Claims20
A load-carrying concrete floor structure, comprising:
- a flange;
- and
- a supporting member that supports the flange;
- wherein the flange includes:
- a first concrete layer,
- a carbon fiber grid disposed on the first concrete layer,
- a reinforcement material disposed over the carbon fiber grid, and
- a second concrete layer disposed on the reinforcement material.
A construction structure comprising a plurality of load-carrying concrete floor structures, including:
- a first load-carrying concrete floor structure including a first flange and a first supporting member supporting a second flange;
- a second load-carrying concrete floor structure including a second flange and a second supporting member supporting the second flange;
- and
- a horizontal reinforcement member disposed below bottom surfaces of the first flange and the second flange,
- wherein a first end of the horizontal reinforcement member is connected to a side of the first load-carrying concrete floor structure,
- a second end of the horizontal reinforcement member is connected to a side of the second load-carrying concrete floor structure.
A load-carrying concrete floor structure, comprising:
- a flange;
- and
- a supporting member that supports the flange;
- wherein the flange includes:
- a first concrete layer,
- a carbon fiber grid disposed on the first concrete layer, wherein the carbon fiber grid comprises microcracks,
- a reinforcement material disposed over the carbon fiber grid and configured to prevent the load-carrying concrete floor structure rupturing or breaking apart abruptly without any warning or with very little warning, and
- a second concrete layer disposed on the reinforcement material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.