Combination reinforcement for floor on piles
AssigneeNV Bekaert SA
InventorsHendrik Thooft, Volker Henke, Manfred Teutsch, Ulrich Gossla
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Abstract
A fixed construction (10) comprises rigid piles (12) and a monolithic concrete floor slab resting (14) on the piles. The floor slab comprises straight zones connecting in two directions, ie. lengthwise and broadwise, the shortest distance between the areas of the floor slab above the piles. The floor slab (14) is reinforced by a combination of: (a) fibres (22) distributed over the volume of the floor slab (14); and (b) steel bars (16, 16′) located in those straight zones. This construction reduces considerably the amount of reinforcement steel, increases the bearing capacity and enables to reduce the time for making such a construction.
Claims18
A fixed construction, comprising:
- a) rigid piles and a monolithic concrete floor slab resting on said piles, said rigid piles being arranged in a regular rectangular pattern where each set of four piles forms a rectangles;
- b) said floor slab comprising straight zones connecting sides of the rectancle defined by the four piles the straight zones being disposed in an area of the floor slab above the piles;
- c) said floor slab being reinforced by a combination of:
- i) fibres being distributed throughout the volume of said floor slab;
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- ii) steel bars being located only in said straight zones.
A fixed construction, comprising:
- a) rigid piles;
- b) a concrete floor slab resting on the rigid piles;
- c) four of the rigid piles being arranged in a rectangular pattern;
- d) straight zones extending between adjacent ones of the four piles, the straight zones extending in lengthwise and broadwise directions;
- e) fibres being distributed throughout the volume of the floor slab;
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- f) steel bars being provided in the floor slab, the steel bars being located only in the straight zones.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.