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US 9,951,521 B2Granted
Self-confining ceramic articles using advanced material reinforcements and method of manufacture
AssigneeWayne State University
InventorHwai-Chung Wu
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Abstract
A self-confining structural article includes a ceramic matrix with a reinforcement member disposed within the ceramic matrix. The reinforcement member is continuous, and has a mesh with holes not exceeding 4 mm in size.
Claims24
A self-confining structural article comprising:
- a ceramic matrix having an outer surface;
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- a reinforcement member disposed within and adjacent to the outer surface of the ceramic matrix, the reinforcement member having a fabric mesh with holes that are less than or equal to 4 mm and a convex side wherein the reinforcement member is a biconical, braided reinforcement member and is encapsulated in a magnesium concrete matrix to form a column having a longitudinal axis about which the biconical, braided reinforcement is concentrically configured.
A self-confining structural article comprising:
- a ceramic matrix having an outer surface;
- a flexible reinforcement member having a fabric mesh with holes that are less than or equal to 4 mm and a convex side, disposed within and adjacent to the outer surface of the ceramic matrix wherein the flexible reinforcement member has a biconical shape that is continuously and smoothly cambered inward from its ends toward a center of the flexible reinforcement member such that the reinforcement member rolls upon itself when a downward force is applied;
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- a retainer bracket placed around the flexible reinforcement member with portions of the retainer bracket extending to the outer surface of the ceramic matrix.
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A self-confining structural article comprising:
- a ceramic matrix having an outer surface;
- and
- a reinforcement member disposed within and adjacent to the outer surface of the ceramic matrix, the reinforcement member having a fabric mesh with holes that are less than or equal to 4 mm and a convex side wherein the reinforcement member has a biconical shape that is continuously and smoothly cambered inward from its ends toward a center of the reinforcement member such that the reinforcement member rolls upon itself when a downward force is applied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.