IP Library Granted Patent US 9,682,535
Granted Patent B2
US 9,682,535 · App. 14/539,037 · Granted Jun 20, 2017

Reinforcing method and reinforcing structure for steel structure and elastic layer forming material for reinforcing steel structure

Inventors: Atsuya Komori (Tokyo, JP); Akira Kobayashi (Tokyo, JP); Yuya Hidekuma (Tokyo, JP); Kazuo Ohgaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,682,535
App. No.
14/539,037
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reinforcing method and structure for a steel structure and an elastic layer forming material for reinforcing a steel structure are provided that can prevent a reinforcing effect from being lowered by direct sunlight, can obtain a sufficient reinforcing effect, and can prevent a fiber sheet from being peeled away from a steel structure surface before the fiber sheet is torn. The reinforcing method for a steel structure, in which a fiber sheet including reinforcing fibers is bonded to a surface of the steel structure to integrate the fiber sheet with the steel structure, includes (a) a step of applying and hardening a polyurea resin putty to the surface of the steel structure to form an elastic layer, and (b) a step of bonding the fiber sheet to the surface of the steel structure having the elastic layer formed thereon with an adhesive agent.

Claims (11)

1. A reinforcing method for a steel structure in which a fiber sheet including reinforcing fibers is bonded to a surface of the steel structure to integrate the fiber sheet with the steel structure, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) applying a polyurea resin putty to the surface of the steel structure and hardening the polyurea resin putty to form an elastic layer; and

(b) bonding the fiber sheet to the surface of the steel structure having the elastic layer formed thereon with an adhesive agent,

wherein the polyurea resin putty has a tensile elongation of 400% or more after curing, a tensile strength of 8 N/mm 2 or more, and a tensile elasticity modulus of 60 N/mm 2 or more and 500 N/mm 2 or less, and

wherein the adhesive agent has a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or more.

2. The reinforcing method for a steel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive agent used in the step (b) is a room-temperature-setting epoxy resin, an epoxy acrylate resin, an acrylic resin, an MMA resin, a vinylester resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, or a UV curable resin.

3. The reinforcing method for a steel structure according to claim 1 , wherein prior to forming the elastic layer on the surface of the steel structure, the method includes performing surface preparation to the surface of the steel structure and/or applying a primer.

4. The reinforcing method for a steel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fiber sheet is a fiber sheet in which continuous reinforcing fibers arranged in one direction are fixed to each other with a strand fixing member.

5. The reinforcing method for a steel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fiber sheet is a fiber sheet in which a plurality of continuous fiber-reinforced plastic strands each formed by impregnating the matrix resin in the reinforcing fibers and hardening the resin, are arranged in a longitudinal direction in the form of a blind and fixed to each other with a strand fixing member.

6. The reinforcing method for a steel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fiber sheet is a fiber sheet in which a resin is impregnated in continuous reinforcing fiber sheets arranged in one direction and hardened.

7. The reinforcing method for a steel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fiber sheets are laminated on a surface of the steel structure, bonded to the surface, and integrated with the steel structure.

Assignments (1)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 9, 2020
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.; NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054589/0546 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-195122 · Aug 31, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 13818846
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