Fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system
View Patent ↗A fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system for a structural element includes a fiber-reinforced polymer member configured to provide external tensile reinforcement to the structural element; an anchoring device coupled with the fiber-reinforced polymer member and the structural element; wherein the anchoring device includes a metallic layer, a fiber-reinforced polymer layer, and a fastener for securing the anchoring device on the fiber-reinforced polymer member and the structural element.
1. A fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system for a structural element, comprising:
a fiber-reinforced polymer member configured to provide external tensile reinforcement and communicated with the structural element;
an anchoring device coupled with the fiber-reinforced polymer member and the structural element; wherein
the anchoring device comprises a metallic layer, a fiber-reinforced polymer layer, and fastening means for securing the anchoring device on the fiber-reinforced polymer member and the structural element.
2. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer member is located between the metallic layer and the structural element.
3. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer member is directly contacted to the structural element.
4. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer member is not connected to the structural element to form a gap.
5. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer layer is directly contacted with the metallic layer and located between the metallic layer and the fiber-reinforced polymer member.
6. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer layer is attached to the fiber-reinforced polymer member through an adhesive layer.
7. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fastening means for securing the anchoring device on the fiber-reinforced polymer member and the structural element is passed through the fiber-reinforced polymer member and the structural element to affix the fiber-reinforced polymer member on the structural element.
8. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fastening means for securing the anchoring device on the fiber-reinforced polymer member and the structural element is passed through the metallic layer and the fiber-reinforced polymer layer.
9. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the anchoring device is coupled on a termination end of the fiber-reinforced polymer member.
10. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the anchoring device is coupled on a middle portion of the fiber-reinforced polymer member.
11. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer member comprises a middle portion formed between two termination ends of the fiber-reinforced polymer member.
12. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer member comprises at least one termination end formed adjacent to a periphery of the fiber-reinforced polymer member.
13. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , further comprising multiple anchoring devices, wherein each of the anchoring devices is spacedly arranged and coupled on the fiber-reinforced polymer member.
14. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fastening means for securing the anchoring device on the fiber-reinforced polymer member and the structural element is inclinedly passed through the fiber-reinforced polymer member and the structural element to form an acute angle between the structural element and the fiber-reinforced polymer member.
15. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fastening means for securing the anchoring device on the fiber-reinforced polymer member and the structural element is vertically passed through the fiber-reinforced polymer member and the structural element.
16. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer layer comprises strength-to-weight ratio materials.
17. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer member is embedded inside the structural element.
18. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the anchoring device is embedded inside the structural element.
19. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of anchoring devices coupled with a plurality of fiber-reinforced polymer members and embedded inside the structural element.
20. The fiber-reinforced polymer anchoring system of claim 19 , wherein each of the anchoring devices is spacedly arranged with each other.