System for monitoring tension force of tendon in post-tensioning

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10066405-B2
Application number	US-201615509519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2016
Priority date	Jul 29, 2015
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A system for monitoring tension forces of tendons in post-tensioning includes a hydraulic jack to apply the tension force to the tendon, a hydraulic pump to supply a hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic jack, a digital elongation length measurement sensor to measure the elongation length of the piston, a measurement unit having a data logger adapted to receive and store the elongation length data measured by the digital elongation length measurement sensor and to send the elongation length data to a main server, a digital pressure measurement sensor, and a control module adapted to receive the elongation length data from the data logger or the main server, calculate the tension force, compensate for the coefficient of elasticity of the tendon according to the ratio of the real-time elongation length data to the pressure data, and compensate for the tension force calculated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for monitoring the tension forces of tendons disposed inside a concrete structure in post-tensioning, the system comprising:
a hydraulic jack coupled to one tendon at one end of the concrete structure to apply the tension force to the tendon by the forward movement of a piston;
a hydraulic pump connected to the hydraulic jack by a hydraulic pressure supply pipe to supply a hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic jack;
a digital elongation length measurement sensor disposed on the hydraulic jack to measure the elongation length of the piston;
a measurement unit having a data logger adapted to receive and store the elongation length data measured by the digital elongation length measurement sensor and to send the elongation length data to a main server;
a digital pressure measurement sensor disposed on the hydraulic pressure supply pipe of the hydraulic pump; and
a control module adapted to receive the elongation length data from the data logger or the main server, calculate the tension force, compensate for the coefficient of elasticity of the tendon according to the ratio of real-time elongation length data to pressure data, and compensate for the tension force calculated.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein if the pressure data measured by the digital pressure measurement sensor reaches a set value, the hydraulic pump is controlled by the control module to stop the operation of the hydraulic jack.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement unit comprises a near field communication module for transmitting the collected data to a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal transmits the received data to the main server.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a reference point is marked on one side of the tendon exposed to the outside of the concrete structure, and a position sensor is disposed on one side of the hydraulic jack to measure the moving distance of the reference point, so that after the operation of the hydraulic jack stops by the control module, the compensation for the elongation length is performed according to the moving distance of the reference point measured by the position sensor.

Assignees

• Seoul Nat Univ R&Db Foundation
• Total Ps Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kang Thomas Hyun Koo
• Jeong Kee Nam

Classifications

• E04G21/121 Primary

  Construction of stressing jacks · CPC title

• G01L5/047

  Specific indicating or recording arrangements, e.g. for remote indication, for indicating overload or underload · CPC title

• G01L5/06

  using mechanical means {(G01L5/042, G01L5/045 take precedence)} · CPC title

• G01B21/02

  for measuring length, width, or thickness (G01B21/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01L19/086

  for remote indication · CPC title