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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9682535-B2
Application number	US-201414539037-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2014
Priority date	Aug 31, 2010
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumikin Mat Co

Inventors

• Komori Atsuya
• Kobayashi Akira
• Hidekuma Yuya
• Ohgaki Kazuo

Classifications

• C09J163/00

  Adhesives based on epoxy resins; Adhesives based on derivatives of epoxy resins · CPC title

• E02B3/06

  Moles; Piers; Quays; Quay walls; Groynes; Breakwaters {; Wave dissipating walls; Quay equipment} · CPC title

• Y10T428/31605

  Next to free metal · CPC title

• B32B15/095 Primary

  comprising polyurethanes · CPC title

• E01D22/00

  Methods or apparatus for repairing or strengthening existing bridges {(electrochemical desalination or re-alkalisation C04B41/00); Methods or apparatus for dismantling bridges} · CPC title