REINFORCEMENT METHOD FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE PILLAR WITH DECREASED LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC E04G23/02 

FIELD: building, particularly to recover load-bearing capacity of reinforced concrete frames of industrial and civil buildings.

SUBSTANCE: method to recover load-bearing capacity of reinforced concrete column subjected to concrete and reinforcement corrosion by column surface moistening, scoring, column cross-section widening, enclosing with ferrule and reduction of longitudinal compressing force application eccentricity involves deforming steel pipe; reducing steel pipe cross-section by compressing thereof with two rollers to impart oval cross-section to the pipe so that major oval axis is equal to three minor axes; cutting the pipe in longitudinal direction; inserting damaged column in steel ferrule so that major cross-sectional axis is directed in plane of compressing force application eccentricity and reducing eccentricity; connecting two halves of oval pipe in air-tight manner and filling gaps between steel ferrule and damaged column with expanding fine concrete injected through nozzles in the cavities in bottom-top direction; compacting concrete with vibratory action and applying stress to cross-section during concrete setting by compressing thereof from all sides by steel form to reinforce the whole structure.

EFFECT: possibility to recover load-bearing building frame capacity without production process stopping and decreased labor inputs.

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