US 11,674,323 B2
Device and method for reinforcing round section wood beam by combination of prestressed FRP sheet and high strength steel wire rope
Shaofei Jiang, Fuzhou (CN); Jie Xu, Fuzhou (CN); Wenjin Yu, Fuzhou (CN); Ziyi Ge, Fuzhou (CN); Zehui Qiao, Fuzhou (CN); and Chenyang Li, Fuzhou (CN)
Assigned to FUZHOU UNIVERSITY, Fuzhou (CN)
Filed by Fuzhou University, Fuzhou (CN)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/457,149.
Claims priority of application No. 202011415724.4 (CN), filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0178158 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. E04G 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04G 23/0244 (2013.01) [E04G 23/0225 (2013.01); E04G 2023/0248 (2013.01); E04G 2023/0259 (2013.01); E04G 2023/0262 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for reinforcing a round section wood beam by the combination of a prestressed Fiber Reinforce Plastic (FRP) sheet and a steel wire rope, comprising FRP sheet adhered to a bottom surface of a log beam in the length direction, wherein a middle supporting piece is mounted in the middle of the log beam; an end part reinforcing anchoring piece is mounted at each of two ends of the log beam; a plurality of layers of FRP hoops are adhered to the log beam and are located between the middle supporting piece and each of the end part reinforcing anchoring pieces at intervals in the length direction; and steel wire ropes with both ends connected to the corresponding end part reinforcing anchoring pieces are respectively arranged on the two sides of the middle supporting piece.