US 12,092,564 B2
Fiber reinforced polymer concrete bond testing frame
Faisal Muhammad Mukhtar, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/620,331.
Application 18/620,331 is a continuation of application No. 17/687,927, filed on Mar. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,982,614.
Prior Publication US 2024/0248023 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 19/04 (2006.01); G01N 3/04 (2006.01); G01N 3/24 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 19/04 (2013.01) [G01N 3/04 (2013.01); G01N 3/24 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G01N 33/0003 (2024.05); G01N 2203/0023 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0025 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0091 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0252 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0423 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)-concrete bond testing frame, comprising:
a standing guide tower to adjust a height for one or more fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)-concrete bond tests, wherein the standing guide tower comprises a first tower section and a second tower section;
a base section, wherein the base section comprises a first pair of tower-receiving slots to receive the standing guide tower, wherein the first pair of tower-receiving slots traverses through a top surface of the base section adjacent a first end of the base section;
the standing guide tower being perpendicularly mounted into the base section and is removably positioned into the first pair of tower-receiving slots, wherein a bottom end of the first tower section is positioned into a first slot of the first pair of tower-receiving slots and a bottom end of the second tower section is positioned into a second slot of the first pair of tower-receiving slots; and
a loading beam to apply a load required in each of the FRP-concrete bond tests, wherein the loading beam comprises a sliding end and a free end, wherein the sliding end of the loading beam is slidably positioned into a channel configured in between the first tower section and the second tower section with a sliding mechanism, further wherein the loading beam has an I-shaped cross section with a long dimension of the cross section oriented parallel with the first and second tower sections; and
a coupling device positioned on a top surface of the loading beam wherein a void passing lengthwise through a long dimension of the coupling device is configured to slidably mount the coupling device to the loading beam.