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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 25, 2006
Chris P. Pantelides, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lawrence D. Reaveley, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Chris P. Pantelides, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lawrence D. Reaveley, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
University of Utah Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Composite wall panels are a viable method of quick and inexpensive building. Providing a composite wall panel with increased shear resistance and axial load capacity is extremely desirable. A fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) cage incorporated into composite wall panels which forms a wall panel with these desirable characteristics and a method of forming such a composite wall panel is disclosed and described. The FRP cages can include FRP shells or sleeves which include two or more bars secured thereto. One or more FRP cages can be incorporated into a composite wall panel where a portion of the FRP shell is imbedded in each of two concrete layers with an insulation layer therebetween. The resulting FRP reinforced composite wall panel has improved shear resistance and axial compressive strength which can allow for use in load bearing applications and generally improved properties such as thermal insulation.