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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Atorod Azizinamini, Miramar, FL (US);
Inventor:
Atorod Azizinamini, Miramar, FL (US);
Assignee:
THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04G 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04G 23/0211 (2013.01); E04G 23/0218 (2013.01);
Abstract
The subject invention provides materials and methods for repairing and/or improving the performance of concrete structures. In preferred embodiments, the methods comprise attaching a thin shell of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) over the area of interest, the shape of the shell substantially conforming to that of the area itself, and subsequently filling a cavity defined by the shell with UHPC.