Composite-reinforced concrete building and bridge structures

This paper introduces a new method for increasing the beam strength of concrete column and panel structures used to make buildings and bridges. Details relating to the manufacture and production cost of the composite reinforcement material used to strengthen and pre-stress concrete columns and panel structures is presented to guide engineers and architects. This paper discloses the results of tests performed by independent laboratories that show how the use of this new method is able to reduce the thickness of concrete panels and beams thereby reducing the weight as well as the cost of such concrete structures as concrete floors, tilt-up buildings and bridge decks. This paper also shows how this new method of reinforcing concrete provides the concrete structure with a corrosion-resistant weather proof material that will permanently seal and water proof the concrete structure's surface. By using the methods and compositions disclosed in this paper it is possible to reinforce concrete building and bridge structures without the use of steel reinforcing bar, steel screen or steel fibers. By eliminating the need to use steel as a concrete reinforcement the structural strength of the composite-reinforced concrete structure will not suffer degradation caused by corrosion. The use of the composite laminate structures described in this paper enables an economical method for significantly reducing the inertial mass of concrete load bearing structures used in multi-story buildings and highway overpasses, thereby making them safer when they experience seismic shocks and displacements caused by bombs or earthquakes.