Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-destructive apparatus, system and method for determining pull-out capacity of anchor bolts
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Application No.: US14880185Application Date: 2015-10-09
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Publication No.: US10247718B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Muhammad Saleem
- Applicant: University of Dammam
- Applicant Address: SA Dammam
- Assignee: University of Dammam
- Current Assignee: University of Dammam
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dammam
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G01N3/34
- IPC: G01N3/34 ; G01N33/38 ; G01N29/00 ; G01M99/00

Abstract:
Embodiments include an apparatus for determining a pull-out capacity of a bolt disposed in concrete. The apparatus includes control processing circuitry and a Schmidt hammer electrically connected to the control processing circuitry. The Schmidt hammer is configured to strike the bolt during a test event and to record a rebound value for the bolt. The control processing circuitry is configured to calculate an estimated pull-out strength for the bolt using the rebound value of the bolt that resulted from the test event, a predetermined bolt diameter, a predetermined bolt embedment length in the concrete, and an estimated predetermined strength of concrete. The apparatus also includes a remote computer configured to communicate with the control processing circuitry and to store an estimated pull-out strength of the bolt. The control processing circuitry includes a memory and a database.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170102304A1 NON-DESTRUCTIVE APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PULL-OUT CAPACITY OF ANCHOR BOLTS Public/Granted day:2017-04-13
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