COMPOSITE ACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD: U.S. Patent No. US 6,871,462 B2

Authors

Atorod Azizinamini, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

3-29-2005

Comments

United States Patent NO.: US 6,871,462 B2
Azizinamini
Date of Patent: Mar. 29,2005

Abstract

The present invention provides a composite action system and a method for fabricating the same to meet OSHA safety requirements and allow for welding off the work site. An improved structural system achieves the desired composite behavior by providing one or more structural members, plates coupled with the structural members, transverse reinforcing members passing through apertures in the plates, and additional reinforcing members positioned parallel and transverse to the structural members to provide an interlocking composite action between the structural members, reinforcing members, and concrete.