Patent ID: 11939736
Assignee: AHMED M. PHULY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B  F  Y | IPC B  E  F

Claim 4:
5. A wind turbine foundation for a tower structure as described in claim 4 further comprising at least one foundation reinforcing element selected from the group consisting of:
(a) upper slab reinforcing mesh;
(b) lower slab reinforcing mesh;
(c) slab shear reinforcing extending between top and bottom slab reinforcing meshes;
(d) flexure reinforcing members concentrated at the bottom and the top of the ribs;
(e) vertical stirrups in the ribs for shear reinforcing;
(f) rib skin reinforcing;
(g) rib diagonal reinforcing elements;
(h) bursting and splitting reinforcing made of horizontal hairpins extending between the rib skin reinforcing;
(i) dowels for embedment into the pedestal; and
(j) vertical dowels at the bottom of the ribs for composite action with the slab and combinations thereof.