Patent ID: 6185891
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B32B,C04B,E04B,E04H,Y02A

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a wind resistant structure formed from a plurality of foam-concrete structural composite members comprising:providing a rigid base having a shape defining an outer perimeter of said structure and being constructed and arranged to support said plurality of foam-concrete structural composite members;affixing to said rigid base, a plurality of vertically oriented and adhesively engaged foam panels characterized as containing a plurality of channels adapted to contain a reinforcing post therein and whereby vertical wall portions of said structure are formed;providing a plurality of obliquely oriented and adhesively engaged foam panels characterized as containing a plurality of channels adapted to contain a reinforcing post therein and whereby oblique roof portions of said structure are formed, said roof portions being adhesively attached to said vertical wall portions and further fixedly engaging a central horizontal reinforcing member, whereby a roof structure is formed;inserting a plurality of reinforcing members within the channels of said vertical wall portions and said roof portions and further inserting a fiber reinforced, ethylene-vinyl acetate containing concrete emulsion within said channels whereby said reinforcing posts are formed in-situ;applying multiple thin layers of said fiber reinforced, ethylene-vinyl acetate containing concrete emulsion to inner and outer surfaces of said vertical wall portions and roof portions, and curing said emulsion to provide an integrally bonded cementitious layer;wherein a structure having enhanced tensile load characteristics is formed, said characteristics being effective to render said structure impervious to damage from winds in the range of about 155-310 mph.