Patent ID: 6696174
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: B23P,E01F,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for making a repair to a repair site of a structure made from at least a first tube and a second tube which are mechanically joined together, the method comprising the steps of:cleaning and preparing the at least first tube and second tube tubes at the repair site for bonding with composite repair materials; and applying fiber-reinforced polymer (composite) repair materials to the repair site, the composite repair materials including at least one of an elongate, composite tendon segment which is placed on and bridges the at least first tube and second tube and a conformable segment which are saddled between the at least first and second tubes, and overwrapping the at least one of an elongate, composite tendon segment and the conformable segment placed on the at least first tube and second tube with additional composite segments.