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Lightweight Concrete for High Strength - Expanded Shale & Clay

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Shrinkage of concrete. The final prestress loss due to drying shrinkage is given by member<br />

geometry and relative humidity at which member is exposed. Equation D.4 shows PCI<br />

expression to estimate shrinkage loss.<br />

SH<br />

⎛ V ⎞<br />

( ×<br />

6<br />

8.2 10 ) ⋅ K ⋅ E ⋅ ⎜1<br />

− 0.06 ⎟ ⋅ ( 100 − RH )<br />

=<br />

−<br />

sh<br />

ps<br />

⎝<br />

S ⎠<br />

where,<br />

SH: shrinkage loss (ksi)<br />

K sh : 1.0 <strong>for</strong> pretensioned members<br />

E ps : elastic modulus of prestressing steel (ksi)<br />

V: specimen volume (in 3 )<br />

S: specimen surface area (in 2 )<br />

RH: relative humidity, %<br />

(D.4)<br />

Steel relaxation. defined as the loss of stress over a certain period of time, steel relaxation<br />

depends on the type of prestressing steel (stress-relieved or lo relaxation) and the other prestress<br />

losses. Equation D.5 gives the loss of prestress due to steel relaxation.<br />

[ K − J ⋅ ( SH + CR + ES ) ⋅ ( − RH )] C<br />

RE =<br />

re<br />

100 ⋅<br />

(D.5)<br />

where<br />

RE: steel relaxation loss (ksi)<br />

K re : maximum relaxation stress, 5,000 psi <strong>for</strong> grade 270, low relaxation strands<br />

J: parameter, 0.04 <strong>for</strong> grade 270, low relaxation strands,<br />

ES: elastic shortening loss (ksi)<br />

CR: creep of concrete loss (ksi)<br />

SH: shrinkage of concrete loss (ksi)<br />

C: parameter depending on the initial prestress to ultimate strand strength and strand type, 0.70<br />

in this case.<br />

D-4

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