Lightweight Concrete for High Strength - Expanded Shale & Clay

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Table 5.9 Predicted vs. Experimental V u Values
AASHTO
Standard
f y = 62 ksi
V u
(kips)
AASHTO
Standard
f y = 60 ksi
V u
(kips)
AASHTO
LRFD
f y = 62 ksi
V u
(kips)
Exp.
V u
Percent
Diff.
Exp
vs
Std 62
Percent
Diff.
Exp
vs
Std 60
Percent
Diff.
Exp
vs
LRFD
(kips)
G1A-East * 379.7 370.8 473.5 362.8 -4.5% -2.2% -23.4%
G1A-West * 244.9 240.4 312.8 248.9 1.6% 3.5% -20.4%
G1A-Center 138.7 137.4 103.8 258.0 86.0% 87.8% 148.5%
G1B-East 243.3 238.9 241.1 312.2 28.3% 30.7% 29.5%
G1B-West * 376.0 367.2 363.5 296.3 -21.2% -19.3% -18.5%
G1B-Center 138.6 137.3 104.3 234.1 68.9% 70.5% 124.5%
G1C-East 238.4 234.0 255.5 289.2 21.3% 23.6% 13.2%
G1C-West * 241.4 237.0 255.6 260.3 7.8% 9.8% 1.8%
G1C-Center * 137.1 135.8 105.5 202.2 47.5% 48.9% 91.6%
G2A-East * 388.3 379.4 365.4 366.5 -5.6% -3.4% 0.3%
G2A-West * 255.4 251.0 223.8 249.7 -2.3% -0.5% 11.6%
G2A-Center 149.5 148.2 82.3 255.9 71.2% 72.7% 211.0%
G2B-East * 252.5 248.0 215.8 355.4 40.8% 43.3% 64.7%
G2B-West * 391.3 382.4 432.0 296.3 -24.3% -22.5% -31.4%
G2B-Center 150.9 149.6 102.7 246.3 63.2% 64.6% 139.9%
G2C-East * 249.8 245.3 268.9 301.0 20.5% 22.7% 11.9%
G2C-West * 249.9 245.5 254.2 255.2 2.1% 4.0% 0.4%
G2C-Center * 147.6 144.1 89.2 200.3 35.7% 39.0% 124.7%
G1 Average 26.2% 28.1% 38.5%
G2 Average 22.4% 24.4% 59.2%
* Tests which exhibited a flexural failure as the primary failure mode
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