Lightweight Concrete for High Strength - Expanded Shale & Clay
Lightweight Concrete for High Strength - Expanded Shale & Clay
Lightweight Concrete for High Strength - Expanded Shale & Clay
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Report<br />
ACI<br />
318-<br />
99<br />
AASHTO<br />
Standard<br />
Description<br />
f pt -- -- Stress in prestressing strand just prior to strand release<br />
f pu f pu f s ’ Specified tensile strength of prestressed rein<strong>for</strong>cement<br />
f se f se f se Effective prestressing stress after losses<br />
f si -- -- Stress in prestressing strand just after strand release<br />
f su<br />
Stress in prestressed rein<strong>for</strong>cement at nominal strength of<br />
member<br />
f y f y f sy Specified yield strength of non-prestressed rein<strong>for</strong>cement<br />
h h h<br />
Overall depth of the composite girder;<br />
Also used as relative humidity <strong>for</strong> shrinkage calculations<br />
I c -- -- Moment of inertia of composite girder (girder and deck)<br />
I nc -- -- Moment of inertia of girder<br />
l d l d --<br />
l fb -- --<br />
Development length of prestressing strand (In AASHTO<br />
Standard, l d refers to non-prestressed rein<strong>for</strong>cement development<br />
length)<br />
Flexural bond length. Additional length over which the strand<br />
should be bonded so the stress f ps may develop in the strand at<br />
the nominal strength of the member.<br />
l t -- -- Transfer length of prestressing strand<br />
LOLAX -- -- Low relaxation loss prestressing strand<br />
M DL -- -- Moment due to Dead Load<br />
n n -- Modular Ratio<br />
s s s Spacing of shear rein<strong>for</strong>cement<br />
S Beam or specimen surface area (in 2 )<br />
S top-nc -- -- Top section modulus <strong>for</strong> non-composite girder<br />
S bot-nc -- -- Bottom section modulus of non-composite girder<br />
S top-c -- -- Top section modulus <strong>for</strong> composite girder<br />
S bot-c -- -- Bottom section modulus <strong>for</strong> composite girder<br />
t<br />
age of concrete (days) <strong>for</strong> creep and shrinkage calculations<br />
t’<br />
age of concrete at loading (days) <strong>for</strong> creep and shrinkage<br />
calculations<br />
TCL -- --<br />
Distance from top of girder to center line of top row of<br />
prestressing strands<br />
W/CM -- -- Water to Cementitious Materials Ratio<br />
w c w c w c Unit weight of concrete<br />
V Beam or specimen volume (in 3 )<br />
V c V c V c Nominal shear strength provided by concrete<br />
V ci V ci V ci<br />
Nominal shear strength provided by concrete when diagonal<br />
cracking results from combined shear and moment<br />
V cw V cw V cw<br />
Nominal shear strength provided by concrete when diagonal<br />
cracking results from excessive principal tensile stress in the<br />
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