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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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