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Bursting and Spalling in Pretensioned U-Beams - Ferguson ...

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2.7.3 Colorado U-GirderThe Colorado U-girder (Figure 2.54) was developed <strong>in</strong> the late 1990s for beams48 to 84 <strong>in</strong>. deep. Webs are sloped similarly to Texas/Florida beams, but top flanges arewider. A major difference between the Colorado <strong>and</strong> Texas/Florida st<strong>and</strong>ard is the lack ofan end block <strong>in</strong> the Colorado beam. Diaphragms are provided at various locations <strong>in</strong> thebeam, but at the beam end, the diaphragms are cast <strong>in</strong>tegrally with the bridge bent caps(cast <strong>in</strong> place). The top flanges for the Colorado beam, shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 2.54 as muchwider than those of the Texas/Florida st<strong>and</strong>ard, are actually of variable width dependenton beam spac<strong>in</strong>g. (The widest permissible flanges are depicted <strong>in</strong> the figure.)Section Propertiesy b23.3 <strong>in</strong>.A 1195 <strong>in</strong>. 2I 380,000 <strong>in</strong>. 2w1.25 kip/ftFigure 2.54 Colorado U-girder section properties(48 <strong>in</strong>. deep, pretensioned st<strong>and</strong>ard)Colorado beams may be solely pretensioned or prestressed by a comb<strong>in</strong>ation ofpretension<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> post-tension<strong>in</strong>g. If the pretensioned/post-tensioned option is chosen, awider web width is used (7.5 or 10 <strong>in</strong>.) to accommodate the post-tension<strong>in</strong>g duct;otherwise the beam webs are similar to the Texas/Florida section (5 <strong>in</strong>. thick).89

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