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

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0.4 kip/sec) until failure. The compressive strength was determ<strong>in</strong>ed accord<strong>in</strong>g to thefollow<strong>in</strong>g equation:where: 4 Equation 3.7P = ultimate load, kipD = cyl<strong>in</strong>der diameter (nom<strong>in</strong>ally 4 <strong>in</strong>.)Figure 3.6 Cyl<strong>in</strong>der compressive-strength test<strong>in</strong>gAs the cyl<strong>in</strong>ders ga<strong>in</strong>ed strength, their observed failure mode would change.With<strong>in</strong> 15 hours after batch<strong>in</strong>g, cracks would form around the coarse aggregate, <strong>and</strong>cyl<strong>in</strong>ders would fail <strong>in</strong> the cup-<strong>and</strong>-cone mode. At later times (when the cement pastewas stronger), cracks would form through the aggregate <strong>and</strong> cyl<strong>in</strong>ders would fail <strong>in</strong>shear. The release strength of 6.3 ksi was reached approximately 18 hours after batch<strong>in</strong>g.The 28-day compressive strength of the concrete used for the beams ranged from 9 to11 ksi (for different batches).107

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