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

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hypothesized to be at the centroid of the end block. S<strong>in</strong>ce the <strong>in</strong>ternal cur<strong>in</strong>g temperaturewould be highest there (i.e. the maturity age greatest), the compressive strength wouldlikely be higher than at the release po<strong>in</strong>t. Cyl<strong>in</strong>ders track<strong>in</strong>g both the release po<strong>in</strong>t <strong>and</strong> hotspot were tested as the beam was cur<strong>in</strong>g: the release po<strong>in</strong>t for determ<strong>in</strong>ation of when totransfer prestress <strong>and</strong> the hot spot to provide some warn<strong>in</strong>g that this time wasapproach<strong>in</strong>g.Match-cured cyl<strong>in</strong>ders were also made for the “top flange,” a po<strong>in</strong>t located nearthe center of top flange at one transfer length (30 <strong>in</strong>.) from the beam end. These cyl<strong>in</strong>derswere tested for their splitt<strong>in</strong>g tensile strength just after transfer of prestress. Thetemperature was expected to be cooler at this location compared to others further down <strong>in</strong>the section; if so, the tests would yield a lower-bound tensile strength for the concrete attransfer.Aside from the thermocouples <strong>in</strong>stalled for match-cur<strong>in</strong>g, thermocouples were<strong>in</strong>stalled <strong>in</strong> beam end blocks to determ<strong>in</strong>e the section temperature profile, as described <strong>in</strong>Section 3.5.4.3.4 STEEL REINFORCEMENT PROPERTIESMechanical test<strong>in</strong>g was performed on samples of re<strong>in</strong>forc<strong>in</strong>g bar <strong>and</strong> prestress<strong>in</strong>gstr<strong>and</strong> taken from each beam. The purpose of this test<strong>in</strong>g was to verify nom<strong>in</strong>al materialproperties assumed for the re<strong>in</strong>forcement (e.g. elastic modulus, yield strength, tensilestrength); <strong>and</strong> to determ<strong>in</strong>e a modified elastic modulus for stra<strong>in</strong> gages on str<strong>and</strong>s.111

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