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

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Figure 3.41 Str<strong>and</strong>s <strong>in</strong>stalled, tensioned to nom<strong>in</strong>al stress for <strong>in</strong>strumentationDur<strong>in</strong>g tension<strong>in</strong>g, the applied prestress<strong>in</strong>g force was measured by three methods:• Ram pressure: Pressure <strong>in</strong> the hydraulic l<strong>in</strong>es connect<strong>in</strong>g pump <strong>and</strong> rams(measured by pressure transducer <strong>and</strong> dial gauges);• Str<strong>and</strong> elongation: displacement of stress<strong>in</strong>g-end bulkhead less the axialshorten<strong>in</strong>g of the prestress<strong>in</strong>g frame (measured by l<strong>in</strong>ear potentiometers at bothends of the frame); <strong>and</strong>• Stra<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> select str<strong>and</strong>s (measured by stra<strong>in</strong> gages mounted on str<strong>and</strong> outer wires).At several po<strong>in</strong>ts before full tension<strong>in</strong>g, stresses measured by the three methodswere compared <strong>and</strong> the bulkhead was checked for levelness.138

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