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

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crack adjacent to this location was not notably wide or long, <strong>and</strong> seemed to engagemultiple bars.4.2.2.4 Beam 1: Lateral-Bar <strong>Burst<strong>in</strong>g</strong> Stresses<strong>Burst<strong>in</strong>g</strong> stresses <strong>in</strong> lateral bars near the square end of the beam were typicallyless than 10 ksi <strong>in</strong> magnitude, as shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 4.6. In no cases did the lateral burst<strong>in</strong>gstresses exceed the AASHTO limit (20 ksi).f max = 9 ksiFigure 4.6 Beam 1 lateral-bar burst<strong>in</strong>g stressesAn attempt was made to measure the lateral burst<strong>in</strong>g stresses at the skewed end;however the stra<strong>in</strong> gages, oriented at 45° to the str<strong>and</strong>, picked up a component of theprestress<strong>in</strong>g force. This <strong>in</strong>terpretation is supported by the observed <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong>compressive stra<strong>in</strong>s with distance <strong>in</strong>to the beam until the transfer length was reached. Theprestress<strong>in</strong>g force, then, was effective <strong>in</strong> suppress<strong>in</strong>g any burst<strong>in</strong>g effects that existed <strong>in</strong>the gage direction.156

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