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

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Most studies of transverse-bar stresses at transfer have been conducted us<strong>in</strong>g as<strong>in</strong>gle stra<strong>in</strong>-gage l<strong>in</strong>e per specimen; these studies focused on spall<strong>in</strong>g behavior. Studiesexam<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g burst<strong>in</strong>g behavior have also <strong>in</strong>cluded stra<strong>in</strong> gages <strong>in</strong> the spall<strong>in</strong>g zone. Assuch, a disparity exists between the database size for spall<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> burst<strong>in</strong>g behavior, asshown <strong>in</strong> Figure 4.16. <strong>Spall<strong>in</strong>g</strong> behavior was measured for each beam end region<strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the database (57), burst<strong>in</strong>g behavior for 30% of them (17 of 57 end regions).Specimens <strong>in</strong>which <strong>Spall<strong>in</strong>g</strong>Behavior wasexam<strong>in</strong>ed<strong>Burst<strong>in</strong>g</strong>BehaviorFigure 4.16 Proportion of database <strong>in</strong> whichburst<strong>in</strong>g & spall<strong>in</strong>g behaviors were exam<strong>in</strong>edBecause of differences between studies <strong>and</strong> r<strong>and</strong>omness <strong>in</strong> material properties,high variation is expected between specimens. The primary purpose of the database is toexam<strong>in</strong>e general trends <strong>in</strong> behavior, to assess the conservatism of exist<strong>in</strong>g designequations rather than develop new ones.4.3.2 Assembly of DatabaseFor specimens <strong>in</strong> the literature, section properties, material properties <strong>and</strong>prestress<strong>in</strong>g str<strong>and</strong> patterns were readily available. From these properties, the top- <strong>and</strong>bottom-fiber stresses at prestress transfer could be determ<strong>in</strong>ed. The transversere<strong>in</strong>forcement layout was also <strong>in</strong>putted <strong>in</strong> the database. For the U-beam specimens, all169

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