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

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B.3.6 <strong>Spall<strong>in</strong>g</strong> Force (Clause 6.9.12.3)Figure B.2 Model for CEB-FIP spall<strong>in</strong>g provisions (CEB-FIP MC 1990)where:Equation B.13= equivalent prism length (same def<strong>in</strong>ition as symmetrical prism length,, considered <strong>in</strong> burst<strong>in</strong>g)where:Equation B.14= spall<strong>in</strong>g force= moment <strong>in</strong> top portion of beam shown <strong>in</strong> Figure B.2 as M, <strong>and</strong>calculated us<strong>in</strong>g sectional analysis (results shown <strong>in</strong> Figure B.3)(Calculat<strong>in</strong>g the moment <strong>in</strong> the top portion of the beam is equivalent tocalculat<strong>in</strong>g the unbalanced moment <strong>in</strong> the bottom portion of the beam,as done <strong>in</strong> the Gergely-Sozen method.)= <strong>in</strong>ternal lever arm,where:= spall<strong>in</strong>g stress= prism breadthEquation B.15213

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