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

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through use of tensioned, high-strength steel re<strong>in</strong>forcement. By prestress<strong>in</strong>g, an eng<strong>in</strong>eercan reduce or elim<strong>in</strong>ate the longitud<strong>in</strong>al tensile stresses to be experienced by theprecompressed tension zone under service loads.Not all tensile stresses are reduced by prestress<strong>in</strong>g, however. In the end regions ofprestressed beams, tensile stresses are <strong>in</strong>duced by the spread of the prestress<strong>in</strong>g force,concentrated <strong>in</strong> the bottom, <strong>and</strong> often top, portions of the beam, to the entire crosssection. This spread of forces occurs nonl<strong>in</strong>early—i.e. the end region experiences adisturbed state of stress or <strong>in</strong> strut-<strong>and</strong>-tie term<strong>in</strong>ology, is a D-region.The direction, location <strong>and</strong> magnitude of end-region tensile stresses are highlydependent on section properties (e.g. prestress<strong>in</strong>g force level <strong>and</strong> distribution, beamsection geometry) <strong>and</strong> local variations <strong>in</strong> material properties (e.g. concrete tensilestrength). End-region stresses are often categorized based on their direction <strong>and</strong> location.The direction of the stresses can be categorized as longitud<strong>in</strong>al (horizontal), transverse(vertical) or lateral (out-of-plane), as shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 2.2. Longitud<strong>in</strong>al stresses areprimarily compressive, though along the top edge, tensile stresses may exist. Lateralstresses are often small as the str<strong>and</strong> pattern for most beams is symmetric about the beamvertical axis (y-axis <strong>in</strong> Figure 2.2). The str<strong>and</strong> pattern for a highway beam is rarelysymmetric about the z-axis, however, mak<strong>in</strong>g the transverse tensile stresses the mostsignificant—<strong>and</strong> the most studied—of the end-region tensile stresses.Based on their location, end-region stresses act<strong>in</strong>g at transfer of prestress can beclassified as burst<strong>in</strong>g or spall<strong>in</strong>g stresses. <strong>Burst<strong>in</strong>g</strong> stresses occur along or near the l<strong>in</strong>e ofaction for the prestress<strong>in</strong>g force, <strong>and</strong> typically reach their peak some distance <strong>in</strong>to thebeam. <strong>Burst<strong>in</strong>g</strong> stresses are caused by equilibrium: the spread<strong>in</strong>g of the concentratedprestress<strong>in</strong>g force to the rest of the section. Cracks due to burst<strong>in</strong>g stresses are typicallyhorizontal.9

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