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

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force can <strong>in</strong>crease by 400% (Yettram & Robb<strong>in</strong>s, 1971; Uijl, 1983), as shown <strong>in</strong> Figure2.13, <strong>and</strong> the spall<strong>in</strong>g force by 100% (Sarles & Itani, 1984). Because the end blockprovides additional concrete area over which burst<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> spall<strong>in</strong>g forces may act,transverse-force <strong>in</strong>crease does not lead to a correspond<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> the transversetensile stresses. In fact, modest decreases <strong>in</strong> transverse tensile stress (on the order of25%) for beams with end blocks have been shown <strong>in</strong> analyses conducted by Uijl (1983)<strong>and</strong> Sarles <strong>and</strong> Itani (1984).<strong>Burst<strong>in</strong>g</strong> force per unit length(normalized by prestress, Q)Distance along beam length (x)Figure 2.13 Effect of end blocks of various lengths on burst<strong>in</strong>g force distribution(after Yettram & Robb<strong>in</strong>s, 1971)In addition to decreas<strong>in</strong>g transverse tensile stresses slightly, provid<strong>in</strong>g an endblock may offer advantages <strong>in</strong> the area of constructibility. Yettram <strong>and</strong> Robb<strong>in</strong>s (1971)22

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