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

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claim that end blocks allow for a “three-fold <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> re<strong>in</strong>forcement [<strong>in</strong> I-beams]without <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g congestion” (p. 39).2.3.3 Analysis of U-<strong>Beams</strong>Huang <strong>and</strong> Shahawy (2005) conducted l<strong>in</strong>ear elastic FEA on pretensioned FloridaU-beams. The analysis was prompted by a field case of shear crack<strong>in</strong>g under dead loadfor the U-beam pedestrian bridge (the first U-beam bridge constructed <strong>in</strong> Florida). Themodel<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>cluded gradual transfer of prestress, a feature unique to this analysis amongthose reviewed here. Though their focus was the <strong>in</strong>-service condition, Huang <strong>and</strong>Shahawy reported pr<strong>in</strong>cipal <strong>and</strong> shear stresses caused by <strong>in</strong>dividual loads. Under theeffects of the prestress, their model predicted shear stresses <strong>in</strong> excess of 500 psi to actnear the bottom flange/web junction (<strong>in</strong> the burst<strong>in</strong>g zone), as shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 2.14.Figure 2.14 Shear stress distribution <strong>in</strong> Florida U-beam under prestress load only(Huang & Shahawy, 2005)23

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