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

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<strong>Burst<strong>in</strong>g</strong> stress(normalized by prestress)Loaded width of beam(normalized by beam width)Figure 2.18 Analytical stress at various locations compared to Zieliński & Rowe’sexperimental results (Yettram & Robb<strong>in</strong>s, 1969)The specimens showed burst<strong>in</strong>g-dom<strong>in</strong>ated behavior: maximum transverse tensilestresses occurr<strong>in</strong>g along l<strong>in</strong>es of prestress at approximately h/3 <strong>in</strong>to the beam. <strong>Spall<strong>in</strong>g</strong>stra<strong>in</strong>s were measured, <strong>and</strong> were lower than burst<strong>in</strong>g stra<strong>in</strong>s; such behavior wasconsidered verification of the symmetrical prism approach of Guyon (1955).The behavior of several <strong>in</strong>dividual specimens is of <strong>in</strong>terest for the present study.First <strong>in</strong> a direct comparison between two beams with similar prestress<strong>in</strong>g patterns butdifferent end conditions (end block provided or not), the beam without the end block wasable to susta<strong>in</strong> more prestress<strong>in</strong>g force (by 17%) before failure (i.e. los<strong>in</strong>g the capacity tocarry force due to extensive crack<strong>in</strong>g).Also <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g was the failure of one beam due to crack<strong>in</strong>g at the flange/webjunction (Figure 2.19). The prestress<strong>in</strong>g force for this beam was applied concentrated30

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