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

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2.4.2.3 Itani & Galbraith, 1986 ................................................512.4.2.4 Tuan et al., 2004 ...........................................................532.4.2.5 Crisp<strong>in</strong>o, 2007 ..............................................................572.4.2.6 O’Callaghan, 2007 .......................................................602.4.2.7 Smith et al., 2008..........................................................642.4.2.8 Summary ......................................................................642.5 State of Practice ...................................................................................642.5.1 Field Experience with End-Region Crack<strong>in</strong>g .............................642.5.2 Best Practices for M<strong>in</strong>imiz<strong>in</strong>g End-Region Crack<strong>in</strong>g ................702.5.3 Acceptable End-Region Crack<strong>in</strong>g Criteria .................................722.6 Design Code Requirements ..................................................................732.6.1 AASHTO Provisions ..................................................................742.6.2 ASCE-ACI 323 Tentative Recommendations ............................792.6.3 ACI 318 Provisions .....................................................................802.6.4 PCI Recommendations................................................................812.6.5 CEB-FIP Recommendations .......................................................822.7 DOT St<strong>and</strong>ards for U-<strong>Beams</strong> ...............................................................822.7.1 Texas U-Beam ............................................................................832.7.2 Florida U-Beam ..........................................................................882.7.3 Colorado U-Girder ......................................................................892.7.4 Wash<strong>in</strong>gton Trapezoidal Tub Girder ..........................................902.7.5 Comparison of End-Region Re<strong>in</strong>forcement................................922.8 Summary ..............................................................................................96CHAPTER 3: Experimental Methods ...............................................................973.1 Overview ..............................................................................................973.2 Specimen Design .................................................................................973.2.1 Prestressed Beam Theory ............................................................973.2.1.1 L<strong>in</strong>ear <strong>and</strong> Nonl<strong>in</strong>ear Stress Distributions ...................983.2.1.2 Elastic Shorten<strong>in</strong>g of Beam ..........................................993.2.1.3 Transfer Length of Prestress<strong>in</strong>g Str<strong>and</strong> ......................100vii

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