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stirrup spac<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the region closest to the beam end, but different spac<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the nextregion: the 18 ksi-end had 20% less steel there.Two components of the experimental program designed by Crisp<strong>in</strong>o deservemention: the materials choice <strong>and</strong> the detension<strong>in</strong>g method. Lightweight selfconsolidat<strong>in</strong>gconcrete (SCC) was used. This material has a low modulus of elasticity <strong>and</strong>tensile strength relative to normal-weight concrete. For detension<strong>in</strong>g, str<strong>and</strong>s were flamecutas per st<strong>and</strong>ard practice <strong>in</strong> Virg<strong>in</strong>ia. Other studies of re<strong>in</strong>forcement stra<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong>pretensioned beams s<strong>in</strong>ce Marshall <strong>and</strong> Mattock (1962) have used multi-str<strong>and</strong> gradualdetension<strong>in</strong>g.Beam end regions were <strong>in</strong>strumented as shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 2.37. Stra<strong>in</strong> gages wereapplied to the bars nearest the beam end at the bottom flange/web junction (bottom rowof gages) <strong>and</strong> the predicted crack location from Gergely-Sozen analysis (second row).These bottom rows of stra<strong>in</strong> gages could be said to be <strong>in</strong> the burst<strong>in</strong>g zone, but theirability to measure maximum burst<strong>in</strong>g stra<strong>in</strong>s may have been compromised by the factthat they extend only a short distance (h/4) <strong>in</strong>to the beam. The upper sets of gages,measur<strong>in</strong>g spall<strong>in</strong>g stra<strong>in</strong>s, were positioned along the expected diagonal crack location(based on field experience). Approximately 60% of the gages functioned after transfer ofprestress.At transfer, cracks formed <strong>in</strong> both end regions. Follow<strong>in</strong>g Itani <strong>and</strong> Galbraith(1986), Crisp<strong>in</strong>o reported transverse-re<strong>in</strong>forcement stresses occurr<strong>in</strong>g after the beam waslifted. Crack<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the lower portions of the two ends were comparable, but the 18-ksiend developed a diagonal crack above the uppermost l<strong>in</strong>e of gages. This diagonal crackwas visible on both sides of the beam <strong>and</strong> extended 37 <strong>in</strong>. (approximately 3h/4, exceed<strong>in</strong>gthe acceptance criteria by 50%).59

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