THE DIAGONAL CRACKING STRENGTH OF CONTINUOUS PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS

RESULTS OF TESTS ON 20 TWO-SPAN UNBONDED PRESTRESSED CONCRETE I BEAMS FAILING IN FLEXURE AND SHEAR UNDER SYMMETRICAL POINT LOADS ARE PRESENTED. UNDER SHEAR FAILURE, THE MECHANISM OF FAILURE BEING THAT OF DIAGONAL TENSION CRACKING ONLY, A FRACTURE CRITERION SUITABLE FOR CONCRETE IS ADOPTED TO PREDICT THIS CRACKING STRENGTH. VARIOUS EXISTING METHODS OF PREDICTING THE CRACKING STRENGTH OF PRE-TENSIONED AND POST-TENSIONED I BEAMS ARE COMPARED WITH THE PRESENT PROPOSAL. /AUTHOR/.

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  • English

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  • Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: p. 3-14
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  • Accession Number: 00214377
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Sep 25 1972 12:00AM