PRESTRESSED COMPOSITE HYBRID BEAMS

IN THE "PREFLEX" AND OTHER SYSTEMS AN INTERNAL BENDING STRESS IS OBTAINED BY BENDING MILLED GIRDERS OF FE-52 STEEL, WITH A SYMMETRICAL SECTION ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF BENDING, TO FORM A COMPOSITE CONCRETE SLAB. HOWEVER, USE OF FE-52 STEEL ENTAILS A REDUCED STRESS LIMIT DURING THE PRELIMINARY FLEXURE OF THE GIRDERS. ACCORDINGLY, WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN TO TEST THE APPLICABILITY OF A COMPOSITE, DISSYMMETRIC, WELDED HYBRID BEAM WITH A HIGH YIELD STRENGTH FLANGE COMPONENT, SUCH AS T-1 STEEL. THE FE-52/T-1 YIELD STRENGTH RATIO IS ABOUT 0.5. THE FINDINGS OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH ARE COMBINED WITH A MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS TO SHOW THAT USE OF STEELS LIKE T-1 MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE HIGHER PRECOMPRESSION STRENGTH. T-1 STEEL CAN BE USED AT ITS MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE TENSILE STRUCTURAL STRESS. WELDING COSTS CAN BE AT LEAST PARTIALLY OFFSET BY THE POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING A COUNTERFLEXURE WITHOUT PARTICULAR OPERATIONS.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Intl Assoc Bridge & Struct Eng /Switz

    /Ninth Congress
    ,   United States 
  • Authors:
    • Bo, G M
    • Daddi, I
  • Publication Date: 1972-5-13

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  • Accession Number: 00209782
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: May 15 1973 12:00AM