Shear Database for Prestressed Concrete Members

The University of Texas Prestressed Concrete Shear Database (UTPCSDB) was developed and expanded to include 1696 tests reported in North America, Japan, and Europe from 1954 to 2010. The UTPCSDB was subsequently used to examine the accuracy and conservativeness of shear design procedures based on different rationales. The results of the examination revealed that design expressions based on the Modified Compression Field Theory (MCFT) yielded the most accurate shear strength estimations for prestressed concrete members that failed in typical shear failure modes. Most of the unconservative estimations that resulted from the use of the MCFT-based design expressions were observed in specimens that failed in shear but exhibited signs of horizontal shear damage or anchorage zone distress. Although the ACI 318-11 detailed method provided slightly less-conservative estimations than the MCFT-based design expressions, these estimations were more accurate than those obtained by using other empirical shear design equations.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.concrete.org/Publications/InternationalConcreteAbstractsPortal.aspx.aspx?m=details&i=51686147
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/13846957
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from the American Concrete Institute
• Authors:
  • Nakamura, Eisuke
  • Avendaño, Alejandro R
  • Bayrak, Oguzhan
• Publication Date: 2013-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Glossary; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 909-918
• Serial:
  • ACI Structural Journal
  • Volume: 110
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • ISSN: 0889-3241
  • Serial URL: http://www.concrete.org/PUBS/JOURNALS/SJHOME.ASP

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Databases; Design practices; Failure; Prestressed concrete; Shear strength
• Geographic Terms: Europe; Japan; North America
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Materials; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01502203
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 23 2013 10:38AM