PRECAST VIERENDEEL TRUSSES PROVIDE UNIQUE STRUCTURAL FACADE FOR PARKING STRUCTURE

A major feature of an all-precast parking structure for the city of Rock Island, Illinois, is the use of precast prestressed concrete Vierendeel trusses. This article describes the planning and design considerations in the prefabrication and prestressing of the trusses and briefly discusses some special structural considerations that are important in the design of parking structures. /Author/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Prestressed Concrete Institute

  20 North Wacker Drive
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Shah, P H
  • May, H R
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 24-39
• Serial:
  • PRECAST/PRESTRESSED CONCRETE INSTITUTE. JOURNAL
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
  • ISSN: 0887-9672

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Parking; Precast concrete; Prefabricated structures; Prestressed concrete; Structural design; Trusses
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165856
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 8 1977 12:00AM