STATIC TESTS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS: DEVELOPMENT OF ITERATIVE ANALYSIS PROCEDURE AND TESTS OF BEAMS REINFORCED WITH STEEL, ALUMINUM, AND FIBER GLASS, WITH AND WITHOUT HELICAL COMPRESSIVE REINFORCEMENT
A GENERAL ITERATION ANALYSIS PROCEDURE IS OUTLINED FOR ESTIMATING THE FLEXURAL STRENGTH, THE MOMENT ROTATION, AND THE LOAD-DEFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE MEMBERS WITH ARBITRARY CROSS SECTION AND ARBITRARY REINFORCEMENT (BUT SYMMETRICAL ABOUT THE PLANE CONTAINING THE APPLIED LOADS). THE METHOD IS BASED ON THE TRADITIONAL ASSUMPTIONS MADE IN ELEMENTARY BEAM THEORY AND ON THE ACTUAL STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONS OF THE REINFORCEMENT AND CONCRETE AS DETERMINED IN STANDARD TESTS BUT DOES NOT SPECIFY COMPRESSIVE STRAIN FOR CONCRETE. RESULTS OF TESTS ON 11 SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAMS OF 6-FT SPAN REINFORCED WITH SINGLE OR MULTIPLE LAYERS OF HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL, ALUMINUM, AND FIBER-GLASS RODS, BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT HELICAL CONFINING REINFORCEMENT IN THE COMPRESSION ZONE, ARE DESCRIBED AND COMPARED WITH ANALYTICAL RESULTS. AGREEMENT OF THEORY AND EXPERIMENT WAS CONSIDERED SATISFACTORY IN THE MAJORITY OF TESTS. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- No 6-818, REPT 1, 114 PP
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Authors:
- Geymayer, H G
- Publication Date: 1968-3
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aluminum; Analysis; Beams; Compression; Concrete; Cross sections; Deflection; Deformation curve; Fiberglass; Flexural strength; High strength steel; Loads; Reinforced concrete; Rods; Rotation; Static tests
- Uncontrolled Terms: Concrete beams
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00208486
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 1 1994 12:00AM