Deformation of Progressively Cracking Partially Prestressed Concrete Beams

Cracking of Prestressed Concrete Containments

Ductility of Prestressed and Partially Prestressed Concrete Beam Sections

D analyses of structures responding elastically to ground motions recorded during severe earthquakes have shown that the theoretical response inertia loads are generally significantly greater than the static design lateral loads recommended by codes. Hence, structures designed for the lateral earthquake loads recommended by codes can only survive severe earthquakes if they have sufficient ducti...

Non - linear analysis of externally prestressed concrete beams

In an external prestressing system, there is no strain compatibility between the cable and the concrete at every cross-section, the increment of cable strain must be evaluated by taking into account the whole structure, rather than performing the calculation at each section, independently. In this study, a method for the calculation of cable strain, which is based on the deformation compatibili...

Size Effect of Shear Failure in Prestressed Concrete Beams

It is shown that the size effect predicted by dimensional analysis of fracture mechanics of failures due to progressive distributed microcracking agrees with the test data existing in the literature better than the presently used strength (ultimate load) criterion, which exhibits no size effect, and better than the linear i!lastic fracture mechanics criterion, which exhibits much too strong a s...

Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Beams with CFRP Strands

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