Shear behavior of full-scale prestressed concrete girders: Comparison between AASHTO specifications and LRFD code

PCI Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 48-62

  Shahawy, Mohsen A ^a   DeV Batchelor, Barrington ^b  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); CONCRETE TESTING; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; RELIABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPECIFICATIONS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TRUSSES;

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE GIRDERS; SHEAR REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR SPAN;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0030146222     PISSN: 08879672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15554/pcij.05011996.48.62     Document Type: Review

References (8)

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2. AASHTO,Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washigton, D.C., 1977.
3. Ontario Highway Bridge Design Code, Engineering Division, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 1993
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7. Shahawy, M., Robinson, B., and Batchelor, B. deV., "An Investigation of Shear Strength of Prestressed Concrete AASHTO Type II Girders," Research Report. Structures Research Center, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, FL, January 1993.
8. Shahawy, M., Issa, M. and Batchelor, B. deV., "Strand Transfer Lengths of Full Scale AASHTO Prestressed Concrete Girders," PCI JOURNAL, V. 37, No. 3, May-June 1992, pp. 84-96.