Field measured pre-stress concrete losses versus design code estimates

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-215

  Onyemelukwe, O U ^a   Moussa Issa, P E ^b   Mills, C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TY Lin International   (United States)

^c HNTB CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial strain measurements; Bridge instrumentation; Bridge monitoring; Modified AASHTO type VI girder; Nonlinear concrete stresses; Pre stress losses; Pre stressed concrete bridge; Pre stressed concrete girder; Time dependent pre stress losses; Vibrating wire strain gages

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ESTIMATION; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONCRETE LOSSES;

CONCRETE BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; CONCRETE; STRESS;

CONCRETE BRIDGE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PERFORMANCE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION;

EID: 0037668489     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0014485103043002010     Document Type: Article

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