Rational approach for predicting stress in beams with unbonded tendons

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-347

  Ozkul, Ozgur ^a   Nassif, Hani ^b   Tanchan, Padit ^c   Harajli, Mohamed ^d  

^a Leslie E Robertson Associates   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c Wisit Engineering Consultants Limited   (Thailand)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Deflection; Finite element; High strength concrete; Nonlinear analysis; Prestressed concrete; Unbonded tendon

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; STRAIN; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TRUSSES;

HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE; UNBONDED TENDON;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 44449125160     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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