Use of 0.7-in. - Diameter strands in pretensioned bridge girders

PCI Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 65-82

  Morcous, George ^a   Hanna, Kromel ^a   Tadros, Maher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge girder; Development length; End zone cracking; Prestressing strand; Transfer length

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BRIDGES; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; CONCRETES; CRACKS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; PLATE GIRDER BRIDGES; PRESTRESSED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; PRESTRESSING;

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS; BRIDGE GIRDER; CONCRETE BRIDGE GIRDERS; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPMENT LENGTH; FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; PRESTRESSING STRANDS; TRANSFER LENGTHS;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 81155131497     PISSN: 08879672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15554/pcij.09012011.65.82     Document Type: Article

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