Effects of concrete composition on transmission length of prestressing strands

The bond behaviour of prestressing strands in precast pretensioned concrete members, and its transmission length, depends on several factors. However, no consensus exists on the main parameters to be considered in the expressions to predict the transmission length. Usually when the concrete properti...

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Autores: Martí Vargas, José Rocío|||0000-0003-1665-2348, Serna Ros, Pedro|||0000-0001-8754-1165, Navarro-Gregori, Juan|||0000-0002-6319-7029, Bonet Senach, José Luís|||0000-0002-6687-5307
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/46660
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/46660
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bond
Cement
Concrete
Precast
Pretensioned
Reinforcement
Strand
Transfer
Transmission
Pre-cast
Cements
Compressive strength
Prestressed beams and girders
Prestressing
Precast concrete
INGENIERIA DE LA CONSTRUCCION
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Sumario:The bond behaviour of prestressing strands in precast pretensioned concrete members, and its transmission length, depends on several factors. However, no consensus exists on the main parameters to be considered in the expressions to predict the transmission length. Usually when the concrete properties are considered, only the concrete compressive strength is included. This study analyzes the influence of concrete composition made up of different cement contents and water/cement ratios on the bond behaviour in transmission of seven-wire prestressing strands. The bond properties and the transmission lengths have been determined. The results show that the influence of the water/cement ratio is very small for concretes with lows cement contents, but the influence of the water/cement ratio on the transmission lengths is highly significant when cement content is high. The effect of cement content in the transmission lengths can reveal different tendencies based on the level of the water/cement ratio