Optimized sections for major prestressed concrete bridge girders /

Optimized sections for major prestressed concrete bridge girders /

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The objectives of this investigation were to evaluate the latest prestressed concrete bridge girder designs being used in the United States and to determine which represent optimum designs that could be promoted as national or regional standards. Bridges built with pretensioned I- and T-sections for...

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Corporate Authors: United States. Federal Highway Administration. Structures and Applied Mechanics Division, Construction Technology Laboratories (Portland Cement Association)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Springfield, Va. : The Division ; National Technical Information Service [distributor], 1982.
Subjects:
Prestressed concrete beams > Testing.
Prestressed concrete bridges > United States > Testing.
Girders > Testing.
Poutres > Essais.
I beams.
T beams.
Computer programs.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Research approach
  • Phase I: Survey results
  • Phase II: Structural efficiency
  • Phase II: Cost effectiveness
  • SI conversion
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations
  • Implementation
  • References
  • Appendix A: Survey participants
  • Appendix B: Survey outline
  • Appendix C: Girder properties
  • Appendix D: Cost data
  • Appendix E: Computer program :bridge"
  • Appendix F: Cost index charts.

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