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Title: Ductility Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Members with High-Strength Strands and Code Implications

Author(s): Ho Park and Jae-Yeol Cho

Publication: Structural Journal

Volume: 114

Issue: 2

Appears on pages(s): 407-416

Keywords: deformability; ductility; high-strength strand; prestressed concrete; strain limit

DOI: 10.14359/51689435

Date: 3/1/2017

Abstract:
This paper presents the effect of high-strength strands on the design of prestressed concrete (PSC) members; in particular, the tension-controlled and compression-controlled strain limits that are provided in the current ACI 318 code are discussed. The modification of the strain limits is based on a ductility analysis for which various ductility and deformability models were used so that the characteristics of the high-strength strands and the effect of the prestressing force could be considered. The ductility and deformability values were obtained from the moment-curvature relationships and the load-displacement relationships of the simply supported PSC beams. The material model of the Grade 1860 (270 ksi) strand was modified to represent the actual stress-strain behaviors of the high-strength strands. The effects of several design parameters such as cross-section type, compressive strength of the concrete, tensile strength and area of the strand, and level of the prestressing force are presented in detail.