International journal of steel structures (국제강구조저널)

Korean Society of Steel Construction (한국강구조학회)
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Load and Deflection Recovery Capacities of PSC Girder with Unbonded PS H-Type Steel

  • Kim, Jong Wook (Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement) ;
  • Kim, Jang-Ho Jay (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Kyun (Chief Executive Officer, Hong-G Inc) ;
  • Lee, Tae Hee (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Yang, Dal Hun (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
  • Received : 2017.12.07
  • Accepted : 2018.07.17
  • Published : 2018.11.30
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Abstract

Generally, a precast prestressed concrete (PSC) beam is used as girders for short-to-medium span (less than 30 m) bridges due to the advantages of simple design and construction, reduction of construction budget, maintenance convenience. In order to increase the span length beyond 50 m of precast PSC girder, PSC hollow box girder with unbonded prestressed H-type steel beam placed at the compressive region is proposed. The unbonded compressive prestressing in the H-type steel beams in the girder is made to recover plastic deflection of PSC girder when the pre-stressing is released. Also, the H-steel beams allow minimization of depth-to-length ratio of the girder by reducing the compressive region of the cross-section, thereby reducing the weight of the girder. A quasi-static 3-point bending test with 4 different loading steps is performed to verify safety and plastic deflection recovery of the girder. The experimental results showed that the maximum applied load exceeded the maximum design load and most of the plastic deflection was recovered when the compressive prestressing of H-type steel beams is released. Also using prestressed H-type steel as compression reinforcements in the upper part of cross section, repair and restoration difficulty and cost of PSC girders should be significantly reduced. The study result and analysis are discussed in detail in the paper.

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Supported by : National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

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