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    Cast-in-Place Posttensioned Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges

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    This document discusses cast-in-place post-tensioned prestressed concrete girder bridges. It describes that post-tensioning systems tension tendons after concrete reaches a specified strength, allowing precast and cast-in-place elements to be connected. The document outlines the post-tensioning operation where tendons in ducts embedded in the concrete are tensioned using hydraulic jacking after curing. It also discusses common concrete and steel materials used for prestressing including compressive strength requirements and creep properties of concrete as well as stress-relieved strands and high-strength bars used for tendons.

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    This document discusses cast-in-place post-tensioned prestressed concrete girder bridges. It describes that post-tensioning systems tension tendons after concrete reaches a specified strength, allowing precast and cast-in-place elements to be connected. The document outlines the post-tensioning operation where tendons in ducts embedded in the concrete are tensioned using hydraulic jacking after curing. It also discusses common concrete and steel materials used for prestressing including compressive strength requirements and creep properties of concrete as well as stress-relieved strands and high-strength bars used for tendons.

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    This document discusses cast-in-place post-tensioned prestressed concrete girder bridges. It describes that post-tensioning systems tension tendons after concrete reaches a specified strength, allowing precast and cast-in-place elements to be connected. The document outlines the post-tensioning operation where tendons in ducts embedded in the concrete are tensioned using hydraulic jacking after curing. It also discusses common concrete and steel materials used for prestressing including compressive strength requirements and creep properties of concrete as well as stress-relieved strands and high-strength bars used for tendons.

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    Cast-in-Place Posttensioned Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges

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    Cast-in-Place Posttensioned
    Prestressed Concrete Girder
    Bridges
    2.1 Introduction

    • Reinforced concrete combines concrete and steel bars by simply


    putting them together in a passive manner. Prestressed concrete
    combines high-strength concrete and high-strength steel in an active
    manner; this is achieved by tensioning the steel and holding it against
    the concrete, thus putting the concrete into compression.
    • Prestressed concrete structures, using high-strength materials
    efectively, give improved serviceability, load-carrying capacity, and
    durability. It is an attractive alternative for long span bridges, and has
    been used worldwide since the 1950s.
    • There are three types of prestressed concrete bridges such as precast
    pretensioning girder bridges, cast-in-place (CIP) posttensioned
    girder bridges, and segmentally constructed concrete girder bridges.
    2.1.1 Prestressing Systems
    • There are two types of prestressing systems: pretensioning and
    posttensioning systems
    • Pretensioning systems are methods in which the strands are
    tensioned before the concrete is placed. his method is generally used
    for mass production of linear concrete members. Pretensionsing can
    neither be used to connect two precast concrete components nor to
    connect precast components to cast-in-place concrete members
    • Posttensioning systems are methods in which the tendons are
    tensioned ater concrete has reached a speciied strength. his
    technique is oten used in projects with very large cast-in-place e
    lements on falsework. he main advantage of posttensioning is its
    ability to posttension both precast and cast-in-place members.
    2.1.2 Posttensioning Operation
    • Compressive stresses in a concrete member are induced by
    tensioning steel tendons of strands or bars placed in ducts
    embedded in the concrete (Figure 2.1). he tendons are
    installed ater the concrete has been placed and suiciently
    cured to a speciied compressive strength. Hydraulic
    prestressing— jacking (Figure 2.2)—is the most common
    method used in bridge structures (Caltrans 2005). Figure
    2.3 illustrates a complete jacking process (Caltrans 2005).
    2.1.3 Materials
    • 2.1.3.1 Concrete
    • A 28-day cylinder compressive strength (fc′) of concrete, not less
    than 4.0 ksi (28 MPa), is commonly used for prestressed concrete
    in the United States. A higher early strength is oten needed for
    the fast removal of formwork in the cast-in-place method.
    • Creep of concrete is a time-dependent inelastic deformation
    under sustained compression load and depends primarily on the
    concrete’s maturity at the time of loading, and magnitude and
    duration of the compressive stress. he total creep strain generally
    ranges from about 0.5 to 4 times of the “instantaneous”
    deformation. The creep coeicient may be estimated as (AASHTO
    2012)
    2.1.3.2 Steel for Prestressing
    • Uncoated, seven-wire stress-relieved strands (AASHTO
    M203 or ASTM A416), or low-relaxation sevenwire
    strands and uncoated high-strength bars (AASHTO M275
    or ASTM A722) are commonly used in prestresssed
    concrete bridges. Prestressing reinforcement, whether
    wires, strands, or bars, are also called tendons. he
    properties for prestressing steel are shown in Table 2.1.

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