An Introduction To Prestressed Post Tensioned Highway Box Girders For Professional Engineers

Download or read book An Introduction to Prestressed Post-Tensioned Highway Box Girders for Professional Engineers written by J. Paul Guyer and published by Guyer Partners. This book was released on 2023-09-17 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, highway engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in design and construction of prestressed post-tensioned box girders for bridge and highway construction. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. CROSS SECTION PROPERTIES AND SIGN CONVENTION, 3. STRESS SUMMARIES IN A PRESTRESSED BEAM, 4. SELECTION OF PRESTRESSING FORCE FOR A GIVEN ECCENTRICITY, 5. PERMISSIBLE ECCENTRICITIES FOR A GIVEN PRESTRESSING FORCE, 6. EQUIVALENT FORCES DUE TO POST-TENSIONING AND LOAD BALANCING, 7. POST-TENSIONING IN CONTINUOUS GIRDERS, 8. TENDON PROFILES—PARABOLIC SEGMENTS.