Toward Consistent Prediction of Web-Shear Capacity for Hollow-Core Slabs Using Strut-and-Tie Models
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 148, Issue 7
Abstract
This paper proposes an analytical solution based on a strut-and-tie model (STM) for RC deep and short beams to predict the web-shear capacity of precast prestressed concrete hollow-core (PCHC) slabs. The proposed solution is applicable to PCHC slabs within a wide range of slab thicknesses and shear-span-to-effective-depth () ratios. Additionally, the model accounts for different cross-sectional properties of this type of slabs, geometric properties of longitudinal voids, and diameters and transmission length of prestressing strands. The proposed STM was validated against a database of 46 tests on PCHC slabs, whose capacity was also predicted using shear equations from current standards. In addition, this research investigates effects of ratio and assumed depth of compression zone on shear-strength predictions for PCHC slabs. In summary, based on comparison between experimental data and analytical results, it can be concluded that the proposed STM approach is capable of providing predictions for PCHC slabs that are as reliable as current code methodologies. In addition, a direct noniterative STM approach is proposed as well to avoid challenges of iterations and refinements.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data and models used during the study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request (temperature measurements, load measurements, time-deflection measurements, heat-transfer results, STM computations, and others).
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to acknowledge the first author’s scholarship from the Singapore Ministry of National Development and National Research Foundation under L2 NIC Award No. L2NICCFP1-2013-4. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of L2 NIC.
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Volume 148 • Issue 7 • July 2022
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Received: Apr 15, 2021
Accepted: Jan 26, 2022
Published online: May 2, 2022
Published in print: Jul 1, 2022
Discussion open until: Oct 2, 2022
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