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The Effect Of Mortar Strength On The Standard Test For Strand Bond, Cameron Murray
The Effect Of Mortar Strength On The Standard Test For Strand Bond, Cameron Murray
Civil Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
The prestressed industry is moving towards adopting the Standard Test for Strand Bond (STSB) to quantify the bond capacity of prestressing strand. In the test, strand is pulled through an 18 in. cylindrical casing filled with mortar. The force corresponding to the dead end displacement of 0.1 in. is recorded and this value is used to quantify strand bond. One of the concerns of the test is the requirement of a mean mortar strength of 4,500 to 5,000 psi during testing. There is concern that this 500 psi range may be too difficult to achieve. A study was conducted to …
Bond Performance Of Lightweight Self-Consolidating Concrete, Michael Howland
Bond Performance Of Lightweight Self-Consolidating Concrete, Michael Howland
Civil Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) allows for the placement of concrete without consolidation. The use of lightweight (LW) concrete reduces dead loads and lowers transportation costs. LWSCC is a recent combination of the two types of concrete; therefore there is little information on the performance of prestressed members cast with LWSCC. This project examines transfer length of LWSCC beams and compares the measured values to control-mixture members cast with normal weight SCC. Eight prestressed beams were cast. Of the eight, four conventional were cast with SCC and the remaining four with LWSCC. The lightweight mixtures contained expanded clay aggregate and had an …
Full Depth Reclamation: Compaction And Moisture Content, Alexander Jackson
Full Depth Reclamation: Compaction And Moisture Content, Alexander Jackson
Civil Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
Many times a road will fail and will be in need of both a structural increase and a repair. Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) is a road rehabilitation technique able to offer both. This method also has a lower total cost and significantly lower material usage than traditional overlaying repair methods. FDR is a road repair method which mills up the current road down into the subgrade, and then stabilizes and compacts the milled material. This is also useful for correcting deeper problems in the road structure which are not addressed by traditional methods. In this study, three different suggestions of …