Finite element analysis and structural design of pretensioned inverted T-beams with web openings

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a research project aimed at providing standard circular web openings to the popular precast pretensioned inverted T-beam. Opening size and placement and required materials strengths were investigated. In this paper the nonlinear analysis and design of simply supported pretensioned inverted T-beam with circular web openings are presented. Two design parameters are varied: opening location and number of openings. The results from nonlinear finite element analysis were substantiated by test results from five pretensioned inverted T-beams with web opening and one solid beam. Good agreement is shown between the theoretical and the experimental results. The test results obtained from this investigation show that the performance of the specimens with web openings is almost identical to that of the specimen without web openings. A simple design method for pretensioned inverted T-beam with circular web openings is proposed.

Keywords

prestressed concrete / inverted-T beam / web opening

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge financial supports from Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) through Short-Term Grant (Grant No. FR56398) and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) through e-science fund (Grant No. 03-02-03 SF0115). Thanks are extended to Malaysia largest energy company, TNB Research Sdn. Bhd., for several useful technical discussions on passing power tansmission cable through transverse web openings and Hume Concrete Product Research Centre (HCPRC) for generously provided large collection of prestressed beam tests data for design verification purposes.

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