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Steel and Composite Structures Volume 43, Number 1, April10 2022 , pages 067-77 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2022.43.1.067 |
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Incomplete fabrication effects on represtressing preflex girders encased in concrete |
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Euisuk Jeong, Hwan-Woo Lee and Jaeha Lee
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| Abstract | ||
| In the current study, ordinary design of Represstessed Pre-Flex (RPF) girder by classical beam theory and numerical model taking buckled shape into consideration were compared with field-survey data to find imperfections on the RPF girder before prestressing and after preflexion. It should be noted that the ordinary design do not consider deformed shape of steel girder in RPF beam. The deformed shapes of steel girder due to the incomplete fabrication that could be caused by self-weight, preflexion misalignment, existence of lateral bracing at mid-span and stiffness of reaction frame were found using a newly developed model which was verified against a deformation survey conducted on actual RPF girder in the field. The final observed deformed shapes of RPF after concrete shrinkage and before prestressing were classified into W, C and Unsymmetric shapes in regard to both survey and analytical results. The deformation survey showed negligible amount of unwanted deformation compared to the large size of the RPF girders. The shallower width of the bottom flange of steel girder caused amount of lateral torsional buckling under self-weight and preflexion thereby affecting the unwanted final overall shape of the RPF girders. However, it was found that the unwanted deformation of RPF girders by fabrication errors even though it is negligible compared to the size of the girder, caused unsymmetrical stress contours in concrete and additional tensile stress and raise some safety issues. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| buckling; preflex girder; preflexion; shallow bottom flange; shrinkage | ||
| Address | ||
| Euisuk Jeong:Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota State Univ., Box 2219 University Station, Brookings, SD, USA Hwan-Woo Lee:Department of Civil Engineering, Pukyong National University, Daeyeondong, Namgu, Busan, Korea Jaeha Lee:1) Major of Civil Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University,727 Taejong-ro, Yeongdo-Gu, Busan, Korea 2) Interdisciplanry Major of Ocean Renewable Energy Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, 727 Taejong-ro, Yeongdo-Gu, Busan, Korea | ||