A DEVELOPMENT ON MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF CONTINUOUS PRESTRESSED CONCRETE HOLLOW CORE SLABS(Structures)

Abstract

The present paper discusses on the mechanical behaviors of the continuous prestressed concrete hollow core slabs with connection of coupling reinforcement and joint concrete. The mechanical behavior of continuous PC hollow core slabs was investigated by flexural and shear test using the test specimen with real scale. From this data, it was found that the length of coupling reinforcement in the hollow core slab gave the great influence on flexural behavior and the connection capacity. And also, it was recognized that analytical results obtained from proposed design formula capacity with test data.