Based on what I have learned, the external tendon characteristic, especially if we talk about stress losses, is different to that of internal tendon. For example, the frictional losses. While the friction losses in internal tendon happened along the tendon, for external tendon, the losses only...
Does anyone ever done modelling for External Tendon in Precast Box Girder using SAP2000? I am new to SAP2000, and now studying how to make the model. But it seems that I cannot find any tutorial for this type of model. If anyone has the tutorial, that would help me so much. Thank you.
Thank you everyone. This really helps me.
@rapt: What do you mean? Isn't the hairpin used to bear the lateral force due to the curvature? For bursting, I think we use Bursting Reinforcement.
Please help me,
Is there anybody who knows which code explains about minimum Radius on a curvature tendon? Is there any formula/calculation method for this minimum radius? And if the Prestressed Tendon Curvature follows the minimum radius, does that mean Hairpin Reinforcements become...
