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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2012-11-01

发表刊物：ACI STRUCTURAL JOURNAL

收录刊物：SCIE、EI、Scopus

卷号：109

期号：6

页面范围：815-824

ISSN号：0889-3241

关键字：accelerated construction; bend diameter; deformed wire reinforcement; longitudinal joint; overlap length

摘要：This paper focuses on the investigation of longitudinal joint details with tight bend diameter U-bars for accelerated bridge construction. It presents the test results of potential alternate reinforcing materials and joint details in two phases. Headed bar and U-bar specimens made of stainless steel (SS) and deformed wire reinforcement (DWR) with the same joint detail configurations were tested and compared in Phase I, followed by the testing of U-bars (DWR) with varied concrete strengths, bar spacings, and overlap lengths in Phase II. Test results were evaluated based on moment capacity, cracking at service and failure load, and steel strains. It was found that a 16 mm (No. 5) U-bar detail with a minimum bend diameter of three times the diameter of the bar (3d(b)) can be used to facilitate accelerated bridge construction.