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Design and testing of prestressed concrete railway deck slabs

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Design and testing of prestressed concrete railway deck slabs

Peters, Nigel William (2004) Design and testing of prestressed concrete railway deck slabs. PhD thesis, Concordia University.

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Prestressed deck slabs fabricated from conventional strength concrete are frequently used in Railway bridge applications. The purpose of this research program was to assess the behaviour of precast, prestressed concrete railway deck slabs fabricated from high performance concrete (HPC). Six full scale slab specimens 3.7 m by 2.135 m, manufactured from concrete containing silica fume with compressive strengths of 80, 90 and 99 MPa, were tested to ultimate capacity. A literature review was conducted on the mechanical properties and durability of high strength-high performance concrete. In addition, a laboratory test program was designed to determine the behaviour of the prestressed concrete slabs in flexural cracking, ultimate capacity, shear, ductility and bond development length of the strand. The slabs were simply supported and a statically loaded at midspan, ⅜ span and �$1�

Divisions:Concordia University > Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science > Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Item Type:Thesis (PhD)
Authors:Peters, Nigel William
Pagination:xxiv, 258 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:Ph. D.
Program:Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Date:2004
Thesis Supervisor(s):Zielinski, Zenon A
Identification Number:TA 683.5 S6P48 2004
ID Code:8206
Deposited By: Concordia University Library
Deposited On:18 Aug 2011 18:18
Last Modified:13 Jul 2020 20:03
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