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Last revised: February 14, 2019

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PS3 ‑ PRESTRESSED CONCRETE GIRDER

Purpose:

To analyze, design and rate a simple span pre‑tensioned prestressed concrete beam of known cross section (box, plank or I beam) used in a highway bridge.  The program will design a beam for a required prestressing force and eccentricity.  The program will also design a beam for required debonded lengths for a given strand pattern and a prestressing force.  Beams with straight, draped, or debonded strands are considered.  The criteria used for design are in accordance with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Design Manual Part 4.

Input:

Span and load data, stress criteria, stirrup details (optional), strand details, debonded strand details and beam dimensions or beam properties.

Output:

A complete design or analysis with section properties, maximum moments, ultimate moment capacity, prestress losses, stresses, shears and ratings at different loading stages, deflections, camber and principal stresses.

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Note: An Evaluation (demonstration) version of this software is not available.

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