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STRESSED
CONNECTIONS
Prof. John F. Stanton
University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington, USA
Damped response
Damping restricts peak drift
Continuous Beams
Long Heavy Beams
Columns must be accurately placed for bars to fit
REINFORCEMENT
CONFIGURATIONS
Unbonded prestressing only
Simple to construct, but no hysteretic damping.
Damping could be supplied by external devices or
RC frames in parallel with UBPT frame.
Post-tensioning
tendon
Post-
(unbonded)
tensioning
anchorage
Pre-stressing
tendon
Unbonded Bonded
region region
Unbonded
PT tendon
Grout
Hybrid Frame Components
Column bar
splices
Pre-tensioned
strands
Grout bed at
interface
Beam rebar (not
continuous)
Only the pre-tensioned
strands cross the interface
Hybrid Frame Components
(Courtesy Nakaki Bashaw Group)
Unbonded
region Mild steel (A706)
(grouted)
Fiber
Post Tensioned Reinforced
Tendon Grout
(ungrouted)
UBPT FRAME CONCEPT
s s
ELASTIC
e e
INELASTIC
Rebar only
Residual drift
Nonlinear inelastic
High damping
25/75 0/100
DESIGN PROCEDURE
Smaller of
Onset of strain hardening in mild steel (if any).
Yield of PT steel.