Description

This manual provides guidance on the comprehensive treatment of tendon anchorage zone requirements and analysis methods. There is a special emphasis on practical applications of a strut-and-tie design approach, which is recommended by AASHTO and ACI. Step-by-step design analyses for a number of typical anchorage zone conditions are included in this manual.

46 pages; 8½ x 11 in. (soft cover)

Published 2000

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 GENERAL INFORMATION ON TENDON ANCHORAGE

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Stresses and Forces in the Anchorage Zone

1.3 Anchorage Zone Design Objectives

2 TENDON ANCHORAGE SPECIFICATIONS

2.1 Introduction

2.2 PTI Post-Tensioning System Acceptance Standards

2.3 AASHTO Specifications

2.4 ACI 318 Building Code

3 BEARING PLATES

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Basic Bearing Plates

3.3 Special Bearing Plates

4 LOCAL ANCHORAGE ZONE

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Responsibilities for the Local Anchorage Zone

4.3 Dimensions of the Local Anchorage Zone

4.4 Local Zone Reinforcement

5 GENERAL ANCHORAGE ZONE

5.1 Definition and Dimensions of General Zone

5.2 Responsibility for General Zone Design

5.3 General Zone Design Considerations

5.4 Linear-Elastic Analysis

5.5 Force Path Methods

5.6 Special Cases

5.7 General Zone Reinforcement

6 ANCHORAGE ZONE DESIGN EXAMPLES

6.1 Basic Bearing Plate

6.2 Monostrand Tendons in a Thin Slab

6.3 Monostrand Tendons in a Wide Shallow Beam

6.4 Cantilever Beam with Multiple Monostrand Tendons

6.5 Precast Beam with Multi-Strand Tendon

6.6 Box Girder Bridge with Internal Tendons

6.7 Cantilever Bent with Loop Tendons

7 REFERENCES

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