Safety Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Beams in Flexure

Authors

  • ABEJIDE GBENGA SAMUEL ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY
  • Abejide O. S

Keywords:

post-tensioned concrete, highway bridge beams and design safety.

Abstract

A probabilistic evaluation of the safety of post-tensioned prestressed concrete simply supported bridge beams at ultimate limit state in flexure as specified in ACI 318 (2002)[1] and EC2 (2008);[2] with due considerations to the loadings recommended in BS 5400 (1978), [3] and

Author Biography

ABEJIDE GBENGA SAMUEL, ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ASSISTANT LECTURER/REGISTRATION OFFICER

References

ACI 318

EC2 Eurocode 2:

BS 5400,

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Published

2014-08-12

How to Cite

SAMUEL, A. G., & S, A. O. (2014). Safety Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Beams in Flexure. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 17(2), 260–274. Retrieved from https://gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/2509

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