Response of Prestressed Concrete Plate-Edge Column Connections
The main objective of this investigation was to study experimentally the strength and behavior of prestressed plate-edge column connections with unbonded tendons representative of those used in prestressed flat plate buildings. To achieve the objective, four two-thirds scale, flat plate-edge column specimens were constructed and subjected to static loadings in which both the shear and moment transferred between the slab and the column were increased proportionately until failure occurred. The specimens were models of the edge column and the surrounding slab area located within the negative moment area around the edge column. The experimental variables considered in this program were the direction of the banded tendons and the moment-shear ratio.
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