The use of precast pretensioned girders using 0.7-in. diameter strands would help bridge designers extend the spans of the existing girder shapes.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 315: Details of the Study on the Use of 0.7-in Diameter Strands in Precast Pretensioned Girders is supplemental to NCHRP Research Report 994: Use of 0.7-in. Diameter Strands in Precast Pretensioned Girders.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Details of the Study on the Use of 0.7-in Diameter Strands in Precast Pretensioned Girders. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26676.
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