Hi,
I am trying to design prestressed concrete 78" Girder with 8.25" Slab thick. my Prestressing steel centroid is Ypg=9.88 in and total section height H=86.25"
so my dp=H- ypg=86.25-9.88=76.37". I have no mild reinforcement in the girder, so dp=de. The program is calculating de to be 83.03", and i would like to know why the reason for that?
Per AASHTO 9ed
Thank you
Ashvin
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Ana Carla Peres
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Bentley BrIM
Ana,
In CONSPAN, top strands (which are in Tension Zone) are not calculated in de calculations. Is it according to AASHTO guideline?