FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION POST-TENSIONING TENDON INSTALLATION AND GROUTING MANUAL

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Figure 1.18 Post-Tensioning in Cantilever Piers.

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Precast Piers

Hollow section, precast concrete segmental piers have been used on several projects. Vertical post-tensioning usually consists of PT bars for short to moderate heights, up to about 12M (40 feet). Strand tendons are usually needed for taller piers. Bars are typically anchored in footings and extend to the pier caps. Strand tendons are usually continuous and extend from an anchor in the cap on one side of the pier, down the pier, loop through the footing and up the opposite side to another anchor in the cap. Post-tensioning bars are also used to temporarily secure precast segments and compress epoxy in the joints as they are erected prior to installing permanent strand tendons. Hollow precast, oval section segments with an aesthetically shaped octagonal exterior with concave faces, were used for the Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina (Figure 1.19).

Chapter 1 - Introduction

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