Fig. 15. The crack pattern shows that the specimen failed in interface shear as designed.

the pier segment. The vertical shear reinforcement was composed of No. 4 (13M) bars spaced at intervals of 6 in. (150 mm) in each face of the I-girder web. The top flexural reinforcement was fourteen No. 8 (25M) bars and, for handling, the bot-

tom reinforcement included six No. 8 bars. The horizontal shear reinforcement was 1.25 in. 36 in. (32 mm 910 mm) lubricated high-strength coil rods with a yield strength of 90 ksi (620 MPa), spaced at 12 in. (300 mm). A hex nut was welded onto each rod to

form a head. During concrete placement in the I-girder forms, the bottom of the nut was flush with the bottom of the girder. After removal of the girder from the casting bed, the nuts were turned to extend the rod below the bottom flange, a distance of 8 in. (200 mm). Each threaded rod was confined in the NU girder by a spiral, which was 24 in. (610 mm) long, 3.5 in. (90 mm) in outside diameter, and had a pitch of 1 in. (25 mm), and which was made with a 0.25-in.-diameter (6 mm), grade 150 ksi (1030 MPa) wire. Figure 19 shows reinforcement details before the side forms were installed. Figure 20 illustrates the pier segment with the rods extended. Transport of the I-girder did not require any unusual considerations. Reference is made to chapters 3 and 8 of PCIs bridge design manual for further details.3 Shipping of the haunch block is a challenge, however, because the bottom of the haunch block is not flat. Figure 21 indicates how the haunch block produced for this research was trucked from Coreslab Structures,

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Fig. 16. Haunch block concrete dimensions. Note: All dimensions are in inches. = in.; 1 in. = 25.4 mm.
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