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International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials

Table 1 Design parameters of PSC belt wall specimens.

From: Behavior and Design of Distributed Belt Walls as Virtual Outriggers for Concrete High-Rise Buildings

Specimen

Effective prestress fpe

f pe,max a

Reinforcement ratio ρp (%)

ρp,max (%)b

PT23V

0.315fpu

0.338fpu

0.2

1.22

PT26V

0.629fpu

0.338fpu

0.2

1.22

PT43V

0.315fpu

0.623fpu

0.4

1.22

PT46V

0.629fpu

0.623fpu

0.4

1.22

  1. afpe,max is taken as [fpy − fct/ρp] from Eq. (11).
  2. bρp,max is taken as 0.51fc′/fpy from Eq. (12).
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