Abstract:The Florida International University's 2020 Big Beam Team greatly appreciated the opportunity to participate in this competition. The presented report is a step by step design procedure for designing prestressed concrete beams which is expected to perform and fail in a predefined load. The chosen design was a I‐shaped member composed of four straight prestressing strands, and incorporating two compression longitudinal bars. The beam was designed supported span of 18 ft., center-to-center of bearing, and a tota… Show more
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