PCI Big Beam Contest

New Oriental

Junfeng QianShiyu WangQi Wang

Presentation Outline• Background

• Contest Rules

• Project Constrains

• Scope of Service

• Timeline

Background• Sponsored by PCI and Sika Corporation

• PCI- Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute

• Contest Period: 8/15/2012 -6/15/2013.

Background Cont.• Judging Criteria

– Design accuracy

– Lowest cost

– Lowest weight

– Largest measured deflection at maximum total applied load

– Report quality

– Video

Contest Rules• The beam must no longer than 20 feet and must be tested as a simply

supported span of 18 feet

• The beam shall be designed for dead load plus two applied service live loads of 10 kips

Contest Rules Cont.• All unit cost of available

materials are provided by PCI

• All entries must meet the provisions of ACI-318-08 or the 7th Edition of the PCI Design Handbook

Scope of Service • Project Management

• Background and Literature Search

• Preliminary Analysis & Design

• Final Analysis & Design

• Testing Instrumentation Setting Up

• Service During Fabrication

• Beam Test

• Design Report

Scope Of Service Task 1-Project Management

• Weekly Team Meeting– Update Design

– Comments

• Technical Coordination Meeting– Workshop

– Meet with Project Manager of Sponsor Company

Scope of Service Cont.

Task 2-Literature Search

• ACI-318-08

• PCI Design Handbook, 7th Edition

Scope of Service Cont.Task 3-Preliminary Analysis & Design

• Material Selection– Concrete Mix• Lightweight Self Consolidating

Concrete• Normal Self Consolidating

Concrete

– Reinforcement Bar• ASTM Standard #4 or #5

• Design Spreadsheet

• Design Matrix – Six to Eight Options

Scope of Service Cont.Task 4-Final Analysis & Design

• Final Option

• Design Verification– Response 2000

• Auto CAD Drawing – Cross Section View

– Side View

Scope of Service Cont.Task 5-Testing Instrumentation Setting Up

Task 6-Service during Fabrication– Troubleshooting

Task 7-Beam Test – Test Results

– Video

Task 8-Design Report

Timeline

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1 Research1.1 Read Contest Poster 1.2 Gather design criteria1.3 Prepare a checklist of tasks2 Literature Search2.1 Read ACI code and PCI handbook manual3 Engineering Study3.3 Material selection3.4 Cross section selection4 Preliminary Design and Analysis4.1 Design spreadsheet4.2 Design matrix5 Final Design and Analysis5.1 Design Verification 5.2 Auto CAD 6 Service during Fabrication7 Install test instrumentation8 Beam Test8.1 Record video and results9 Submit the design report

Schedule

Reference

• Technical Advisor: Dr. Tuchscherer

• Project Manager: David L. Chapin

• Sponsor: Tpac Company

Acknowledge

• ACI Code 318-08

• The 7th Edition of the PCI Design Handbook

Questions

Thank you!