Load Testing of Concrete Structures—Code and Commentary

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English

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01-03-2023

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American Concrete Institute

CHAPTER 1—GENERAL, p. 3 1.1—Scope, p. 3 1.2—General, p. 3 1.3—Purpose, p. 4 1.4—Applicability, p. 4 1.5—Interpretation, p. 5 CHAPTER 2—NOTATION AND TERMINOLOGY, p. 6 2.1—Notation, p. 6 2.2—Terminology, p. 7 CHAPTER 3—TEST LOAD, p. 9 3.1—Service loads, p. 9 3.2—Test load magnitude, p. 9 CHAPTER 4—LOAD TEST PROTOCOL, p. 11 4.1—Selection of test protocol, p. 11 4.2—Safety, p. 11 4.3—Load arrangement, p. 11 4.4—Response measurements, p. 12 4.5—Visual inspection, p. 12 4.6—Load application, p. 13 4.7—Monotonic load test protocol, p. 13 4.8—Cyclic load test protocol, p. 14 CHAPTER 5—ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA, p. 16 5.1—Distress caused by load test, p. 16 5.2—Performance assessment at service load level, p. 17 5.3—Acceptance criteria for monotonic load test protocol, p. 18 5.4—Acceptance criteria for cyclic load test protocol, p. 18 5.5—Provision for lower load rating, p. 21 Chapter 6—COMMENTARY REFERENCES, p. 22 Authored documents, p. 22

1.1 The scope, purpose, applicability, limitations, interpretation principles, and units of measure are defined in this chapter.

Committee	437
DocumentType	Standard
ISBN	978-1-64195-210-1
Pages	26
PublisherName	American Concrete Institute
Status	Current
Supersedes	ACI 437.2:2013