JANUARY 14, 2025:  Precast Double-Tee Flange Connection Failures

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | 5:00 - 9:30 p.m.

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JANUARY MEETING - Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

ICRI-NE Dinner Meeting & Presentation: Precast Double-Tee Flange Connection Failures

PRESENTER:  Lawrence E. Keenan, AIA PE | Northford Structural Connections

This presentation explores the fatigue failure mechanism as it applies to double-tee connections and explains how fatigue failures are easily identified in the field. Code requirements for high-cycle fatigue performance are discussed and recent studies are examined to provide an alternate interpretation to that established by the precast industry.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• To provide an understanding of the mechanism behind high cycle fatigue failure of double-tee connections.
• To demonstrate methods for assessing parking structures for fatigue connection failures, including visual identification of fatigue fractures.
• To review AWS and AISC Code requirements regarding design of connections for fatigue resistance.
• To examine the current state of the art in design of precast double-tee connections for fatigue resistance.

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