(Department of Housing and Urban
Development,
Region
IV)
Figure 6-6. Post-tensioned slab in Lubbock, Texas, for single-family, single-story, minimally loaded frame residence.
ventionally reinforced and posttensioned slabs up to
dure should provide adequate resistance to shear, mo-
18 inches thick. It considers the previously discussed
ment, and deflections from the structural loading
assumptions of the design parameters.
forces, while overdesign is minimized. An economical-
ly competitive procedure that builds on the early work
of the unloaded soil determined by the PTI procedure
of the Building Research Advisory Board of the Na-
reflect average moisture conditions and may be ex-
tional Academy of Sciences is that developed for the
ceeded if extreme changes in climate occur.
Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI).
(c) Material parameters required by the PTI pro-
(a) The PTI procedure is applicable to both con-
CLIMATE
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