Research Article

Improved Deflection Prediction Model for PSC Box Girder with Stay Cable System during Tensioning Phase

Table 2

Statistical properties of random variables.

VariablePropertiesDistributionMeanCOVSource

DLADynamic load amplification/X1Normal1.08990.0279GBT 50283-1999 [24]
KSQRatio of maximum measured value to design value/X2Extremum І type0.79950.0862

α1Creep uncertainty coefficient/X3Normal1.0000.34Pan et al. [25]
α2Shrinkage uncertainty coefficient/X4Normal1.0000.45

fcm28 (MPa)Compressive strength (28 days)/X5Normal49.20.066Yang [1]

Ec28 (MPa)Elastic modulus of concrete (28 days)/X6Normal34,5000.04Guo et al. [26]
DW1 (kN/m3)Density of concrete/X7Normal26.50.215

T (°C)Annual mean temperature/X8Normal23.90.341CMDC [27]
RH (%)Annual relative humidity/X9Normal70.90.175

fpy (MPa)Yield strength/X10Normal1636.80.025AL-Harthy et al. [28]
σcon (MPa)Prestressed tension control stress/X11Normal1,3950.040

σs2 (MPa)Anchorage deflection, reinforcement retraction, and joint compression/X12Normal5.5490.175Fan et al. [29]

μFriction coefficient/X13Normal0.180.299Pan [5]
kFriction influence coefficient/X14Normal0.0030.553

Cs (kg/m3)Surface chloride concentration/X15Normal150.2Val et al. [30]
Ccr (kg/m3)Critical chloride concentration/X16Normal2.00.2
D (cm2/year)Diffusion coefficient/X17Lognormal0.6310.2

icorr (μA/cm2)Corrosion current density/X18Normal1.00.2González et al. [31]

RPermeability ratio/X19Normal3.00.33Stewart et al. [32]