Appendix: Insulated Precast Concrete Sandwich Panels

under Punching and Bending

J. Daniel Ronald Joseph, J. Prabakar, and P. Alagusundaramoorthy

This appendix contains additional figures for “Insulated Precast Concrete Sandwich Panels under Punching and Pending,” by
J. Daniel Ronald Joseph, J. Prabakar, and P. Alagusundaramoorthy, which appears on pages 68–79 in the March–April 2019
issue of PCI Journal.

Figure A1. Housing systems using precast concrete sandwich

panels with thin wythes. Figure A2. Tested mesh wire after failure.

1400

1200
1050 MPa
1000
Stress, MPa

800

600

400
1/25/19

200

0
0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01 0.012 0.014 0.016 0.018
Microstrain Figure A4. Schematic diagram of precast concrete sandwich
panel. Note: All dimensions are in millimeters. 1 mm = 0.039 in.
Figure A3. Stress-strain curve of the tested wires. Note: 1 MPa
= 0.145 ksi.

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 Figure A6. Four-point bending test setup.

Figure A5. Test setup and instrumentation. Note: All dimen-

sions are in millimeters. BR = strain measured in the reinforce-
ment of panel PB; BW = strain measured in the wire mesh of
panel PB; LVDT = linear variable dispacement dransducer; PB
= panel tested in bending; PP = panel tested in punching; PR =
strain measured in the reinforcement of panel PP; PW = strain
measured in the wire mesh of panel PP. 1 mm = 0.039 in.

Figure A7. Punching test setup.

Figure A8. Cracks in side webs of the panels.

Figure A9. Stress block diagram. Note: All dimensions are in

millimeters. d = distance between extreme fiber in compres-
sion and tensile reinforcement; β1c = depth of neutral axis 1
mm = 0.039 in.

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