Section Design and Flexural Strength of PUS Member Constructed by Continuous CIP System

Recently the Permanent Uni-wall System (PUS) has been developed which improved the disadvantage of the CIP and could be used as permanent retaining wall. The sections of PUS members are molded with circle casing form and deformed casing form. In the generality of cases, deformed casing section consists of reinforced concrete because of the concrete cover by code and the method of concreting with tremie pipe. But, circle casing section can be designed with various structural types which are steel,reinforced concrete, and steel reinforced concrete(SRC). In this study, design methods for PUS section were proposed and two types of PUS section were tested to investigate the flexural strength and behaviors. Variable was the details of circle casing section which were the deformed bars and the shear reinforcements surrounded H beam. All specimens failed due to concrete crushing. Specimen with SRC section in circle casing showed more ductile behavior after ultimate flexural strength than the other specimen. Nominal flexural strengths by section analysis and design code based on a strain-compatibility approach were compared with test results. These comparisons showed that PUS section possessed the flexural strength by design code