Closure to "Evaluation of Pretensioned Girders with Partial-Strand Debonding" by Mathew W. Bolduc, Avdhesh Gaur, Bahram M. Shahrooz, Kent A. Harries, Richard A. Miller, and Henry G. Russell.

In 38 of 48 cases (including all six "Florida I-beam" cases), the limitation that I V SB s sb i not be taken as greater than I V SB u sb / SB v sb i controlled the value of I V SB s sb i used to determine shear-bond reinforcement requirements. In summary, the discussers point out that the stress in the shear reinforcement corresponding to shear-bond failure may be lower than I f SB y sb i , the value used in AASHTO Eq. 5.7.3.3-4 to determine I V SB s sb i . [Extracted from the article]