CE 133-2
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DESIGN
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Basis of Design
Summary of a typical
concrete beam
performance in terms
of its load-deflection
curve
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Basis of Design
The load stages are
presented namely:
Unloaded stage –
initial prestress and
self-weight acting
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Basis of Design
The load stages are
presented namely:
Balanced load stage
– upward equivalent
load from prestressing
is exactly equal to the
downward external
load
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Basis of Design
The load stages are
presented namely:
Decompression stage
– when the concrete
stress at the bottom
face of the beam is
zero
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Basis of Design
The load stages are
presented namely:
Overload stage –
either steel will
commence yielding
or the concrete will
enter the nonlinear
range
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Basis of Design
The following are design methods which can be
used for prestressed concrete beam:
Allowable Stress Design – design is such that
concrete stresses are within specified limits in the
unloaded stage to the full service load stage
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Basis of Design
The following are design methods which can be
used for prestressed concrete beam:
Strength Design – design is based on factored load
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Basis of Design
The following are design methods which can be
used for prestressed concrete beam:
Load balancing – design is such that the
equivalent load from prestressing is equal and
opposite to a certain download load
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Flexural Design Based on Allowable Stresses
The following notations for allowable stresses will
be used
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Flexural Design Based on Allowable Stresses
Concrete stress limits
imposed by the 1983 ACI
Code are summarized in
Table 3.1.
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
Flexural stress distributions
in concrete for beam with
variable eccentricity
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
At the maximum moment
section (Fig. 4.2a) , initial
prestress Pi produces the
linear distribution (1)
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
The self-weight of the
member is immediately
introduced, the flexural
stresses resulting from the
moment Mo are
superimposed, and the
distribution (2) is attained
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
At this stage, the tension
at the top surface is not to
exceed fti and the
compression at the
bottom surface is not to
exceed fci
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
Assuming all losses occur
at this stage, the
distribution gradually
changes to distribution (3)
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
Losses produce a
reduction of tension and
compression amounting
to ∆f1 and ∆f2 , respectively
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
Superposition of dead
load moment Md and live
load moment Ml produce
distribution (4)
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
The requirements for
section moduli are
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
The requirements for section moduli are
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
Effectiveness ratio R is defined as
The loss in prestress is
Changes in stress at the top and bottom faces,
and are equal to
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
The minimum acceptable value of S1 and S2 is
thus established
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity Varies Along the Span
The concrete centroidal stress under initial
conditions is given by
The initial prestressing force
The required eccentricity is
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity is constant
Shows the flexural
distributions at the
support and midspan
sections for a beam
with constant
eccentricity
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity is constant
The stress changes due
to losses are
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity is constant
The requirements on the
section moduli are
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity is constant
Concrete centroidal
stress is the same and the
initial prestress force is
also the same.
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Beams in which Prestress Eccentricity is constant
Expression for required
eccentricity differs and
referring
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SAMPLE PROBLEM
A post-tensioned prestressed concrete beam is to carry a
live load of 1000 lb/ft and superimposed dead load of 500
lb/ft, in addition to its own weight, on a 40-ft simple span.
Normal density concrete will be used with design strength
of 6000 psi. It is estimated that, at the time of transfer, the
concrete will have attained 70% of its ultimate strength.
Time-dependent losses may be assumed at 15% of the
initial prestress, giving an effective ratio of 0.85.
Determine the required concrete dimensions, magnitude of
prestress force and eccentricity of the steel centroid based
on ACI stress limitations. (Constant Eccentricity)
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SAMPLE PROBLEM
