Pre Stress
Pre Stress
Pre Stress
Up to time of transfer
35 N/mm2
100 x 10-6
Ec = 31.5 kN/mm2
Total
70 N/mm2
300 x 10-6
1.6
2.
A prestressed concrete pile of cross-section, 250 mm by 250 mm, contains 60
pretensioned wires, each of 2 mm diameter, distributed uniformly over the section.
The
wires are initially tensioned on the prestressing bed with a total force of 300 kN.
If
Es
= 210 kN/mm2 and Ec = 32 kN/mm2, calculate the respective stresses in steel
and
concrete immediately after the transfer of prestress, assuming that up to this
point
the only loss of stress is that due to elastic shortening. If the concrete
undergoes
a
further shortening due to shrinkage of 200 x 10 -6 per unit length, while there
is
a
relaxation of 5 per cent of steel stress due to creep of steel, find the greatest
tensile
stress which can occur in a pile 20 m long when lifted at two points 4 m from
each
end. Assume creep coefficient as 1.6.
3.
A post-tensioned cable of a beam 10 m long is initially tensioned to a stress of
1000
N/mm2 at one end. If the tendons are curved so that the slope is 1 in 15 at each
end
with an area of 600 mm 2, calculate the loss of prestress due to friction, given
the
following data: Coefficient of friction between duct and cable = 0.55
Friction coefficient for wave effect = 0.0015/m
During anchoring, if there is a slip of 3 mm at the jacking end, calculate the
final force in the cable and the percentage loss of prestress due to friction and
slip.
4.
5.
A pretensioned beam 250 mm wide and 300 mm deep is prestressed by 12
wires
each of 7 mm diameter initially stressed to 1200 N/mm 2 with their centroids
located
100 mm form the soffit. Estimate the final percentage loss of stress due to
elastic
deformation, creep, shrinkage and relaxation using IS: 1343-80 code and
the
following data:
Relaxation of steel stress = 90 N/mm2
Es = 210 kN/mm2Ec = 35 kN/mm2
Creep coefficient () = 1.6
Residual shrinkage strain = 3 x 10-4
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