Reinforced Concrete
❖Concrete isstrong in compression and weak in tension.
❖Steel is strong in tension.
❖Reinforced Concrete uses concrete to resist compression
and to hold bars in position and uses steel to resist tension.
❖Tensile strength of concrete is neglected (i.e. zero).
❖R.C. beams allows cracks under service load.
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Pre-stressed Concrete
❖Pre-stressed concreteis a method for overcoming
concrete’s natural weakness in tension.
❖In 1904, Freysinet attempted to introduce permanent
acting forces in concrete to resist elastic forces under loads
and called ‘pre-stressing’.
❖It can be used to produce beams, floors or bridges with a
longer span than in practical with ordinary reinforced
concrete.
Basic concept ofpre-stressing
There are three basic concepts of pre-stressing:
o First concept: Pre-stressing to transform concrete into an
elastic material.
o Second concept: Pre-stressing for combination of high
strength steel with concrete.
o Third concept: Pre-stressing to achieve load balancing
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Advantages of pre-stressing
❑Fullsection is utilized.
❑Reduction in steel corrosion.
❑Improved performance under dynamic and fatigue loading.
❑High span to depth ratio.
❑Rapid construction.
❑Better quality control.
❑Reduced Maintenance.
❑Availability of standard shapes.
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Limitations for pre-stressing
✔Pre-stressingneeds skilled technology.
✔The use of high strength material is costly.
✔There is additional cost in auxiliary equipment.
✔Harder to recycle.
✔There is need for quality control and inspection.
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Pre-stressing
Pre-tensioning: The tendons
aretensioned against some
abutments before the
concrete is placed. After the
concrete hardened, the
tension force is released. The
tendon tries to shrink back its
initial length but concrete
resists it through its bond
between them. Thus
compressive force is induced
in concrete.
Post-tensioning: In post-
tensioning, the tendons are
tensioned after the concrete has
hardened. Commonly metal or
plastic ducts are placed inside the
concrete before casting. After the
concrete hardened and had enough
strength, the tendon was placed
inside the duct, stressed and
anchored against concrete. This
can be done either as pre-cast or
cast-in-place.
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Pre-tensioning Post-tensioning
1. Tensionis applied on tendons
before concrete placement.
1. Tensions is applied after the
concrete placement.
2. Pre-stress loss due to anchorage
slip and friction loss is zero.
2. Pre-stress loss occur due to
anchorage slip and friction.
3. Pre-stress loss due to elastic
deformation occur.
3. Pre-stress loss occur due to elastic
deformation if all the tendons are not
equally tensioned.
4. Pre-stress is applied against the
abutment.
4. Pre-tension is provided against the
concrete.
5. Use- Prefabricated element.
5. For cast-in-situ element (slab &
beam).
Concrete strain characteristics
Inpre-stressed concrete, strain are produced as well as stresses.
Such strain can be classified in 4 types:
❖ Elastic strain
❖ Lateral strain
❖ Creep strain
❖ Shrinkage strain
Lateral strain
❖ Lateralstrains are computed by poison's ratio.
❖ Poison's ratio varies from 0.15 to 0.22
avg.=0.17
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Creep strain
❖ Definedas time dependent deformation resulting from the
presence of stress.
❖ Creep continued over the entire period of the total creep.
❖ Creep increase with a larger w/c ratio and with a lower
aggregate cement ratio.
✔18-35% occurred in the first 2 weeks of loading.
✔40-70% with in 3 months.
✔60-83% with in one year.
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Shrinkage strain
❖As distinguishedfrom creep, shrinkage in concrete is the
contraction due to drying and chemical changes dependent
on time and on moisture condition, but not on stresses.
❖It may be ranges from 0.0000 to 0.0010 and beyond under
vary dry condition 0.0010 can be expected.
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Compaction
❖Compacting the concreteby vibration is desirable and
necessary.
❖Usually without using an excessive amount of mortar, a low
w/c ratio and a low slump concrete must be chosen.
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Curing
❖To early curingmay results shrinkage cracks before
applying pre-stress.
❖Only by the careful curing the specified high strength
concrete an be attained.
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Pre-stressing steel
❖The developmentof pre-stressed concrete was introduced by
the invention of high strength steel.
❖It is an alloy of iron, carbon, manganese and optimal
materials.
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Wires
❖A pre-stressing wireis a single unit made of steel. The
nominal diameter of the wires are 2.5, 3.0, 4.5, 5.0, 7.0 & 8.0
mm.
Two types:
1. Indented wire: There are circular or indentation on the
surface.
2. Plain wire: No indentation on the surface.
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Strands
❖A few wiresare spun together in a helical form to form a
pre-stressing stand. There are different types of stands are as
follows:
1. Two wire strands.
2. Three wire strands.
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Tendons:
❖A group ofstrands or wire are placed together to form a pre-
stressing tendon. The tendons are used in post tensioned
member.
Cables:
❖A group of tendon form a pre-stressing cable. The cables are
used in bridges.
Problem-3:
An unsymmetrical I-sectionbeam is used to support an imposed load of 2 kN/m
over a span of 8 m. The effective pre-stressing force is 100 kN. Estimate the
stresses at the center of the span section of the beam.
60 mm
60 mm
80 mm
300 mm
400 mm
50 mm
100 mm
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60 mm
60 mm
80mm
300 mm
e = 194 mm
400
mm
50 mm
100 mm
y
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60 mm
60 mm
80mm
300 mm
e = 194 mm
400
mm
50 mm
100 mm
y = 156 mm
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60 mm
60 mm
80mm
300 mm
e = 194 mm
400
mm
50 mm
100 mm
y = 156 mm
244 mm
60 mm
60 mm
80mm
300 mm
400 mm
50 mm
260 mm
300
mm
400 mm
50 mm
300
mm
80 mm
80 mm
60 mm
300 mm
400 mm
50 mm
300 mm
60 mm
60 mm
80 mm
60 mm
80 mm
70 mm
Pressure line/ Thrustline:
At any given section of a pre-stressed concrete beam, the combined
effect of the pre-stressing force and the externally applied load will
result in a distribution of concrete stresses that can be resolved into
a single force. The locus of the point of application of this resultant
force in any structure is termed as the pressure line or thrust line.
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Problem-4:
A pre-stressed concretebeam of section 120 mm wide by 300 mm deep is used
over an effective span of 6 m to support a uniformly distributed load of 4 kN/m,
which includes the self weight of the beam. The beam is pre-stressed by a
straight cable carrying a force of 180 kN and located at an eccentricity of 50
mm. Determine the location of the thrust line in the beam and plot its position
at quarter and central span locations.
Problem-5:
A pre-stressed concretebeam of section 250 mm wide by 400 mm deep is used
over an effective span of 4 m to support a point load of 70 kN. The beam is pre-
stressed by a straight cable carrying a force of 600 kN and located at an
eccentricity of 65 mm. Determine the location of the thrust line in the beam and
plot its position at quarter, central and support sections for the concentrated
load only.
70 kN
35 kN35 kN
2 m 2 m
116.67 mm
58.33 mm
P = 600 kN
P = 600 kN
1 m 2 m
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Problem-6:
A pre-stressed concretebeam of section 250 mm wide by 400 mm deep is used
over an effective span of 4 m to support a point load of 70 kN at quarter span
from left support. The beam is pre-stressed by a straight cable carrying a force
of 600 kN and located at an eccentricity of 65 mm. Determine the location of
the thrust line in the beam and plot its position at quarter, central and support
sections for the concentrated load only.
Pre-stress Loss
Pre-stress lossis the difference between initial pre-stress and
effective pre-stress that remains in a member.
Pre-stress loss
Short term or immediate losses:
❖ Elastic shortening of concrete.
❖ Slip at anchorages immediately
after pre-stressing.
❖ Friction between tendon and
cable effect.
Long term or time dependent losses:
❖ Creep and shrinkage of concrete.
❖ Relaxation of pre-stressing steel.
a) Under simultaneoustensioning and anchoring of all the three cables, there
will be no loss due to the elastic deformation of concrete.
b) When the cables are successively tensioned:
Cable-1 Cable-2 Cable-3
When cable-1 tensioned 0 0 0
When cable-2 tensioned 16.2 0 0
When cable-3 tensioned 16.2 16.2 0
Total loss 32.4 16.2 0
Problem-21: The liveload on the beam is 2.5 k/ft and L is 8 m.
a) Determine the effective force in the cable for balancing the dead and live
loads on the beam.
b) Calculate the shift of the pressure line from the tendon center line.
80 mm
80 mm
80 mm
250 mm
e = 150 mm
450 mm
Problem-22: Calculate theresultant thrust by Internal resisting couple method.
F = 7000 KN, eccentricity at mid span is 800 mm and concentric in support. The
wall is of uniform thickness of 200 mm and the live load moment at mid span of
40 m span is 2000 KN-m.
200 mm
e
=
800
mm
200 mm
1200 mm
1800
mm