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BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethestressinsteelsofthesectionshownbelow.
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethestressinsteelsofthesectionshownbelow.
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethedifferenceofstrainssmsmofthesectionshownbelow.
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethedifferenceofstrainsofthesectionshownbelow.
C40/50,
200
67b 0.00199 Cracking M (4 Min)
425
310
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethedifferenceofstrainssmsmofthesectionshownbelow.
C25/30,highbondbars,bending.
68a , 28000 152.51 mm Cracking P (3 Min)
330
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethemaximumcrackspacingSr,maxofthesectionshownbelow.
C40/50,highbondbars,bending.
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethecrackwidth
C25/30
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No. Questions Answer Type
P/M/D
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethecrackwidth
C40/50
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethecrackwidthfortheslabshownbelow.
C35/45.Considerhighbondbarsandbendingonly.
85
Mainbottomsteel: 2010
70 0.188 Cracking M (12 min)
Assume x= 65 mm
200
Bars 12 mm
0.4 (width=1.0 m)
Anengineerneedstolimitthecrackwidthofaslabofawaterratainingstructure,whatsolutionsdoyouproposetocontrolcrackwidth?(ignore
exposureclass).Tickallpossiblesolutions:
Cracking M (4 Min)
a)Increaseconcretestrength
b)Decreasebarspacing Options:
71
c)Decreasebarsize(butkeepingthesameamountofreinforcement) a,b,c,d,f
d)Reducecover
e)Increasefinessofcement(forsameconcretestrength)
f)Usedoblereinforcement(topandbottom).
TheMagnelDiagramshownbelowcorrespondstoaposttensionedbeam.Calculatethemaximumprestressforceattheactiveend,Pmax,forprestressingeccentricitye=110mm.Assume
25%ofprestresslosses.
Calculatethemaximumprestressforceattheactiveend,Pmax,fortheMagnelDiagramshowninquestion72a.Assumeprestressingeccentricitye=80mmand35%prestresslosses.
72-b 705.9 kN Prestressing P (4 Min)
Fortheprestressedconcretebeamshownbelow,calculatethetendonprofileequationandtheangleofprestressingattheactiveend.(Note:theangleofprestressingcanbealso
namedas)
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No. Questions Answer Type
P/M/D
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethelossduetofriction,P,atthemiddleofthespanoftheprestressedconcretebeamshownbelow.
3100
0.055
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethelossduetofriction,P,atthemiddleofthespanoftheprestressedconcretebeamshownbelow.
3100
0.048
Calculatethestressintheconcreteadjacenttothetendons,c,CP,fortheprestressedconcretebeamshownbelowatthedistancex=12.5m.
3350
Secondmomentofareaandcrosssectionalarea:
75 0.03733 0.4 7209 kN/m2 Prestressing M (4 Min)
Flexural moment due to self-weight and quasi-permanent load:
1150 m
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatetheabsolutevalueofthevariationofstressinthetendonduetotherelaxation,pr,ofprestressingsteelatthedistancex=12.5.Usetime=1000
hoursandtemperature=20C.Prestressingsteel:Class2StrandLowrelaxation.Assumeaposttensioningsystem.
BasedonEurocode2(2004),calculatethetimedependentlosses,Pc+s+r,oftheposttensionedconcretebeamshownbelow,atthedistancex=12.5.Usetime=1000hoursand
temperature=20C.
AssumeaposttensioningsystemandconcreteC40/50
2400 0.4
77 190000 / 0.03733
389.80 kN Prestressing M (6 Min)
35000 / 0.32
, 2.5 19 /
4 10
, 7.7 /
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