Beirut Arab University-BAU

Dept. of Civil Engineering

Prestressed Concrete
Assignment II, Due date: 30/10/2013

Problem I:

A prestressed concrete sleeper produced by pre-tensioning

method has a rectangular cross-section of 300mm × 250 mm
(b × h). It is prestressed with 9 numbers of straight 7mm
diameter wires at 0.8 times the ultimate strength of 1570
2
N/mm . Estimate the percentage loss of stress due to elastic
shortening of concrete
a- If the prestressing steel is not considered for the centroid of the section.
b- If the prestressing steel is considered for the centroid of the section.
Consider n = 6.

Problem II:

A pretensioned simply supported T beam has a span of 20.5 m and the geometry
shown in the following figure. The ten 12.7 mm diameter strands has an eccentricity
at midspan of ec = 58.83cm.

Assume that prior to transfer, the jacking stress on the tendon was 1395 Mpa.
Compute the magnitude of loss in prestress due to the effect of elastic shortening of
the concrete.

Concrete material
f′c =40Mpa
f′ci =30Mpa

Properties of section
A = 3548 cm2
I = 3,415,803 cm4
ct = 32.77 cm
cb = 68.83 cm
St = 104,254 cm3
Sb = 49,620 cm3
Wd = 8.516 KN/m (own weight)

1 Dr. Zaher Abou Saleh –Dept. of Civil Engineering, Beirut Arab University-Debbieh Campus
Prestressed Concrete Structures, Fall 2013