Beirut Arab University Test 2 (27-11-2013) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dept. of Civil Engineering-Debbieh Campus Allowed time: 50min -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Prestressed Concrete (CIVE 560) Fall Semester (2013-2014)
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Student Name: ID: .
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Problem I (10PTS):
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A prestressed concrete beam produced by pre-tensioning
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method has a rectangular cross-section of 300mm ×600 mm (b × h).
It is prestressed with 9 numbers of straight 12.7mm diameter seven -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
600mm
wires strands at 0.8 times the ultimate strength of 1680 Mpa. 110mm -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The beam is simply supported over a span of 10m. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimate the percentage loss of stress due to elastic shortening of concrete.
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Do not considered the effect of prestressing steel when determining
the centroid of the section. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
300mm
Consider n=6 and concrete specific weight=25kN/m3 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Strand’s area=99mm2
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 Problem II (15PTS): -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The post-tensioning beam shown below is a simply supported over a span of 10.0 m. The five -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12.7mm diameter seven wires strands has cover to prestressed reinforcement of 110mm as -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
shown. All strands are jacked at a stress of 1395Mpa. The value of the wobble friction is 0.005 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/m and the curvature coefficient is 0.25. Assuming the curvature of the strands is based on a
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circular profile. Determine;
a) if all strands are stressed from one end at B, the friction loss of stress in the prestressing -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
strands and the tendon’s force at point C of the member. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b) if all strands are stressed simultaneously from both ends, -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
i- the friction loss of stress in the prestressing strands and the tendon’s force at -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
midspan of the member. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
i- the residual tendon’s force at jacking end after an anchorage set of 1mm.
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Strand’s area=99mm2 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eps=193Gpa A -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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B C -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
600mm
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110mm
300mm
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300mm
5m 5m -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Solution: A
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