MADHURA BHANDARKAR

1DS15AT029
VII A -MMBC

PRESTRESSED
CONCRETE

ASSIGNMENT2
PRE-TENSIONING AND POST-TENSIONING
IN PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

PRE-TENSIONING METHOD STEEL TENDONS ARE STRESSED PRIOR TO

CONCRETE PLACEMENT, USUALLY AT A PRECAST PLANT REMOTE
FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

POST-TENSIONING METHOD STEEL TENDONS ARE STRESSED AFTER

THE CONCRETE HAS BEEN PLACED AND GAINED SUFFICIENT
STRENGTH AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE
 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

WHAT IS PRESTRESSING? PRESTRESSING IS A METHOD OF

REINFORCING CONCRETE, COUNTERACTING APPLIED LOADS BY
PLACING IT IN STATE OF COMPRESSION PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION
OF LOADS.

WHAT IS PRESTRESSED CONCRETE? CONCRETE IN WHICH INTERNAL

STRESSES (FORCES) ARE INDUCED BY MEANS OF PRESTRESSED
REINFORCEMENT, TYPICALLY, STEEL TENDONS. TWO COMMON
PRESTRESSING METHODS ARE PRE-TENSIONING AND POST-
TENSIONING.

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PRE-TENSIONING
IN PRESTRESSED CONNCRETE

PRE-TENSIONING IS ACCOMPLISHED BY STRESSING WIRES OR STRANDS, CALLED TENDONS, TO PREDETERMINED AMOUNT

BY STRETCHING THEM BETWEEN TWO ANCHORAGES PRIOR TO PLACING CONCRETE. THE CONCRETE IS THEN PLACED
AND TENDONS BECOME BONDED TO CONCRETE THROUGHOUT THEIR LENGTH. THIS METHOD IS DEVELOPED DUE TO
BONDING BETWEEN THE CONCRETE AND STEEL TENDONS.

PRE TENSIONING IS ONE METHOD OF APPLYING PRESTRESS.

TENDONS EITHER PASS THROUGH A SINGLE MOULD OR A
LINE OF MOULDS FOR MULTIPLE MEMBERS ARRANGED END
TO END AND CAN BE ATTACHED AT ONE END TO FIXED
ANCHORAGE.
THE TENDONS ARE THEN TENSIONED FROM THE FIXED
ANCHORAGE BETWEEN AN EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT
ANCHORAGE TO GIVE THE REQUIRED TENSILE FORCE IN THE
TENDON.
THE TENDONS ARE THEN HELD IN PLACE WHILE THE
CONCRETE IS POURED.

AFTER CONCRETE HAS HARDENED, THE TENDONS ARE RELEASED BY CUTTING THEM AT THE ANCHORAGES. THE TENDONS
TEND TO REGAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LENGTH BY SHORTENING AND IN THIS PROCESS TRANSFER THROUGH BOND A
COMPRESSIVE STRESS TO THE CONCRETE.

THE TENDONS ARE USUALLY STRESSED BY THE USE OF HYDRAULIC JACKS. THE STRESS IN TENDONS IS MAINTAINED
DURING THE PLACING AND CURING OF CONCRETE BY ANCHORING THE ENDS OF THE TENDONS TO ABUTMENTS THAT
MAY BE AS MUCH AS 200M APART. THE ABUTMENTS AND OTHER FORMWORK USED IN THIS PROCEDURE ARE CALLED
PRESTRESSING BENCH OR BED.

MOST OF THE PRE-TENSIONING CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES ARE PATENTED ALTHOUGH THE BASIC PRINCIPLE
USED IN ALL OF THEM IS COMMON AND IS WELL KNOWN.

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 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

STAGES OF PRE-TENSIONING IN CONCRETE

REINFORCEMENT FOR PRE-TENSIONING IN CONCRETE

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POST-TENSIONING
IN PRESTRESSED CONNCRETE

THE ALTERNATIVE TO PRE-TENSIONING IS POST-TENSIONING. IN A POST-TENSIONED BEAM, THE TENDONS ARE STRESSED
AND EACH END IS ANCHORED TO THE CONCRETE SECTION AFTER THE CONCRETE HAS BEEN CAST AND HAS ATTAINED
SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO SAFELY WITHSTAND THE PRESTRESSING FORCE.

POST-TENSIONING IS ANOTHER METHOD OF APPLYING PRESTRESS TO A CONCRETE MEMBER.

THE TENDON IS PLACED IN THE CORRECT POSITION IN THE FORMWORK WITH THE DEAD-END ANCHORAGE AND LIVE
END ANCHORAGE, THROUGH WHICH THE TENDON PASSES.
THE CONCRETE IS THEN POURED AND LEFT TO HARDEN.

IN POST-TENSIONING METHOD, TENDONS ARE COATED WITH GREASE OR A BITUMINOUS MATERIAL TO PREVENT THEM
FROM BECOMING BONDED TO CONCRETE. ANOTHER METHOD USED IN PREVENTING THE TENDONS FROM BONDING TO
THE CONCRETE DURING PLACING AND CURING OF CONCRETE IS TO ENCASE THE TENDON IN A FLEXIBLE METAL HOSE
BEFORE PLACING IT IN THE FORMS. THE METAL HOSE IS REFERRED TO AS SHEATH OR DUCT AND REMAINS IN THE
STRUCTURE.

AFTER THE TENDON HAS BEEN STRESSED, THE VOID BETWEEN THE TENDON AND THE SHEATH IS FILLED WITH GROUT.
THUS THE TENDONS BECOME BONDED TO CONCRETE AND CORROSION OF STEEL IS PREVENTED.

POST-TENSION PRESTRESSING CAN BE DONE AT SITE. THIS PROCEDURE MAY BECOME NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE IN
CERTAIN CASES. FOR HEAVY LOADS AND LARGE SPANS IN BUILDINGS OR BRIDGES, IT MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT TO
TRANSPORT A MEMBER FROM PRECASTING PLANT TO A JOB SITE. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRE-TENSIONING CAN BE USED
IN PRECAST AS WELL AS IN CAST-IN-PLACE CONSTRUCTION.
IN POST-TENSIONING IT IS NECESSARY TO USE SOME TYPES OF DEVICE TO ATTACH OR ANCHOR THE ENDS OF THE
TENDONS TO THE CONCRETE SECTION. THESE DEVICES ARE USUALLY REFERRED TO AS END ANCHORAGES. THERE ARE A
LARGE NUMBER OF PATENTS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANCHORAGES. THEY MAY ALSO DIFFER N THE DETAILS OF
CONSTRUCTION.

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STAGES OF POST-TENSIONING IN CONCRETE

REINFORCEMENT FOR POST-TENSIONING IN CONCRETE

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