CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering

Precast and Prestressed Concrete Structures
(CIVI 6011) Fall 2016
ASSIGNMENT NO.1
Due: Monday Sep 30, 2016
Question 1:
A simply supported pretensioned double T-beam for a floor has a span of 70 ft
(21.3 m) and the geometrical dimensions shown. It is subjected to a gravity liveload intensity WL = 480 plf (7 kN/m), and the prestressing tendon has an
eccentricity at midspan of ec = 19.96 in. (490 mm).
Compute the concrete extreme fiber stresses in this beam at transfer and at
service load, and verify whether they are within the permissible limits.

Section Properties

Material Properties:

Ac = 1185 in.2
Ig = 109621 in.4
Cb = 25.65 in.
Ct = 8.35 in.
Sb = 4274 in.3
St = 13128 in.3
WD = 1234 plf
82 psf
V/S = 2.45 in.

Concrete:
fc = 6000 psi
fci = 4800 psi
Prestressing steel:
16-1/2 in.-dia stress-relieved seven
wire strands
fpu = 270000 psi
fpi = 189000 psi
fpe = 145000 psi

Question 2:
A T-shaped simply supported beam has the cross section shown. It has a span of
36 ft (11 m), is loaded with a gravity live-load unit intensity WL = 2500 plf (36.5
kN/m), and is prestressed with twelve 1/2 in.-dia (twelve 12.7 mm-dia) seven-wire
stress-relived strands. Compute the concrete fiber stresses at service load.
Assume that the tendon eccentricity at midspan is ec = 9.6 in. (244 mm).Then
given that
fc = 5000 psi (34.5 MPa)
fpe = 165000 psi (1138 MPa)
Note: Assume any missing data.
12

18

30

12

24

Question 3:
a) Determine the cracking moment for the section in Question 1 above.
b) Determine the cracking moment for the section in Question 2 above.