CE 5710: PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DESIGN

Assignment 2: Analysis of Prestress and Axial/Bending Stresses

Take Q to have a magnitude given by the two digits of your Roll No.

1. A partially prestressed tie member of a concrete truss, 1.5m long and with a square cross-
section 210 mm × 210 mm, is subject to an axial tension of 550 kN at service loads. Given that
the effective prestress in the tendons is 900 MPa. Assume modulus of elasticity of reinforcing steel
and prestressing steel, Es =2×105 MPa and modulus of elasticity of concrete, Ec = 30000 MPa, area
of prestressing steel, Ap=(450+0.5Q) mm2, and area of reinforcing steel, As=314 mm2. Determine
(a) the stress in the concrete at transfer and at service
loads
(b) the additional tensile force that the section can resist Ap
up to cracking, assuming an allowable tensile strength As
210
of 3 MPa in concrete. mm
(c) the load factor at collapse assuming ultimate stress in
prestressing steel, fpk =1860 MPa and yield stress of 210 mm
reinforcing steel, fy = 500 MPa. Consider partial safety Fig. 1. Cross-section of the member
factors as per code.

2. For the above problem, plot the axial load (P) versus deformation (Δ) curve (Fig 2.1) marking
the values at the salient points (A, B, C, D, E, F, G). Consider M45 concrete and ultimate failure
strain of 0.0035 in concrete in compression. Consider the characteristic stress strain curves for
steel and concrete (no partial safety factors to be applied). Use elasto-plastic stress strain diagrams
for reinforcing and prestressing steel (Fig. 2.2). Use relations given below for concrete in
compression. Assume a linear stress strain relationship up to fct = 3.0 MPa for concrete in tension.
   c    c 2 
f c  0.67 f ck  2     for 0   c  0.002
  0.002   0.002  
  c  
2

f c  0.67 f ck 1  0.25   1  for 0.002   c  0.0035

  0.002  

Stress
P E

C fpk Prestressing
steel
B D

A Reinforcing
Δ steel
fy
G
F
g
0.05 0.08 Strain

Fig. 2.1. Typical load-deformation curve Fig. 2.2. Stress strain curve for steel

3. A 20m simply supported beam of cross section as shown in Fig. 3 is post tensioned with a
parabolic cable with zero eccentricity at the ends having an area of 1750 mm2. Assume that the
effective stress at transfer in steel is (1400+Q) MPa, fpk = 1860 MPa with 15% additional losses
due to long term losses. Use M40 concrete.
(a) Locate the distance of the two kern points from CGC.
(b) Determine the stress distribution at the midspan and support sections, when the beam is
supporting its own weight.
(c) Find the maximum load (uniformly distributed) that can be imposed to achieve ‘no tension’
condition.
(d) Draw the variation of cracking moments along the span and compare with the bending
moment diagram due to the total load corresponding to ‘no tension’ condition.
460
180

140 920

115 180

All dimensions in mm
Fig. 3 Section at midspan