PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

STRUCTURES

Professor Dr. Hashim Abdul Razak

Barton Offices, Canberra

Framed structure
Precast concrete
columns (paired)
Prestressed 30m
spandrel beams
Barton Offices, Canberra

Floor T-beams 1.5m

wide, span 16m
Very large column
free areas
Narrows Bridge, Perth
Long central span
of 97.5m (320ft)
Deck designed as
double cantilevers
with suspended
beams
Continuous under
live loads
Anchored on north
abutment and all
expansion
provided at south
abutment
Sg. Perak Bridge -Teluk Intan
Main span 160m,
side spans 95m
Balanced cantilever
Continuity at mid-
span
In-situ concrete with
travelling formwork
Second Severn Crossing
Approach viaduct
consist of precast twin
box externally
prestressed sections.

Each viaduct spanning

from Avon (English)
and Ghent (Welsh)
sides 2km and total of
25 span i.e. 80m in
length.
Gladesville Bridge, Sydney
Deck comprised of
eight precast
prestressed beams
spanning 30.4m
Continuous over 19
spans
Supported on
precast
prestressed
columns
Precast RC box-
section ribbed
arch, 304m span
RIP Bridge, New South Wales
Prestressed concrete
cantilever bridge
over RIP (Rapid
Tidal Current)
Central span 180m
Supported on
precast prestressed
columns
Precast PSC arch
ribs, deck beams,
verticals and
diagonals