POST TENSION SLAB IN

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
WHAT IS POST TENSIONING SYSTEM?

In post-tensioning, the concrete units are

first cast by incorporating ducts or grooves to
house the tendons .when the concrete attains
sufficient strength, the high-tensile wires are
tensioned by means of jack bearing on the
end face of the member and anchored by
wedges or nuts.
GENERAL STRUCTURE OF PT
 PRINCIPLES OF POST TENSIONING

 Wedge action producing a frictional grip on the wires.

 Direct bearing from rivet or bolt heads formed at the end
of the wires.
 Looping the wires around the concrete.
IN SLABS
Two categories of PT system are
used:
UN-BONDED SYSTEM
&
BONDED SYSTEM
 BONDED SYSTEM
• For bonded system the post-tensioned strands are installed
in galvanized steel or plastic ducts.
• The duct can be either circular-or oval-shaped.
• The anchorage transfers the force from the stressing jack
into the concrete.
• The duct and the strands contained within are collectively
called a tendon.
• Due to the concentrated arrangement of the strands
within the ducts a high force can be applied to a small
concrete section.
 UN –BONDED SYSTEM

• In an unbonded system the individual steel strands are encapsulated in a

polyurethane sheath & the voids between the sheath & the strand are filled with
rust-inhibiting grease
• The tendon can be prefabricated off site.
• The force loss due to friction is lower than for bonded tendons due to the action of
the grease.
• A broken tendon cause’s prestress to be lost for the full length of that tendon.
• Careful attention is required in design to ensure against progressive collapse.
ARRANGEMENT OF UNBONDED POST-TENSIONING
SYSTEM
UNBONDED POST-TENSIONING CONSTRUCTION
DIFFERENT POST-TENSIONING SYSTEMS

FREYSSINET SYSTEM

GIFFORD-UDALL

LEE-MC CALL SYSTEM

MAGNEL- BLATON SYSTEM

BBRV PT SYSTEM

PRESCON SYSTEM

BAUR-LEONHARDT SYSTEM
 FREYSSINET SYSTEM

 Widely used in Europe and India

 It consists of cylinder with a conical interior
 Large no of wires or strands can be
simultaneously tensioned
using the double acting hydraulic jack.
 GIFFORD-UDALL SYSTEM
 The system developed in UK
 It consists of steel spilt-cone and cylindrical
female cone anchorages.
 In this system each wire is tensioned
separately
 LEE-MC CALL SYSTEM

 The tendons comprise high –tensile

bars of diameter varying from 12-
40 mm which are thread at ends.

 After tensioning each bar is

anchored by screwing a nut &
washer tightly against the end
plates
 It has a disadvantage in that
curved tendons cannot be used
MAGNEL-BLATON PT SYSTEM

 Adopt metallic sandwich plates, flat

wedges and a distribution plate for
anchoring the wires
 Sandwich plate can house up to four
pairs of wires
 The no. of wires in the magnel cable
varies from 2-64
 BBRV SYSTEM
 Developed in1949 by four Swiss engineers-
Birkenmeier,Brandestini,Ros&Vogt.
 This system well suited for transmitting large
forces
 At present tendons capable of developing forces
up to 12000KN are available under this system
ONE WAY & TWO WAY SLAB

• One way floors carry the applied loading

primarily in one direction and are treated
as beams or plane frames.
• Two-way spanning floors have the ability to
sustain the applied loading in two
directions.
STRUCTURAL FORMS
STRUCTURAL FORMS
 MATRIALS &
MATERILS
EQUIPMENT
• FORM WORK

• CONCRETE

• STRANDS

• TENDONS

• DUCTS

• ANCHORAGE

• WEDGES
 FORM WORK

• The formwork for a PT floor is similar to

that for a reinforced concrete floor.

Tendons arrangement inside formwork prior of casting

 STRAND

• Strand is made from seven cold drawn high

carbon steel wires.
• Seven individuals wires, with six wires helically
wound to a long pitch around a centre wire.
• All strands should be grade 1860 Mpa
• Strand is mostly available in two nominal size
12.7mm&15.7mm diameter
 TENDONS
Tendons protection

Unbonded tendons

• unbonded tendons are protected by a layer of grease inside a plastic sheath.

UNBONDED TENDONS

• Single strand coated with corrosion inhibiting

grease and encased in polyethylene sheathing
• PT force is transferred to the concrete by the
anchors provided at the ends
BONDED TENDONS
 BONDED TENDONS

ADVANTAGES
• Higher flexural capacity.
• Good flexural crack
distribution.
• Good corrosion
protection.
• Flexibility for later cutting
of penetrations.
• Easier demolition.
 DUCTS
• The duct is the sheath for the PT strand or bar.
• The duct must be accurately fabricated, placed and
secured.
• Duct materials are required to be high density
polyethylene(HDPE),polypropylene or schedule
40galvanized steel pipes.
 ANCHORAGES
• The anchorage points apply additional
horizontal force and vertical forces to the
existing structure.

The factors that need to be considered in the

design of anchorages are:
• Attached to soffit.
• Through a beam or column.
WEDGES
 EQUIPMENTS
1.Stressing jack
2.Swaging jack
3.Strand threading
machine
4.Strand cutters or Monojack
shears
5.Grout mixer&pump

Prestressing jack.
STRESSING JACKS
Tensioning of strand cables using a monostrand jack
CURVED NOSE JACKS
 ADVANTAGES OF PT
1.Longer span
2.Overall structural cost
3.Reduced floor to floor
height.
4.Deflection &cracks
control
5.Waterproof slabs
6.Early formwork
stripping
7.Materials handling
8.Fast construction
ECONOMICS
SAVINGS

Exponential saving for spans > 7.3 m

REDUCED CONSTRUCTION TIME: 1000m2 every 5 days
ESSENTIAL ADVANTAGES OF PRESTRESSING:
ƒ Reduce the Quantity of Concrete;
ƒ Reduce Quantity of Reinforcement;
ƒ Simplify Reinforcement Works;

This will lead to:

ƒ Decrease cost of material for slab;
 DISADVANTAGES
Since there are a number of tendons and wires spread
inside the post tension slab, it can result in corrosion.

Complexity of work.

Poor workmanship can lead to accidents.

 APPLICATIONS OF PT
 It used to fabricate large members, such as long –
span bridge decks of the box – girder type by
prestressing together a number of smaller precast
units
 The chief merit of post –tensioning is that it allows
the use of curved and stopped-off cables
 Post-tensioning is variably used for strengthening
concrete dams, circular prestressing of large
concrete tanks & biological shields of nuclear
reactors
EXAMPLES OF PT
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ATTENTION