BABATUNDE, L.

A 13/30GB058

BABATUNDE, Lukman Arinola

13/30GB058
CVE 568
Assignment 3

Example 1.

For the section shown in the figure, determine the stresses due to
prestress immediately after transfer and also the stresses at mid span
when member is placed on a 20-ft simple span. Use = 5000 psi and
assume that the concrete has attained a strength of 4000 psi at the time
of transfer. Use a central prestressing force of 100 kips.

1. Compute the stress in the concrete at the time of initial prestress.

With the prestressing force Ps applied at the centroid of the
section and assumed acting on the gross section Ac, the concrete
stress will be uniform over the entire section. Thus
The dimension is now:
Length = 20.058m
Height = 18.058 cm
Width = 12.058cm
𝑃𝑠 −100
𝑓= = = -0.459 KPa
𝐴𝑐 12.058(18.058)
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2. Compute the stresses due to the beam dead load:

12.058(18.058)
Weight of beam, wDL = (0.150) = 0.227 kpa
144
𝑊𝐷𝐿 𝐿2 0.227(20.058)2
Moment due to dead load,MDL = = = 11.42KN.m
8 8
𝑏ℎ3 12.058(18.058)3
Ig = = = 5917.02 m4
12 12

𝑀𝑐 (11.42 𝑥 12.058)(9)
Dead load stresses: f = = = ±0.209 KPa
𝐼 5917.02

3. Compute the stresses due to prestress plus dead load:

F(initial prestress + DL) = -0.459 ± 0.209
= -0.668 (compression, top)
= -0.253 (compression, bottom)

-0.459 -0.668

Midspan stresses for the above example.

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– Notes

• The tensile stresses due to the DL moment in the bottom of the beam
have been completely canceled out and the compression exists on the
entire cross section.

• A limited additional positive moment may be carried by the beam

without resulting in a net tensile stress in the bottom of the beam.

• This situation may be further improved on by lowering the location of

the tendon to induce additional compressive stresses in the bottom.

• This example reflects two stages of the prestress process.

• The transfer stage occurs in a pretensioned member when the

tendons are cut at the ends of the member and the prestress force has
been transferred to the beam (Figure 1).

• When the beam in this problem is removed from the forms (picked up
by its end points), dead load stresses are introduced, and in this second
stage, both the beam weight (dead load) and the prestress force are
contributors to the stress pattern within the beam.