f

cm
43MPa =
Elastic modulus of concrete E
cm
22000 MPa
f
cm
10 MPa
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0.3
:= E
cm
34077MPa =
Transfer strength usually about 70 % of the final strength
Development of concrete strengh according to EC2
Cement type parameter s 0.2 := (rapid-cement)
EC2 equation 3.4 ( ) ,
Development strength of strength
cc
t ( ) e
s 1
28
t

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:=
Mean strength, when age of concrete is t f
cmt
t ( )
cc
t ( ) f
cm
:=
At transfer: f
cmi
0.7 f
cm
:= f
cmi
30.1MPa =
=>
cci
0.7 :=
Development of elastic modulus as a function of time E
cmt
t ( )
f
cm
t ( )
f
cm
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0.3
E
cm
:=
EC2 equation (3.5)
f
cmt
t ( )
f
cm

cc
t ( ) :=
f
cmt
t ( )
f
cm

cc
t ( ) :=
f
cmi
f
cm
0.7 =
Prestressed concrete structure
Transfer stage - elastic shortening
Example
Beam b*h with centric prestessing; area of the prestressing strands Ap
b 500 mm := h 500 mm :=
Bruttoarea A b h := A 0.25m
2
=
Area of prestressing strands A
p
1000 mm
2
:=
Initial stress just before the transfer
pi
1250 MPa :=
Elasic modulus of the strands E
p
195000 MPa :=
Strain of the strand just before the transfer
pi

pi
E
p
:=
pi
6.41%o =
Prestressing force just before the transfer P
i

pi
A
p
:= P
i
1250kN =
Concrete C35/45 (characteristic cylinder /characteristic cubic compressive strength)
Characteristic strength f
ck
35MPa :=
Mean strength f
cm
f
ck
8 MPa + :=
Concrete stress
c

c
E
cmi
:=
c
4.895 MPa =
Netto area of concrete A
c
A A
p
:= A
c
0.249m
2
=
Concrete stress resultant N
c
A
c

c
:= N
c
1218.827 kN =
Change of strain of the strands
p

c
:=
p
0.16 %o =
Change of stress of the strands due to the elastic shortening
pe

p
E
p
:=

pe
31.173 MPa =
Stress of the strands just after the transfer
p

pi

pe
+ :=
p
1218.8MPa =
Force of the strands just after the transfer P
p
A
p
:= P 1218.827kN =
Equilibrium P N
c
+ 0N =
Elastic modulus of concrete at transfer E
cmi
f
cmi
f
cm
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0.3
E
cm
:= E
cmi
30619MPa =
Ratio of elastic modulies n
e
E
p
E
cmi
:= n
e
6.369 =
Area of the transformed cross-section A
m
A n
e
1
( )
A
p
+ := A
m
0.255m
2
=
Netto area of concrete A
c
A A
p
:= A
c
0.249m
2
=
Axial rigidity of the beam cross-section EA E
cmi
A
c
E
p
A
p
+ :=
EA E
cmi
A A
p

( )
E
p
A
p
+ := EA 7819MN =
EA E
cmi
A E
p
E
cmi

( )
A
p
+ :=
EA E
cmi
A
E
p
E
cmi
1
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A
p
+

(
(

:=
EA E
cmi
A
m
:=
Concrete strain
c
P
i

EA
:=
c
P
i

E
cmi
A
m

:=
c
0.16 %o =