Civil Engineering

Department

Flexural Analysis of
Prestressed Concrete
Members
Fawad Muzaffar
M.Sc. Structures (Stanford University)
Ph.D. Structures (Stanford University)

BasicConceptsReinforcedvs.
PrestressedMembers
DifferenceBetweenReinforcedandPreStressedConcrete

StressesinLongitudinalReinforcement
ControlofCrackingandDeflection
ControlofStiffnessoftheMember
InternalMomentArm

InternalStressStateofPrestressedBeam
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InternalStressStateofOrdinary
ReinforcedBeam
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BasicConcepts EffectsofEccentricity
Theeffectof
Eccentricity

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BasicConcepts SomeTerminologies

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects TheBasic
Concept
MethodsofAnalysisforFlexuralEffects
BasicConceptMethod,CLineMethod,LoadBalancingMethod

BasicConceptMethod
StressatTransferofPrestress

StressduetoPrestress+SelfWeightDeadLoad

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects TheC
LineMethod
AtServiceLoad

TheCLineMethod
PrestressingForceisTreatedasExternalForce
EquilibriumEqua ons(M=0;H=0)areusedtoanalyzeforforce
effects.
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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects TheCLine
Method
MomentArminPrestressedMembers

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects TheC
LineMethod
DerivationofCLineExpressions
FromM=0;H=0
Or
FromFigure
Pluggingvalueofaresultsin

or
e=M/Te
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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects TheC
LineMethodDerivation
FromBasicConcept=>
Also:r=(I/A),e=a e

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects TheC
LineMethodDerivation
FromBasicConcept=>
Also:r=(I/A),e=a e

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects TheC
LineMethod(KeyTakeaway)

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects TheLoad
BalancingMethod
UsingC=T=Pe
With

TheLoadBalancingMethod
DevelopedbyT.Y.Lin ApplicabletoNonStraightTendonsOnly
UsefulinAnalysisofIndeterminatePrestressedStructures
TheBasicConcept

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects The
CableEquation
FromEquilibrium

whichIndicatesthat
Equation1

Assume toremainconstantfor
infinitelysmallfractionofcable

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects The
CableEquation
EliminatingTfromaboveequations

Differentiatingtheaboveexpression
resultsinthefollowing
Equation2
ComparingEquations1and2resultsin

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffectsTheLoad
BalancingMethod
LoadBalancingMethodforParabolicTendonProfile
TendonProfile:
FromBoundaryConditions
atx=0i.e.y=0 anddy/dx=0

Atx=l/2

DifferentiatingtheProfile
expressiontwice,resultsin

Or
FromCalculus

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffectsTheLoad
BalancingMethod
FlexuralStressWhenBalancedLoadisApplied

FlexuralStressesduetoUnbalancedLoad

where
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VariationofStressinPrestressing
SteelwithLoading

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Bondedvs.UnbondedTendons,
AdoptionofSectionalProperties

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffectsAnalysis
Example
Example:

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffectsAnalysis
Example
Example

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffectsAnalysis
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TheBasicConceptApproach

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffectsAnalysis
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AnalysisforFlexuralEffectsAnalysis
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TheCLineMethod

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects Analysis
Example
TheLoadBalancingMethod

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AnalysisforFlexuralEffects Analysis
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