LoadCombinationandAllowableStresses

loadcombina onsduetoACI2008.

1Serviceconditions:

(SW+DL)+0.3LL+1.0P.T:Sustainedcondition
(SW+DL)+1.0LL+1.0P.T:Totalservicecondition

2Initialcondition:
SW+0.0LL+1.15P.T.

3Ultimatecondition:
D.L+L.L=1.2(SW+DL)+1.6LL+1.0P.T.
D.Lonly=1.4(SW+DL)+1.0P.T.

4 CrackedLongTermDeflection

3.0DL+1.5LL+3.0P.T.

Loading Factorrelatedtoshorttermelasticdeflectionvalue
Dead 3.0
P.T.afterlosses 3.0
Live 1.5

Note:Thafactorshouldbeappliedtothedeflectionobtainedfromanelastic
analysisofthestructureusingthequasipermanentloadcombination
*Usuallytakenas:3.0DL+1.0LL+3.0P.T.

Serviceability requirements- flexural members

PrestressedflexuralmembersshallbeclassifiedasClassU,ClassT,orClassCbasedonft.The
computedextremefiberstressintensionintheprecompressedtensilezonecalculatedatserviceloads,
asfollows:

AllowableTensileStrength

AllowableCompressiveStrengthforuncrackedsectionafterLosses

 Stressesinconcreteimmediatelyafterprestresstransfer(beforetime
dependentprestresslosses)shallnotexceedthefollowing:

Permissiblestressesinprestressingsteel

Serviceabilitylimitstateafteralllosses:
Thebendingmomentscalculatedfromthecriticalloading conditionsgiven,includingthetendon
effects,providethe serviceabilitystressesateachsectionusing:

Topfiberstress: f t p M
Ac Zt

Bottomfiberstress: f b p M
Ac Zb

M M A Pe M s

Where:zt=thetopsectionmoduluszb=thebottomsectionmodulus

e=eccentricityoftendons,takenaspositivebelowMA=appliedmomentduetodeadandliveloads

MS=momentfromprestresssecondaryeffects

M=totaloutofsectionmoment

Deflectionlimitation:

Flexuralsectionstrength:

Mn={Aps*fps(dpa/2)+As*fy(dra/2)}

Shearstrengthofsections:

compressivestressinconcrete(afterallowanceforallprestresslosses)atcentroidofcross

sectionresistingexternallyappliedloadsoratjunctionofwebandflangewhenthecentroidlies

withintheflange,MPa.

Foranexteriorcolumnsupportwherethedistancefromtheoutsideofthecolumntotheedgeofthe
slabislessthanfourtimestheslabthickness,theprestressisnotfullyeffectivearoundbo,thetotal
perimeterofthecriticalsection.Shearstrengthinthiscaseisthereforeconservativelytakenthesame
asforanonprestressedslab.

Atcolumnoftwowayprestressedslabsandfootings: