APPENDIX

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APPENDIX
E - STEELREINFORCEMENT
INFORMATION
As an aid to users of the ACI Building Code, information on sizes, areas, and weights of various steel
reinforcementis presented,

ASTM STANDARDREINFORCING
BARS
Nominal Nominal area, Nominal mass,
Bar size,no. diameter,mm mm2
t0 9.5 7l 0.560
l3 t29 o.994
t6 15.9 199 1.552
l9 19.1 2M 2.235
zz 22.2 387 3.U2
25 25.4 5t0 3.973
29 zE.7 645 5.060
32 -, z.-1 819 6.404
JO 35.8 I 006 7.907
43 43.0 1452 I t.38
57.3 258| 20.24
*Bu numbqs appnximare rtE numberof mr'Itireten of the nomiiql diamets of the btr

ASTMSTANDARDPRESTRESSING
TENDONS
Nominal Nominalarea, Nominal mass,
Tlpe dianeter, nrm nrm2 kg/m
b.4 73.2 0.182
70 37.4 0.294
Seven-wire 9.5 5t.6 O.zms
(Crade 1725) I l .l 69.7 0.5.18
12.1 92.9 0.730
15.2 139.4 L094
9.53 54.8 4.42
Seven-wire Il .t t1.z 0.582
(Grade t860) t2.70 98.7 o.775
15.24 140.0 I.toz
4.88 I8.7 0.146
4.98 19.5 0.149
6.35 31.7 o.253
'7.01 38.6 0.298
l9 284 2.23
27 387 3.O4
Prestressingbam
35 503 3.97
(plain) 29 639 5.03
32 794 6.71
35 955 7.52
t8l |.46
20 Ll I ttt
rresuEssmg D
(deformed) 26 548 4.48
1t 806 6.54
36 l 0l 9 8.28
'Awilability of mmc rqdon sires should bs investigated in adva@

ACI 318 Building Codeand Commentary

564 Chapter19 Prestressed
Concrete

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areasin posttensioning.This method is consideredto give satisfactoryresultsbecausethe chang.:

in stressesobtained if net or transformed properties are used are usually not significant.
Example 19.1 illustrates the calculations neededto determine the stressesat various point-\ ::
a simple-span prestressedrectangular beam. It will be noted that, as there are no moments at t?::
ends of a simple beam due to the extenal loads or to the beams own weight, the Mc f I part of tl:
sffess equation is zero there and the equation reduces to

-P P ec
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EXAMPLE 19.I
Calculate the stressesin the top and bottom fibers at tJrecenterline and ends of the beam shown in Figure I 9 -

SOLATION Section Properties

t: (j)ttr; : t3'824in.a
(24)3
A: (rz)(u):288in.2

M_ (3 )g o r: rs o f r_ k

Stressesat Beam Centerline

- AP - Pec Mc
_ 2so+ (2soxex12)
_ (12x150)t12)
JroP -
r -7- 288 13,824 13,824
*0.868+ 1.953- r.562: -0"477ksi
P Pec Mc
Jbottom - - + : -0'868- l'953+ 1's62: -l'25eksi
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