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    The document discusses the importance of accurately estimating prestress losses in concrete members. It notes that a designer should be able to check their estimates of prestress losses using detailed computations to ensure an efficient design. It states that losses calculated too high will result in more prestressing reinforcement and increased camber, while losses calculated too low could cause sagging and cracking under service loads. Accurate loss calculations are important so designs are neither overly conservative nor ignore losses.

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    Lecture: Prestress Losses: "Any Fool Can Know. The Point Is To Understand."

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    The document discusses the importance of accurately estimating prestress losses in concrete members. It notes that a designer should be able to check their estimates of prestress losses using detailed computations to ensure an efficient design. It states that losses calculated too high will result in more prestressing reinforcement and increased camber, while losses calculated too low could cause sagging and cracking under service loads. Accurate loss calculations are important so designs are neither overly conservative nor ignore losses.

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    Lecture: Prestress Losses

    “Any fool can know. The point is to


    understand.”

    - Albert Einstein
    In consideration thereof, a designer of prestressed concrete members should be able
    to check whether his/her estimates of prestress losses are realistic using detailed
    computations, in order to ensure the efficiency of his/her design.

    As stated in the Handout:

    “If the calculated losses are too high, that is, higher than actual losses, then more
    prestressing reinforcement is used and camber increases. If the calculated losses
    are too low, the beam sags and cracks under service load. Loss calculations should
    neither be overly conservative nor ignored.”
    For your study reading, go to the Handout
    section to download the XPS document.
    Take Note:

     The explanations in the handout is in the


    Customary English Units.
     All quantities and formulas used in any
    specific situation should be consistent with
    the unit system employed.
    To check your learning on the
    subject matter:
    Since we are using the SI units in the Philippines,
    I require you transform the units used in the
    illustrative examples into SI for better
    familiarity with the given data. Solve also
    Problem Sets 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 in SI units
    (Please see the next slide for additional instructions
    as regards to the Problem Sets) .

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