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GENERAL METHODS OF PRESTRESSING

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 GENERAL METHODS OF PRESTRESSING

Assist. Prof. Dr. Hussam Ali Mohammed

Consultant of Structural Engineering
Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University /Al-Mussaib Technical Collage

Subject topics: General methods of prestressing

Subject layout:
1. Pre-tensioning. When the prestressing steel is tensioned against independent
anchorages before the concrete is placed around it, the process is termed
pretensioning’. This term applies to the steel only, and it is therefore incorrect
in the strict sense to speak of ‘pre-tensioned beams’ or ‘pre-tensioned
concrete’, though these terms are often used in this book in connection with
examples. In this case the concrete is bonded to the tensioned steel; when the
concrete has attained the necessary strength the tension at the anchorages is
gradually released and the steel is severed at the ends of the member. This
application of the prestressing force to the concrete is termed the ‘transfer’ of
the prestressing force. The full prestressing force is transferred to the concrete
over a certain ‘transmission length’, the extent of which depends on the surface
condition and cross-sectional profile of the steel, its diameter, and the strength
of the concrete.
2. Post’tensioning. When the steel is tensioned after the concrete has hardened
the process is termed ‘post-tensioning’. The prestressing force is transferred to
the concrete by means of end anchorages at the time when the steel is
tensioned. The steel must not be bonded to the concrete before tensioning or
the attainment of the necessary elongation would be impossible, and contact
between the steel and the concrete should be reduced as much as possible. The
tensioned steel may be individual wires or strands, cables composed of
separate wires or strands, or alloy bars, and may be placed in ducts, sheaths,
open grooves or recesses in the concrete, or outside the concrete altogether. If,
however, unbonded tendons (i.e. tendons covered with grease and plastic
coating) are used, they can be cast into the concrete. Some reduction of the
total tensioning force occurs at sections distant from the tensioning end due to
friction between the steel and the concrete or sheath even if the steel is straight
throughout its length.

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Tee Prestressed Concrete Beams", PhD Thesis, Baghdad University, 2005.
3. Hussam Ali Mohammed, "Nonlinear Analysis of Flanged Reinforced Concrete Beams
Using Three-Dimensional Finite Element Model", MSc Thesis, Saddam University, 2000.
4. Hussam Ali Mohammed, Ihsan A. Shaarbaf, Khild S. Mahmod, "Finite Element Analysis
of Prestressed Concrete Double Tee Beams", Journal of Babylon University for
Engineering Science, Vol.12, No.5, 2006.
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Beams", Journal of kerbala University, Vol.8, No.1, 2010.
6. Hussam Ali Mohammed, "Finite Element Analysis of Non-Prismatic Prestressed Concrete
Double Tee Beams" Journal of Kerbala University, Vol.8, No.1, 2010.
7. Hussam Ali Mohammed, " Analysis and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures”,
Book, 1st Addition , ISBN: 978-9922-20-144-3, 2018.
8. Hussam Ali Mohammed, "Analysis and Design of Precast Concrete Structures”, 1st
Addition Book, ISBN: 978-9922-20-146-7, 2018.
9. Hussam Ali Mohammed, "Analysis and Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures”, 1st
Addition Book , ISBN: 978-9922-20-145-0, 2018.
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Al-Awsat Technical University - Technical Collage of Al-Mussaib - Session Presentation,
Iraq, Nov. 2018.
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Presentation presented to Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University - Technical Collage of
Al-Mussaib - Session Presentation, Iraq, April. 2018.
12. Hussam Ali Mohammed, "Variety of Precast Concrete", Presentation presented to Al-
Furat Al-Awsat Technical University - Technical Collage of Al-Mussaib - Session
Presentation, Iraq, Nov. 2018.
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presented to Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University - Technical Collage of Al-Mussaib -
Session Presentation, Iraq, Dec. 2018.
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Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University - Technical Collage of Al-Mussaib - Session
Presentation, Iraq, Dec. 2018.
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Walls in Local Projects", Presentation presented to Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University
- Technical Collage of Al-Mussaib - Session Presentation, Iraq, Dec. 2018.

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