APPLICATION OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

GUIDE:- Prof. JAMALUDDIN MAGHRABI

HARISH NUTRAGANTI -A38
SIDDESH NAIK- A39
JAGDISH PATIL-A51
ADITYA MULEY-A54
CONTENTS:-

1. INTRODUCTION
2. NEED OF DOING THIS PROJECT
3. METHODOLOGY
4. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
5. AIM
6. STAGES OF THE PROJECT
7.REFERENCES
 INTRODUCTION
Eugene Freyssine, the inventor of prestressed concrete built the first ever major Luzancy Bridge
in France -1946 with prestressing technology. Now, Prestressed concrete has become an important factor
in structural and Civil Engineering.

The principle behind prestressed concrete is that compressive stresses induced by high-strength steel
tendons in a concrete member before loads are applied will balance the tensile stresses imposed in the
member during service.
Prestressing is typically used to permit longer spans and to minimize the structural depth of beams and
slabs.

Overall, prestressing is an efficient structural form, which minimizes the volume of concrete required and
permits new types of structures (not affordable with ordinary reinforced concrete).
 NEED OF THE PROJECT
To study the concept of pre-stressed concrete technology, its methodology,
application, advantages, disadvantages and various other factors.
 METHODOLOGY:-
Pre-tensioning
In pre-tensioning, the concrete is poured around the already-tensioned
cables and allowed to harden and hold the cables in place. When the concrete is
solid and cured, the ends of the tensioned cables are cut and the tension is
released into the beam or slab. The following figure shows the stages of pre
tensioning.
Post-tensioning

In post-tensioning, the tension is applied to the tendons located in duct

after hardening of the concrete. The compression is further transferred form steel
to the concrete by the anchorage device which are at the end of the ducts.
The following figure shows the stages of post tensioning.
PSC BRIDGE GIRDER:-

The Principal of prestressed concrete has been widely applied for the design of bridges
Prestressing technique eliminates the cracking of concrete. Presence of cracks lowers
the capacity of structure to bear reversal of stresses, impact, vibration and shock. This
reduces the maintenance cost and provides smoother deck for high-speed driving.

The prestressing technique increases the shear capacity of concrete.

Precast prestressed girders are a type of concrete girder that facilitates the rapid
construction of a bridge using girders fabricated off-site and then transported and
erected into place at the job site.
PRESTRESSED BOX GRIDER:-

A box girder (also known as tubular girder) is a girder that forms an enclosed
tube or hollow box like structure with multiple walls Box-girders are considered
one of the most flexible forms of the bridge deck. Box-girders allow an
economical range of spans from 30 meters to 300 meters
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS:-
The Deck slab of box girder is designed for IRC loading with live load at
different positions on the deck. The load from deck slab is transferred to the
main girders . The live load bending moment and shear force are calculated
and the girder is designed for pre-stressed concrete girder. The finite element
3D modeling is done in STAAD Pro with dead load and live load applied and
the final stresses, principles, deflection, etc.
Web thickness :-The thickness of the web shall not be less than d/36 plus
twice the clear cover to the reinforcement.
Bottom flange thickness:-The thickness of the bottom flange of box girder
shall be not less than 1/20th of the clear web spacing at the junction with
bottom flange or 200 mm whichever is more.
Top flange thickness:- The minimum thickness of the deck slab including
that at cantilever tips shall be 200 mm.
Spacing:- In box girders, effective and adequate bond and shear resistance
shall be provided at the junction of the web and the slabs.
PSC RAILWAY SLEEPERS:-

Prestressed Concrete Sleepers are designed to resist dynamic form of loading mainly. The
principle function of the sleepers is to distribute the wheel loads carried by the rails to the
ballast. Prestressed concrete sleepers are supplied ready for laying straight from the factory
meaning that all the reinforcing has been built into the slippers and prestressed in accordance
with the standards.
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS:-
Indian standard (IS:12269-1987) with amendment No.6 of June 2000, specification for 53-
S grade cement for manufacture of concrete sleepers.

• Type and spacing:- The prestressed concrete sleepers intended for track designs using
centre to centre spacing of sleepers of 500 mm to 750 mm.

• Shape and dimensions:- The depth and width of the sleeper may vary throughout it’s
length. The minimum Length of the sleeper shall be determined by the bond
development requirements of the prestressing tendons, and the base width shall then be
determined by the allowable bearing pressure.

• Clear tendon cover:- Minimum clear concrete cover to tendons at the soffit of the
sleeper shall be 35mm. Elsewhere, the minimum clear concrete cover to tendons
generally shall be 25mm with the exception that the tendons may be exposed at the end
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Author(year) AIM CONCLUSION

They concluded that PSC beams

A.R.MUNDHADA & To investigate the design of
are decidedly superior as
MOHMMAD SHAHEZAD continuous RCC beams & PSC
compared to conventional RCC
(2016) beams.
beams.

As PSC T beam girder allows

designer to have less heaver
To study the behavior of PSC
RAJAMOORI ARUN section as compared to RCC T
beams,& comparison between
KUMAR & B.VAMSI beam girder for 24m span.
RCC T bridge girder & PSC T
KRISHNA (2012) Deflection for PSC T-beam
bridge girder
girder is less than RCC T-beam
Girder Bridge.
 Author(year) AIM CONCLUSION
The study concluded that the
single prestressed concrete box
MAYANK CHOURASIA AND Comparative study between girder were most suitable and
DR. SALEEM four cell and single cell economical cross section for 2
AKHTAR(2015) prestressed concrete box girder lane Indian national highway
bridges.

I-beam bridges are one of the

most commonly used types of
bridge because of its better
SHUBHAM LANDGE Study of bridge stability, serviceability,
(2018) construction. economy, aesthetic appearance
and structural efficiency.
Structurally they are simple to
construct.
AIM:-

To study typical application of prestressed concrete.

STAGES OF THE PROJECT:-
*PHASE 2A
1) CONCEPTUAL STUDY OF PSC
2) METHODS OF PRESTRESSING
3) APPLICATIONS OF PRESTRESSING
4) METHODLOGY OF THE PROJECT
5) DESIGN CONSIDERATION FOR PSC GIRDERS AND SLEEPERS

*PHASE 2B
1) 3D MODEL OF A PRE STRESSED BRIDGE GIRDER
2) STUDY OF PRETENSIONED SLAB
 REFERENCES:-
1) IRC 18-2000 design criteria for prestressed concrete bridges (post tensioned
member).

2) IS 1343-1980 indian standard code of practice for pre stresses concrete.

3) Prestressed Concrete Book by Krishna Raju.

4) Prestressed concrete structures by dayaratnam.

5) Shubham Landge, Umesh Bhagat, Shubham Bhaisare, Ved Prakash, Dr. I. P.

Khedikar, Analysis and Design of Pre-stressed Concrete I-Girder Bridge-IRJET,
2018.

6) Rahul mate, C.B Pol, Theoretical modeling of prestressed nano-concrete sleeper

IRJET, 2021.

7) Gauthaman P, Prestressed Concrete Sleepers Importance and Innovation IRJET,

2017.
Thank you.