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Problem 5:
A prestressed concrete T-beam has 1200-mm flange width, 100-mm flange thickness, 250-mm web width, and
600-mm web height measured from top of the flange. The beam is simply supported and has a span length of
7.5 m. It is superimposed with continuous vehicle traffic equivalent to 40 kN/m live load. The only service dead
load is the weight of the beam, which is equal to 2,300 kg/m3. The parabolic prestressing tendon has
eccentricity of 150 mm at midspan, and is subjected to an initial prestressing force of 1,300 kN. The tendons
were designed to have a maximum prestress loss of 12% of the initial prestress in steel. Determine the flexural
stress distribution at midspan during transfer stage, and when the member is under full-service load using the
conventional method. Furthermore, if specified concrete compressive strength is 34 MPa, and strength at the
time of transfer is 28 MPa, is the beam safe?

Given:
Load data: Section properties:
Pi 1300 kN e 150 mm
kg 9.81 N kN bf 1200 mm
γc 2300 22.563
3 kg 3 hf 100 mm
m m
kN
wLL 40 bw 250 mm
m
hw 500 mm
R 12 %
f'ci 28 MPa
L 7.5 m
f'c 34 MPa

Required: Stress at support and midspan under initial and final condition (Conventional method)
Solution:
Section properties:
Ac bf hf bw hw 2.45 10
5
mm
2
1
hf hw
bf hf bw hw hf
c1
2
Ac
2
203.06 mm measured from top 0.5
c2 hw hf c1 396.94 mm measured from bottom 0.5
2 2
hf hw
1
1 3 1 3 9 4
Ic b h bf hf c1 b h bw hw hf c1 8.2144 10 mm
12 f f 2 12 w w 2
Ic
r 183.11 mm
Ac

1. Stress at initial condition (during transfer stage)

1.a. Compute the stresses due to initial prestress 'Pag walang tinama ang student sa
Pi Pi e c1 lahat simula umpisa, check kung ang
f1i
Ac Ic
0.48568 MPa mali ay dun values na nasa figure. If
Pi Pi e c2 ang mali ay nasa figure, then score is
f2i 14.729 MPa 5/10. If mali simula umpisa pero di
Ac Ic
tinuloy hanggang stress limit check,
1.b. Compute the stresses due to self-weight only: then 4/10. If nagsimula ng solution
wc γc Ac 5.5279
kN per di tinuloy, 2/10. 'Pag wala
2
m talagang ginawa 0/10.
wc L
Msw 38.868 kN m
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Msw c1
f1s 0.96083 MPa
Ic
Msw c2
f2s 1.8782 MPa
Ic
1.c. Total stresses at midspan during transfer stage. Add stressesdue to Pi and self-weight:
f1ti f1i f1s 1.4465 MPa 1
f2ti f2i f2s 12.851 MPa 1
2. Stress at final condition (after prestress losses are accounted)
2.a. Compute the stresses due to effective prestress
Pe 1 R Pi 1144 kN 1
Pe Pe e c1
f1f 0.42739 MPa
Ac Ic
Pe Pe e c2
f2f 12.962 MPa
Ac Ic
or just multiply the stresses at initial prestressing force by (1 - %Loss):
f1f 1 R f1i 0.42739 MPa
f2f 1 R f2i 12.962 MPa

2.b. Stresses due to superimposed service loads (unfactored dead load + live load) and self-weight:
2
wLL L
Mss 281.25 kN m
8
MT Msw Mss 320.12 kN m

MT c1
f1t 7.9134 MPa
Ic
MT c2
f2t 15.469 MPa
Ic
2.c. Stresses at midspan during final stage:
f1tf f1f f1t 8.3408 MPa 1
1
f2tf f2f f2t 2.5074 MPa

Stress limits at initial stage:

fci 0.60 f'ci 16.8 MPa > f1ti and f2ti 0.5
f'ci
fti 0.25 MPa 1.3229 MPa
MPa
Stress limits at final stage:
fcf 0.45 f'c 15.3 MPa > f1tf 0.5
f'c
ftf 0.5 MPa
MPa
2.9155 MPa > f2tf 0.5
Since all applied stressess at initial and final stages are less than the stress limits, the beam is safe.

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