NAME-PRONABESH ROY

UNIVERSITY ROLL-34701321045

COLLEGE NAME-JLD ENGINEERING AND

MANAGEMENT COLLEGE

UNIVERSITY NAME-MAULANA ABUL KALAM

AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOAGY

SUBJECT-PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
CODE-CE(PE)702A

TOPIC-LOSSES IN SHEAR & TORSIONAL

RESISTANCE
 INTRODUCTION
Prestressed concrete is a
Concrete construction
Material which is placed
Under compression prior
To it supporting any
Applied loads.
Types of Prestressed Concrete
Losses in Prestressed Concrete
 High Strength tendon bars have to use.As initial
prestress is around 1500-2000 N/mm2
 Total number or loss is more in Pre-tensioned
concrete compare to Pre-tensioned concrete.
 But total lose of prestress is more I Pre-
tensioned concrete compare to Post-tensioned
concrete.
 Total loss of prestress is around 15-20%.
 Transportation of prestress concrete is also a
big challenge.
 Heavy equipment and precise design.
 Elastic Shortening loss
 In Pre-tensioned concrete, when the prestress is transferred
to concrete, the member shortens and the prestressing
steel also shortens in it . Hence is a loss of prestress.
 In case of post-tensioning, if all the cables are tensioned
simultaneously there is no loss since the applied stress is
recorded after the elastic shortening has completely
occurred.
 If the cables are tensioned sequentially, there is loss in a
tendon during subsequent stretching of other tendons.
 Loss due to elastic shortening is quantified by drop in
prestress in a tendon due to change in strain in tendon.
 The change in strain in tendon is equal to the strain in
concrete at the level of tendon due to prestressing force.
 STRAIN COMPATIBILITY
 Loss due to elastic shortening is quantified by the drop
in prestressed in a tendon due to change in strain in
tendon .
 Change in strain in tendon is equal to strain in concrete
at the level of tendon due to prestressing force, which
is called strain compatibility between concrete and
steel.
 Strain in concrete at the level of tendon is calculated
from the stress in concrete at the same level due to
prestressing force.
 A linear elastic relationship is used to calculate the
strain from the stress.
 ANCHORAGE SLIP LOSS
• In most post – tensioning systems when the
tendon force is transferred from the jack to the
anchoring ends, the friction wedges slip over a
small distance.
• Anchorage block also moves before it settles
on concrete.
• Loss of prestress is due to the consequent
reduction in length of the tendon.
• Certain quantity of prestress is released due to
this slip of wire through the anchorage.
• Percentage loss is higher for shorter members.
• Due to setting of anchorage block , as tendon
shortens , there develops a reverse friction.
 FRICTIONAL LOSS
POST – TENSIONED MEMBERS
 Friction is generated due to curvature of
tendon and vertical component of the
prestressing force.

 The magnitude of prestressing force, Px at

any distance , x from the tensioning end
follows and exponential function of the
type.
 RELAXATION LOSS
• Relaxation is the reduction in stress with time at constant
strain.
Decrease in the stress is due to the fact that some of the
initial elastic strain is transformed in to elastic strain under
constant strain.
Stress decreases according to the the remaining elastic strain.
• Factors effecting relaxation :
Time
Initial stress
Temperature
Type of steel
• Relaxation loss can be calculated according to the IS 1343-
1980 code.
 CREEP AND SHRINKAGE LOSS
 Time – dependent increase of deformation under sustained load.
 Due to creep, the prestressed in tendons with time.
 For stress in concrete less than one-third of the characteristic strength, the ultimate creep
strain is found to be proportional to the elastic strain.
 IS: 1343 considers only the age of loading of the prestressed concrete structure in
calculating the ultimate creep strain.
 Creep is due sustained loads only. Temporary loads are not considered in calculation of
creep.
 Since the prestressed may vary along the length of the member, an average value of the
prestressed is considered.
 Prestress changes due to creep, which is related to the instantaneous prestress.
 To consider this interactive , the calculation of creep can be iterated over small time
steps.
 The approximate value of shrinkage strain for design shall be assumed as
follows(IS1383):
 For pre- tensioning = 0.0003
 For post – tensioning=
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