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Lecture 1 - Prestressed Concrete
Lecture 1 - Prestressed Concrete
CONCRETE STRUCTURES
Ar.C.N.Vaishnavi
Ar.M.Padma
Reinforcement
• Concrete is about 90% weaker in tension than it is in
compression
• Steel has high tensile strength, has the same thermal
expansion as concrete, and bonds well with concrete
Reinforced Concrete
• Reinforced concrete is a strong durable building material that
can be formed into many varied shapes and sizes.
• Its utility and versatility are achieved by combining the best
features of concrete and steel.
PROPERTIES OF REINFORCED
CONCRETE
The tensile strength is only about 10 per cent of the compressive
strength.
Reinforced concrete structures are designed on the assumption that the
concrete does not resist any tensile forces.
Reinforcement is designed to carry these tensile forces, which are
transferred by bond between the interface of the two materials.
If this bond is not adequate, the reinforcing bars will just slip within
the concrete and there will not be a composite action.
Concrete must be well compacted around the reinforcement during
construction.
In addition, some bars are ribbed or twisted so that there is an extra
mechanical grip.
PRESTRESSING
Theory: “Place all the concrete of
the member in compression”
(take advantage of concrete’s
compressive strength of the
entire member)
Internal stresses are induced to
counteract external stresses.
Advantages:
- Increase the load carrying
capacity
- Increase span length, or
- Reduce the member’s size
PRINCIPLE OF PRE-STRESSING:
Pre-stressing is a method in which compression
force is applied to the reinforced concrete
section.
The effect of pre stressing is to reduce the tensile
stress in the section to the point till the tensile
stress is below the cracking stress. Thus the
concrete does not crack.
It is then possible to treat concrete as a elastic
material.
The concrete can be visualized to have two
compressive force
i . Internal pre-stressing force.
ii . External forces (d.l , l.l etc )
These two forces must counteract each other.
PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE: METHODS
APPLICATIONS
Bridges
Slabs in buildings
Water Tank
Concrete Pile
Thin Shell Structures
Offshore Platform
Nuclear Power Plant
Repair and Rehabilitations