PRESTRESSED

CONCRETE DESIGN
THREE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS OF
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
1.) Prestressing to transform concrete into an elastic material

2.) Prestressing for combination of high strength steel(Internal Resisting Couple)

M = external moment; produced by external loads
M = P/d d = M/P

3.) Prestressing force given by Load Balancing

Where: P = Prestressing Force
Pe = Produce negative moment
h = sag of parabola
L = span
Upward uniform force is given by:
STRESS CALCULATION
a.) Due to the Prestressing force P (all the fibers are stressed to compression).
(“” sign indicated compression)
A = cross-sectional area(flexural member)

b.) Due to eccentricity ”e”.

Top fiber:
Bottom Fiber:
e = eccentricity
I = Moment of Inertia
C = distance of extreme fiber to the centroidal axis.

c.) Due to moment caused by the service load(including beam weight)

At midspan:
Top Fiber: Bottom Fiber:

At the ends(M=0)
Stress at the top and bottom fiber = 0
STRESS CALCULATION
Threfore:
Stresses at beam ends:

Stresses at midspan: