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    Basic Concepts of Prestressing: Basic Concept Method C-Line Method Load-Balancing Method

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    This document discusses three methods for analyzing concrete beams with prestressing tendons: 1) The Basic Concept Method calculates stresses at initial prestressing and at service loads based on the prestressing force and eccentricity from the center of gravity. 2) The C-Line Method analyzes the beam as if it were a plain concrete beam using principles of statics, with the c-line representing the line of pressure. 3) The Load-Balancing Method counters imposed gravity loads with the vertical force of draped or harped prestressing tendons to keep the beam straight without camber under service loads. Stresses are calculated based on balanced and unbalanced load intensities.

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    This document discusses three methods for analyzing concrete beams with prestressing tendons: 1) The Basic Concept Method calculates stresses at initial prestressing and at service loads based on the prestressing force and eccentricity from the center of gravity. 2) The C-Line Method analyzes the beam as if it were a plain concrete beam using principles of statics, with the c-line representing the line of pressure. 3) The Load-Balancing Method counters imposed gravity loads with the vertical force of draped or harped prestressing tendons to keep the beam straight without camber under service loads. Stresses are calculated based on balanced and unbalanced load intensities.

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    This document discusses three methods for analyzing concrete beams with prestressing tendons: 1) The Basic Concept Method calculates stresses at initial prestressing and at service loads based on the prestressing force and eccentricity from the center of gravity. 2) The C-Line Method analyzes the beam as if it were a plain concrete beam using principles of statics, with the c-line representing the line of pressure. 3) The Load-Balancing Method counters imposed gravity loads with the vertical force of draped or harped prestressing tendons to keep the beam straight without camber under service loads. Stresses are calculated based on balanced and unbalanced load intensities.

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    Basic Concepts of Prestressing: Basic Concept Method C-Line Method Load-Balancing Method

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    This document discusses three methods for analyzing concrete beams with prestressing tendons: 1) The Basic Concept Method calculates stresses at initial prestressing and at service loads based on the prestressing force and eccentricity from the center of gravity. 2) The C-Line Method analyzes the beam as if it were a plain concrete beam using principles of statics, with the c-line representing the line of pressure. 3) The Load-Balancing Method counters imposed gravity loads with the vertical force of draped or harped prestressing tendons to keep the beam straight without camber under service loads. Stresses are calculated based on balanced and unbalanced load intensities.

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    BASIC CONCEPTS OF Basic Concept Method

    C-Line Method
    PRESTRESSING Load-Balancing Method
    Concrete fiber stress distribution in a rectangular beam with straight tendon

    a) Concentric tendon,
    prestress only:
    If external transverse loads are applied to the beam, causing a maximum
    moment M at midspan, the resulting stress becomes:
    Eccentric Tendon
    If the tendon is placed at
    eccentricity e from the center of
    gravity of the concrete, termed
    the cgc line, it creates a moment
    Pe, and the ensuing stresses at
    midspan become:
    Calculating Stresses at the initial prestressing
    stage and at service load levels:
    Pi = initial prestressing force before stress losses
    Pe = effective prestressing force after losses

    𝑃𝑒
    𝛾=
    𝑃𝑖
    𝛾=residual prestress factor
    r=radius of gyration
    Basic Concept Method
    A. Initial Condition

    a) Prestressing force only


    Basic Concept Method
    A. Initial Condition

    a) Prestressing plus self-weight


    Initial prestress
    The change in
    eccentricity from the
    midspan to the support
    section is obtained by
    raising the prestressing
    tendon either abruptly
    from the midspan to the
    support, a process called
    harping, or gradually in a
    parabolic form, a
    process called draping.
    Subsequent to erection and installation of the floor or deck, live loads act on the structure, causing a
    superimposed moment Ms. The full intensity of such loads normally occurs after the building is completed and
    some time-dependent losses in prestress have already taken place. Hence, the prestressing force used in the
    stress equations would have to be the effective prestressing force Pe. If the total moment due to gravity loads is
    MT, then:
    Final Condition at Service Loads
    • In this line-of-pressure or thrust concept, the
    C-line Method beam is analyzed as if it were a plain concrete
    elastic beam using the basic principles of statics.
    Comparative free-
    body diagrams of
    RC beam and PC
    beam
    Free-body diagram for the C-line (center of
    pressure)
    Since C=T, a=M/T
    But in the tendon the force T equals Pe
    • This technique is based on utilizing the vertical
    Load- force of the draped or harped prestressing
    tendon to counteract or balance the imposed
    Balancing gravity loading to which a beam is subjected.
    Method Hence, it is applicable to nonstraight
    prestressing tendons.
    Load-balancing distributed loads and
    parabolic tendon profile
    Hence, if the tendon has a parabolic profile in the
    prestressed beam and the prestressing force is
    denoted by P, the balanced-load intensity is
    As there is no bending, the beam remains straight,
    without having a convex shape, or camber, at the
    top face. The concrete fiber stress across the
    depth of the section at midspan becomes:
    When the imposed load exceeds
    the balancing load wb such that
    an additional unbalanced load
    wub is applied, a moment Mub
    results at midspan. The
    corresponding fiber stresses at
    midspan become:
    Example:

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