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School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Problem 2 Solution
Calculation of stresses in uncracked prestressed beam:

Figure S1.2, Stresses in an uncracked prestressed beam, copyright RMIT University (Geoff
Marchiori)

Determine section properties of the beam:

Figure S1.3, Dimensions of the beam, copyright RMIT University (Geoff Marchiori)

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Figure S1.4, Section properties of the beam, copyright RMIT University (Geoff Marchiori)
P  80%  184  10 number of strands
P  1472 kN
e  350 mm
Stresses in the beam section at midspan due to prestress acting
alone:
At the top of the fibre of the beam:
P Peyt
t   (sign convention: compression +'ve)
Ag Ig
1472  10 3 1472  10 3  350  500
t    2 MPa
320, 000 3.857  10 10
(Note: the top of the beam is in tension)

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At the bottom fibre of the concrete:


P Peyb
b  
Ag Ig
1472  10 3 1472  10 3  350  500
b    11.28 MPa
320, 000 3.857  10 10
(Note the bottom of the beam is in compression)
Decompression moment at midspan:
To achieve decompression; i.e. zero bottom fibre stress, the
bending moment M dec must reduce the bottom fibre
compressive stress of 11.28 MPa due to prestress, to zero. M dec is
therefore the bending moment which by itself would induce a
bottom fibre tensile stress of 11.28 MPa.
 bp I y 11.28  3.857  10 10
M dec    870 kNm
yb 500

Figure S1.5, Decompression moment at midspan, copyright RMIT University (Geoff


Marchiori)

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Stresses at mid-span due to prestress, self-weight and a uniform


live load of 20 kN/m
Moment due to applied load ( M app ):

self-weight  25 kN / m3  320, 000  10 6 m2  8 kN / m


live load  20 kN / m
total applied load  8  20  28 kN / m
28  16 2
total applied moment, M app   896 kNm
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Figure S1.6, Stresses at mid-span due to prestress, self-weight and a uniform live load,
copyright RMIT University (Geoff Marchiori)
 

 P Peyt  M app yt
at top fibre      
 Ag I  Ig
 g 
896  10 6  500
   2   2  11.62  9.61 MPa (compression)
3.857  10 10

 P Peyb  M app y b
at bottom fibre  b    
 Ag I g  Ig

 b  11.28  11.62  0.34 MPa (tension)

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Is the beam cracked under the above loading?


Calculate cracking tensile stress (flexural strength) of concrete:

f cf'  0.6 f c'


 f cf'  0.6 32  3.39 MPa
0.34 MPa  3.39 MPa
  
tensile stress due to applied load flexural strength of concrete

 beam is not cracked under the given load

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