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Prestressed concrete is reinforced concrete in which internal stresses are introduced to counteract the stresses from external loads. This is done by stretching steel wires and anchoring them against the concrete. In pre-tensioning, tendons are tensioned before the concrete is placed, inducing compression in the concrete after the tendons are anchored. In post-tensioning, tendons are tensioned after the concrete has hardened using ducts. Prestressed concrete requires high strength concrete and steel to take advantage of their properties and provide benefits like reduced cracking and material usage.

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Prestressed Concrete 3

Prestressed concrete is reinforced concrete in which internal stresses are introduced to counteract the stresses from external loads. This is done by stretching steel wires and anchoring them against the concrete. In pre-tensioning, tendons are tensioned before the concrete is placed, inducing compression in the concrete after the tendons are anchored. In post-tensioning, tendons are tensioned after the concrete has hardened using ducts. Prestressed concrete requires high strength concrete and steel to take advantage of their properties and provide benefits like reduced cracking and material usage.

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Prestressed Concrete

Introduction
Reinforced Concrete
•Concrete is strong in compression weak in tension.

•Steel in strong in tension and compression

•Reinforced concrete uses concrete to resist


compression and to hold bars in position and uses steel
to resist tension.

•Tensile strength of concrete is neglected (i.e. zero )

•R.C beams allows crack under service load.


What is Prestressed Concrete

It is a method of applying pre-compression to control


the stresses resulting due to external loads below the
neutral axis of the beam.

Pre-compression resulting either no tension or


compression.
Basic Concept of Prestressed Concrete

Prestressed concrete is basically


concrete in which internal
stresses of a suitable magnitude
and distribution are introduced so
that the stresses resulting from
the external loads are
counteracted to a desired degree.

Pre-stress is introduced by
stretching steel wire and
anchoring them against concrete
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.
Principle of pre-stressing

• Stress in concrete when pre stressing is applied at the c.g of


the section
Principle of pre-stressing
• Stress in concrete when pre stressing is applied eccentrically
with respect to the c.g of the section .
Pre-stressed Concrete: Methods

There are two basic methods of applying pre-stress to a concrete


member

Pre-tensioning – most often used in factory situations

Post-tensioning – site use


Pre-stressed Concrete: Methods
I . Pre-tensioning
In Pre-tension, the tendons are tensioned against some abutments
before the concrete is place. After the concrete hardened, the
tension force is released. The tendon tries to shrink back to the
initial length but the concrete resists it through the bond between
them, thus, compression force is induced in concrete. Pretension
is usually done with precast members
Pre-stressed Concrete: Methods
I . Pre-tensioning
Pre-stressed Concrete: Methods
II. Post-tensioning
In Post tension, the tendons are tensioned after the concrete has
hardened. Commonly, metal or plastic ducts are placed inside the
concrete before casting. After the concrete hardened and had
enough strength, the tendon was placed inside the duct, stressed,
and anchored against concrete. Grout may be injected into the
duct later. This can be done either as precast or cast-in-place.
Pre-stressed Concrete: Methods
II. Post-tensioning
Advantages of Prestressing
•Take full advantages of high strength concrete
and high strength steel
•Need less materials
•Smaller and lighter structure
•No cracks
•Use the entire section to resist the load
•Good for water tanks and nuclear plant
•Very effective for deflection control
•Better shear resistance
Disadvantages compared to RC:
•Need higher quality materials
•More complex technically
•More expensive
•Harder to re-cycle
Prestress Concrete Material
# Concrete:
Pre-stress concrete requires high strength
concrete, which has high compressive strength
comparatively higher tensile strength than ordinary
concrete.In pre-stress concrete compressive strength
used is 28-55 MPa
#Steel:
High tensile steel, tendons, strands.
In pre-stress concrete high tensile steel with tensile
strength around 2000MPa.
Prestress Concrete Material
#Steel:
•Very high breaking strengths
•Very high elastic properties
Prestress Concrete Material
•Strands are made of several
wires.
•Standard is 7 wire strand
conforming to ASTM A416.
•The wires are twisted to form a
single element.
Prestressed Beam for Lab
Concrete Strength= 40 MPa
Longitudinal Steel= Grade 60
High Strength prestressing Bar= G250

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