PC 421 - PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DESIGN

GROUP K:
Lata, Edwin Jr.
Ortiz, Pio Timothy
Vasquez, Justine Levy
BSCE – 4B

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ENGR. MA. CORAZON BARCENAS

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Problem 1.
A bridge is designed using a prestressed beam as shown. The prestress force is 800KN at an
eccentricity of 200mm from the centroid of the section. Weight of the beam is 2.64KN/m.
Superimposed dead load is 6KN/m and live load of 6KN/m. The beam is simply supported on
bearings at 12m. Consider 20% loss of prestress at service loads.
a) Solve for the initial stress at bottom and top fiber at midspan of the beam.
b) Solve for the final stress at bottom and top fiber at midspan of the beam.
c) Draw the stress diagram at initial and final stage.

e=200mm

GIVEN:
I = 3955.729 ×106 mm 4 A=110 ×103 mm2 Pi=800 KN Loss=20 %Pe =800 ( 1−0.2 )=640 KN
KN KN
W o=2.64 W DL +W ¿=6 +6=12
m m

SOLUTION:
2
−P Pec Mc WO L
a) Initial Stress : Own Weight f = ± ± M o= =2.64 ¿ ¿
A I I 8
−Pi Pi e cb M o c
f b= ± ±
A I I

3 6
−800 ×103 800 ×10 ( 200 ) ( 312.5 ) 47.52× 10 ( 312.5 )
f b= − + f b=−19.90 MPa(C)
110 × 103 3955.729 ×106 3955.729 ×10 6

−Pi P i e c b M o c
f t= ± ±
A I I
3 6
800 ×10 3 800 ×10 ( 200 ) ( 312.5 ) 47.52 ×10 ( 312.5 )
f t− + −
110 ×103 3955.729× 106 3955.729× 106
f t=5.36 MPa (T )

b) Final Stage: With Superimposed Loads

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 −P Pec Mc
f= ± ±
A I I
−Pe Pe e c b M T c
f b= − +
A I I
2
WT L
MT= =14.64 ¿¿
8
3 6
−640 ×103 640 ×10 ( 200 ) ( 312.5 ) 263.52 ×10 ( 312.5 )
f b= − +
110 × 103 3955.729× 106 3955.729 ×106
f b=−15.86 MPa (C)
3 6
−640 ×10 3 640 ×10 ( 200 ) ( 312.5 ) 263.52 ×10 ( 312.5 )
f t= + −
110 ×103 3955.729× 106 3955.729 ×10 6
f t=4.23 MPa ( T )

c)
Initial Stage:

-19.90MPa

4.23MPa

Final Stage:

-15.86MPa

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Problem 2.
A rectangular beam of cross section 350mm deep and 250mm wide is
prestressed by means of 15 wires of 5mm diameter located 65mm from the bottom of the
beam ad 3 wires of diameter of 5mm, 25mm from the top. Assuming the prestress in the steel
is 840MPa and the density of concrete is 24KN/m³.
a. Calculate the stresses at the extreme fibers of the mid span section then the beam is
supporting its own weight over a span of 6m.
SOLUTION:
250mm

25mm

350mm

y
65mm

( 15 ×65 )+ ( 3× 25 )
y= y=108.33 mm
18
Eccentricity = c – y
e=175−108.33
e=66.67 mm
Prestressing Force
P=840 (18 ) (19.7)
5
P=3 × 10 N
Area of Cross-Section
A=350 ×250
4 2
A=8.75 ×10 mm

Moment of Inertia
I =250 ¿ ¿
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 8 4
I =8.932 ×10 mm

Weight of Beam
W DL =( 0.25 ) ( 0.35 ) ( 24 )

W DL =2.1 KN /m
2 2
W DL L 2.1 ( 6 ) M =9.45 KN −m
M DL = M DL = DL
8 8
6
Mc 9.45 ×10 ( 175 )
Due to F weight F weight = F weight = F weight =1.85 MPa
I 8.932 ×108
Due to Prestress
5
P 3 ×10
f= f= 4 f =3.43 MPa
A 8.75 ×10
Bending Stress due to Prestress
5
Pe∙ c 3× 10 ( 66.67 ) ( 176 )
f= f= f =3.91 MPa
I 8.932× 108
f top=−3.43+3.91−1.85=−1.37 (Compression)

f bot =−3.43−3.91+1.85=−5.49 (Ten s ion)

b. Construct the stress diagram for prob. a.

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