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Prestressed Concrete Design - CE5152: Dr. Muhammad Rizwan

This document outlines the course content for a 16-week prestressed concrete design course. The course covers topics such as material properties, prestressing technologies, response of members to loads, design for flexure and shear, prestress losses, and recommended textbooks. It includes the course schedule broken into weekly topics, exam dates, and the grading policy which is based on midterm, final exam, and session performance grades.

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Prestressed Concrete Design - CE5152: Dr. Muhammad Rizwan

This document outlines the course content for a 16-week prestressed concrete design course. The course covers topics such as material properties, prestressing technologies, response of members to loads, design for flexure and shear, prestress losses, and recommended textbooks. It includes the course schedule broken into weekly topics, exam dates, and the grading policy which is based on midterm, final exam, and session performance grades.

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Prestressed Concrete Design – CE5152

Dr. Muhammad Rizwan


Prestressed Concrete Design
Course Outlines
Week Topic
Week-1 Introduction
Week-2 Material Properties
Week-3 Prestressing Technology
Week-4 Response of Members to Axial Loading
Week-5 Response of Members to Axial Loading (continue)
Week-6 Response of Members to Flexural
Week-7 Response of Members to Flexural (continue)
Week-8 Design for Flexure
Week-9 Mid Term Exam
Week-10 Design for Flexure
Week-11 Members subjected to Shear
Week-12 Members subjected to Shear (continue)
Week-13 Design for Shear
Week-14 Design for Shear (continue)
Week-15 Prestress Losses
Week-16 Prestress Losses (continue)
Week-17
Week-18 Final Term Exam
Prestressed Concrete Design
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Recommended Text books
Prestressed Concrete by EDWARD G. NAWY
Grading Policy

• Midterm = 25 %
• Final Term = 50 %
• Session Performance = 25% = 25 %
Prestressed Concrete Design – CE5152

Lecture No.1

Introduction

Dr. Muhammad Rizwan


Lecture Outlines
• Prestressed Concrete
• What is prestressed and why we prestressed concrete?
• Difference between Prestressed and non prestressed concrete
• Origin of Prestressed Concrete
• Early limitations
• Prestressing Systems
• Pre-tensioning and Post-tensioning
• Design Concepts
• Typical Prestressed Concrete Structures
• Differences between Prestressed Concrete & Reinforced Concrete
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Prestressed Concrete
Common Examples of Prestressing
1.5 Differences between Prestressed Concrete
& Reinforced Concrete:
Prestressed Concrete Reinforced Concrete
1. In Prestress concrete member steel 1. In R.C.C., steel plays a passive role.
plays active role. The stress in steel The stress in steel in R.C.C members
prevails whether external load is there depends upon the external loads. i.e.,
or not. no external load, no stress in steel.

2. In Prestress concrete the stresses in 2. But where as in R.C.C the stress in


steel is almost constant steel is variable with the lever arm.

3. Prestress concrete has more shear 3. where as shear resistance of R.C.C is


resistance less.

4. Prestress concrete is more durable as 4. R.C.C. is less durable.


high grade of concrete is used which
are more dense in nature.
1.5 Differences between Prestressed Concrete &
Reinforced Concrete:
Prestressed Concrete Reinforced Concrete
5. In Prestress concrete members, 5. where as in R.C.C., deflections are
deflections are less because the more.
eccentric Prestressing force will
induce couple which will cause
upward deflections
6. In Prestress concrete fatigue 6. But where as in R.C.C the fatigue
resistance is more because in P.S.C resistance is less because in R.C.C.
member it is load independent. stress in steel is external load
dependent
7. In Prestress concrete dimensions 7. R.C.C. is uneconomical for long
are less because external stresses are span because in R.C.C. dimension of
counterbalance by the internal stress sections are large requiring more
induced by Prestresses. Therefore concrete & steel. Moreover as self-
reactions on column & footing are weight increases more reactions
less as a whole the quantity of acted on columns & footings, which
concrete is reduced by 30% and steel requires higher sizes.
reduced by about 60 to 70%.
Advantages of Prestressed Concrete
The Prestressing of concrete has several advantages as compared to traditional
reinforced concrete (RC) without Prestressing.

A fully Prestressed concrete member is usually subjected to compression


during service life. This rectifies several deficiencies of concrete.

1) Section remains uncracked under service loads


• Reduction of steel corrosion
• Increase in durability.
• Full section is utilized
• Higher moment of inertia (higher stiffness)
• Less deformations (improved serviceability)
• Increase in shear capacity.
• Suitable for use in pressure vessels, liquid retaining structures.
• Improved performance (resilience) under dynamic and fatigue loading.
Advantages of Prestressed Concrete

2) High span-to-depth ratios


• Larger spans possible with Prestressing (bridges, buildings with large column-
free spaces)
• Typical values of span-to-depth ratios in slabs are given below.
✓ Non-prestressed slab 28:1
✓ Prestressed slab 45:1
✓ For the same span, less depth compared to RC member.
• Reduction in self weight
• More aesthetic appeal due to slender sections
• More economical sections.
Advantages of Prestressed Concrete
3) Suitable for precast construction

• The advantages of precast construction are as follows.

• -Rapid construction

• -Better quality control

• -Reduced maintenance

• -Suitable for repetitive construction

• -Multiple use of formwork

✓ Reduction of formwork

• -Availability of standard shapes.


Advantages of Prestressed Concrete
Increase in shear capacity of the member:
The principle behind prestressing is applied when a row of books is moved from place to place.

Instead of stacking the books vertically and carrying them, the books may be moved in a horizontal position by
applying pressure to the books at the end of the row.

When sufficient pressure is applied, compressive stresses are induced throughout the entire row, and the whole row
can be lifted and carried horizontally at once.
Limitations of Prestressed Concrete

Although Prestressing has advantages, some aspects need to be carefully


addressed.

• Prestressing needs skilled technology. Hence, it is not as common as reinforced


concrete.

• The use of high strength materials is costly.

• There is additional cost in auxiliary equipment's (Jacks, Cranes etc.)

• There is need for quality control and inspection.


Effect of Load during Prestressing:

a) Prior to Prestressing

b) Effect of Prestressing ignoring self-weight

c) Prestress plus self-weight

d) Prestress plus self-weight and live load


References

• Prestressed Concrete Structures by Michael P. Collins and Dens Mitchell.

• Prestressed Concrete – A Fundamental Approach by Edward G. Nawy

• Prestressed Concrete Lectures by David Garber

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