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Prestress Losses - Example Problem

The document discusses losses in prestress that must be accounted for in design of prestressed concrete members. It outlines the major sources of losses for pre-tensioned and post-tensioned concrete, including: relaxation of steel, shrinkage of concrete, creep of concrete, elastic shortening, friction, and anchor set. It provides equations from Eurocode 2 to calculate these losses. As an example, it analyzes losses for a post-tensioned concrete beam with given dimensions, material properties, prestressing details, and design parameters. It calculates the total immediate losses from friction and anchor set as well as long-term losses from steel relaxation, shrinkage, and creep.

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Prestress Losses - Example Problem

The document discusses losses in prestress that must be accounted for in design of prestressed concrete members. It outlines the major sources of losses for pre-tensioned and post-tensioned concrete, including: relaxation of steel, shrinkage of concrete, creep of concrete, elastic shortening, friction, and anchor set. It provides equations from Eurocode 2 to calculate these losses. As an example, it analyzes losses for a post-tensioned concrete beam with given dimensions, material properties, prestressing details, and design parameters. It calculates the total immediate losses from friction and anchor set as well as long-term losses from steel relaxation, shrinkage, and creep.

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CE 6510

Prestressed Concrete Design


Loss of Prestress

Sahan Bandara
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Peradeniya 1
Losses in prestressed concrete

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Summary

For pre-tensioned concrete:

1. Specify the strand force at lock-off, P 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘−𝑜𝑓𝑓

2. Steel relaxation loss = 10% of P𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘−𝑜𝑓𝑓 (assuming that the concrete is cured at elevated temperature)

3. The force after elastic shortening (which is the force after transfer) is:
where P𝑏𝑡 is 0.9 P𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘−𝑜𝑓𝑓

4. The shrinkage loss is: ∆𝑃𝑠ℎ = ε𝑐𝑠 𝐸𝑃 𝐴𝑃 where ε𝑐𝑠 is from EC 2.

1 𝑒2 φ (∞, t 0 )
5. The creep loss is: ∆𝑃𝑐𝑟 = 𝑃 + 𝐸𝑃 𝐴𝑃 where φ (∞, t 0 ) is from EC 2
𝐴 𝐼 1.05 𝐸𝒄𝒎

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Summary
For post-tensioned concrete:

1. Specify the jacking force, P 𝑗

2. The friction loss at any location a along the strand is calculated from; 𝑃𝑎 = 𝑃𝑗 (1 − 𝑒 −µ(Ɵ+𝑘𝑥) )
where µ is the friction coefficient, Ɵ is the angle change, 𝑘 is the wobble, and 𝑥 is the distance from the jack

3. The anchor draw-in loss is;


where 𝑝 is the rate of friction loss and Δ𝒅𝒊 is the draw-in, taken as 6 mm

4. The force after elastic shortening must be calculated unless all tendons are stressed simultaneously

5. The prestressing force at this point is P𝑖 the force after transfer

6. EC 2, cl:3.3.2.(7) provide equations for estimating steel relaxation loss

7. The shrinkage loss is: ∆𝑃𝑠ℎ = ε𝑐𝑠 𝐸𝑃 𝐴𝑃 where ε𝑐𝑠 is from EC 2.

1 𝑒2 φ (∞, t 0 )
8. The creep loss is: ∆𝑃𝑐𝑟 = 𝑃 𝐴
+ 𝐼 1.05 𝐸𝒄𝒎
𝐸𝑃 𝐴𝑃 where φ (∞, t 0 ) is from EC 2.
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Example
A post tensioned beam shown in the figure has a cross sectional area, (A) of 1.05 m2 and a second
moment of area, (I) of 0.36 m4. The beam has been prestressed with 2 tendons in parabolic duct
profiles. The area of steel tendons, (AP) is 7500 mm2. The total initial prestressing force, (P) is
10,000 kN and the characteristic strength of prestressing steel is 14,000 kN. Using following data,
estimate the total immediate and time dependent losses of the beam. Friction coefficient, 𝜇 is
0.19, wobble factor, k is 0.01/m, modulus of concrete (EC) at transfer is 32 kN/mm2, modulus of
steel (ES) is 205 kN/mm2, the creep coefficient, (𝛷(∞,t0)) is 1.6, shrinkage strain per unit length
(εsh) is 330 x 10-6 the steel in tendons is class 2 with relaxation loss at 1000 h (𝜌1000) of 2.5%, the
loss due to slip at anchorage is 2.5% and the tendons are not simultaneously stressed.

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