B.E. (Civil Engineering) Eighth Semester (C.B.S.

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Elective-II : Pre-Stressed Concrete
P. Pages : 3 NRT/KS/19/3614
Time : Three Hours *0668* Max. Marks : 80
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Notes : 1. All questions carry marks as indicated.
2. Solve Question 1 OR Questions No. 2.
3. Solve Question 3 OR Questions No. 4.
4. Solve Question 5 OR Questions No. 6.
5. Solve Question 7 OR Questions No. 8.
6. Solve Question 9 OR Questions No. 10.
7. Solve Question 11 OR Questions No. 12.
8. Due credit will be given to neatness and adequate dimensions.
9. Assume suitable data whenever necessary.
10. Illustrate your answers whenever necessary with the help of neat sketches.
11. Use of IS 1343 and IS 3370 is permitted.

1. a) List the various types of loss of prestress in pretensioned and post tensioned members? 6
How do you compute the loss of stress due to shrinkage of concrete as per IS : 1343 code
recommendation.

b) A pre tensioned concrete beam 100 mm wide and 300 mm deep is prestressed by straight 7
wires carrying in initial force of 200 kN at an eccentricity of 50 mm. The modules of
elasticity of steel and concrete are 210 and 35kN / mm2 respectively. Estimate the
percentage loss of stress in steel due to elastic deformation of concrete if the area of steel
wires is 188mm2 .

OR

2. A pre tensioned beam, 200 mm wide and 300 mm deep is prestressed by 10 wires of 7 mm 13
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diameter initially stressed to 1300 N / mm , with their centroids located 100 mm from the
soffit. Find the maximum stress in concrete immediately after transfer, allowing only for
elastic shortening of concrete. If the concrete undergoes a further shortening due to creep
and shrinkage where there is relaxation of 5% of steel stress. Estimate the final % loss of
stress in the wires while IS 1343 regulation. Take ES = 210 kN / mm2 ; EC = 5700 fcu ;
Fcu = 42 N / mm2 ; creep coefficient,  = 1.6 ;
Total residual shrinkage strain 3  104 .

3. a) Distinguish between short term deft of prestressed concrete beams. 6

b) A pretensioned prestressed concrete beam or rectangular section is required to support a 7

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design ultimate moment of 150 kN – m. Design the section if f ck is 50N / mm and
f p = 1600 N / mm 2 . If b and d are the breadth and effective depth of the section
respectively assuming the ratio (X u / d) = 0.5 .

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4. A prestressed concrete beam having a cross sectional Area (A) of 5 104 mm2 is simply 13
supported over a span of 10 mt. If supports a uniformly distributed imposed load of
3kN / m , half of which is non – permanent. The tendon follows a trapezoidal profile
which an eccentricity of 150 mm within the middle third of the span and varies linearly
from the third span point to zero at the support. The area of tendones AP = 350 mm2 have
effective prestress of 1290 N / mm2 immediately after transfer using following data
calculate (a) short term deflection (b) long term deflection.
Ig = 4.5 108 mm4 ; EC = 34 kN / mm 2 , ES = 200 kN / mm 2

Density on concrete 23.6kN / m3 , creep coff. = 2 concrete shrinkage; ECS = 450 10−6 ;
Relaxation of steel stress = 10%.

5. a) Distinguish between Web shear / flexural & flexure – shear crack in concrete beams with 7
sketches.

b) How do you estimate the ultimate shear strength of prestressed concrete section with 7
Web shear cracks?

OR

6. The cross section of a bridge girder is made up of a T section with the following details : 14
Top flange width = 600 mm and thickness = 230 mm thickness of the web = 150 mm,
distance of the centroidal axis from the top of the sections = 550 mm, Area of cross section
= 328500mm2 and second moment of area = 665 108 mm 4 . The girder is used over an
effective span of 25 m. The tendons with a cross section of 2300mm2 are parabolic with
an eccentricity of 670 mm at the centre of span and 285 mm at the support section. The
effective prestress in the tandons is 900 N / mm2 after all losses. If the tensile strength of
concrete is 1.6 N / mm2 , estimate the ultimate shear resistance of the support section and
maximum permissible uniformly distributed working load, on the beam using an overall
load factor of 2.

7. a) Explain the terms 6

i) Primary moment
ii) Secondary moment
iii) Resultant moment

b) A continuous prestressed concrete beam ABC (AB = BC = 10 m) has uniform rectangular 8

cross section with a width of 150 mm and depth 450 mm. The cable carrying an effective
prestressing fore of 400 kN is parallel to the axis of the beam and located at 150 mm from
the soffit.
i) Determine the secondary and resultant moment at the central support B.
ii) If the beam support an imposed load of 2 kN / m , calculate the resultant stress at top
and bottom of the beam at B. Assume density of concrete as 24kN / m3 .
iii) Locate the resultant line of thrust through beam AB.

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8. A prestressed beam having a rectangular cross section with a width of 120 mm and a depth 14
of 300 mm is continuous over two span, AB = BC = 8m. The cable with zero eccentricity
at the ends and an eccentricity of 60 mm towards the top fibres of the beam over the central
support, carries an effective force of 600 kN.
a) Calculate the secondary moment developed at B.
b) If the beam supports concentrated loads of 20 kN each at midpoints of span evaluate
the resultant stress at the central support section B.
c) Locate also position of the pressure line at section.

9. A cylindrical prestressed. Concrete water tank of internal diameter 30 m is required to 13

store water over a depth of 8 mt. The permissible compressive stress in concrete at transfer
is 14 N / mm2 and the minimum compressive stress under working pressure is 1N / mm2 .
The loss ratio is 0.75 wires of 5 mm dia. with an initial stress of 1000 N / mm2 are available
for circumferential winding and freyssinet cables made up of 12 wires of 8 mm dia stress
to 1250 N / mm2 are to be used for vertical prestressing. Design the tank walls assuming
the base of fixed. The cube strength of concrete is 40 N / mm2 .

OR

10. A prestressed concrete circular cylindrical water tank is required to store 25000 million 13
liters of water. The permissible compressive stress is concrete at transfer should not be
less than 1N / mm2 . The loss ratio is 0.75. High tensive steel wires of 7 mm dia. with an
initial stress of 1000 N / mm2 are available for winding round the tank. Freyssinet cables
made up of 12 wires of 8 mm dia stressed to 1250 N / mm2 are available for vertical
prestressing. Design the tank walls supported on elastomeric pads. The cube strength of
concrete is 40 N / mm2 . Assume the coefficient of friction as 0.5.

11. a) What are grid floors? What is the advantage of prestressing such floors? Sketch a typical 6
grid floor showing the cables in the principal directions.

b) Explain the advantages of using prestressed concrete floor slabs mentioning their common 7
applications.

OR

12. a) What are the salient design features of prestressed concrete one way and two way slab 6
panels?

b) What are the advantage of prestressing flat slab floor panels? Sketch the cross section of 7
a simple flat slab showing the typical cable profile.

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