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Plate No. 5
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
Beam is prestressed with a tendon through the centroid and is loaded with
external load
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Uniform Compressive Stress 𝜎 = −𝐴
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o Large prestressing force are applied to the member by the tendons, high bearing
stresses are developed at the ends by the anchoring devices. The anchorages are
generally designed to be meant for use only for high strength concrete work.
o Busting stresses liable to at the ends of the beam cannot be satisfactorily resisted by
low strength concrete work.
o When stress transfer to concrete has to take place by bond action, the concrete should
have a high strength concrete.
o Shrinkage cracks will be very little when high strength concrete is used.
o Due to the high modulus of elasticity of high strength concrete, the elastic and creep
strain are very small resulting in smaller loss of prestress in all steel reinforcement.