DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, REC, REWA
B.Tech. VIIth Semester
CE-704 Prestressed Concrete Structures Lab.
Term Work/Sessionals Questions
NOTE:- Attempt all questions in practical/assignment file.
1. Define Prestressed Concrete along with its basic concepts. What are the various losses
considered in prestressed concrete?
2. Explain various post-tensioning prestressed concrete methods in detail.
3. A simply supported prestressed concrete beam of rectangular cross section 400mm x
600mm, is loaded with a total uniformly distributed load of 256KN over a span of 6m.
Sketch the distribution of stresses at mid span and end sections if the prestressing force is
1920KN and the tendon is concentric, eccentric, located at 200mm above the bottom
fibre. Find the extreme fibre stresses at mid-span of the beam by applying the principle of
internal resisting couple by strength concept. The beam is prestressed by a parabolic
tendon with a prestressing force of 1920 KN. The tendon has a sag of 100mm at mid-
span. Find the extreme fibre stresses by load balancing concept, if it is subjected to total
udl of 256KN and 360 KN.
4. A Pretensioned prestress concrete beam of 9m span has a cross-section of 400mm x
800mm and is prestressed with 2400 KN at transfer. The cable has cross-sectional area of
2000mm2 of steel and has a parabolic profile with maximum eccentricity of 120mm at the
middle of span. Determine the loss of prestress, given that Es¾2.1 x 105 N/mm2. Use
M30 concrete. Assume minimum ultimate tensile strength of prestressing steel as
1500N/mm2.
5. A post-tensioned prestress concrete beam of 30m span is subjected to a transfer prestress
force of 2500 KN at 28 days strength. The profile of the cable is parabolic with maximum
eccentricity of 200mm at mid-span. Determine the loss of prestress, and the jacking force
required if jacking is done from both ends of the beam. The beam has a cross-section of
500mm x 800mm and is prestressed with 9 cables, each cable consisting of 12 wires of
5mm diameter. Take Es¾2.1 x 105 N/mm2 and Ec¾3.5 x 104 N/mm2. One cable is
tensioned at a time.
