DETAILING FOR P O S T- T E N S I O N I N G

Figure 3.10: About half the length of the H

anchorage should be included in the tendon
elongation calculation.

elongation will depend upon the quality of bond

at the time of stressing as shown in Fig. 3.10
(b). With good bond, most of the force is
transferred from the strand before the onion is
reached. This will result in less elongation.
Generally elongation variations are
insignificant. For short tendons, these variations
of say 5 mm can exceed the normal 5 %
variation allowance. For such short tendons the
Figure 3.9: Mechanical resistance supplements bond resistance in an H anchorage. force is more readily verified by jack
force/pressure readings than by elongation
measurements. Using the jacking pressure as a
guide automatically corrects for any additional
unexpected elongation due to initial bond slip in
the H anchorage.
As a final comment, for purposes of general
zone design, one may assume that 60 % of the
tendon force acts at the mid point of the straight
bond length while the other 40 % acts at the
onion. This will result in a worst case estimate
of bursting stresses.

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