PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

• Pre stressed concrete is a method for overcoming concrete's natural weakness in tension
• It can be used to produce beams, floors or bridges with a longer span than is practical with ordinary
reinforced concrete

Examples of Pre stressed

• Force-fitting of metal bands on wooden barrels
• Pre-tensioning the spokes in a bicycle wheel
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Basic Concepts of Prestressing

• First Concept: • Second Concept: • Third Concept:

Prestressing to Prestressing for Prestressing to
transform concrete Combination of Achieve load
into an Elastic High Strength Steel Balancing.
Material. with Concrete.
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HISTORY
• Used high tensile steel wires, with ultimate strength as high as
1725 MPa and yield stress over 1240 MPa.
• In 1939, he developed conical wedges for end anchorages for
post-tensioning and developed double-acting jacks
• 1938 Hoyer, E., (Germany) Developed ‘long line’ pre-
tensioning method. Eugene Freyssinet (France)
• 1940 Magnel, G., (Belgium) Developed an anchoring system
for post-tensioning, using flat wedges.
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• In India, the applications of prestressed concrete diversified over the years.
• The first prestressed concrete bridge was built in 1948 under the Assam Rail Link Project.
• Among bridges, the Pamban Road Bridge at Rameshwaram, Tamilnadu, remains a classic example
of the use of prestressed concrete girders.
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Materials

Cement Concrete Steel

• Ordinary portland • The concrete is a • High tensile steel

cement, material should be with tensile
• Portland slag cement, compose of gravels or strength around
• Rapid hardening crushed stones, sand, 2000MPa.
portland cement, cement. • According to IS:
• High strength • Minimum grade of 1343-1980
ordinary portland concrete M20 prestress concrete
cement. is design.
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Pre stressed concrete

Pre tension concrete Post tension concrete

Tensioned before the concrete is placed. Tensioned after the concrete is placed.

Anchoring of tendons Placing of Applying tension to

against the end jacks the tendons
abutments

Cutting of the Casting of

tendons concrete
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ADVANTAGES DIS ADVANTAGES
• Allow to carry a greater load or span a • There is a waiting period in the prestressing bed,
greater distance then ordinary reinforce before the concrete attains sufficient strength.
concrete. • There should be good bond between concrete
• It permits steel to be used at stresses several and steel over the transmission length.
times larger than those permitted for
reinforcing bars
• The waiting period in the casting bed is less.
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Post tension concrete

Casting of concrete. Placement of Placement of the

the tendons. anchorage block and jack.

Cutting of the
Seating of the Applying tension to the tendons.
tendons.
wedges.
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DIS ADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES

• Large reduction in traditional reinforcement • Required skilled builders & experienced

requirements as tendons cannot distress in engineers.
accidents • Initial equipment cost is very high.
• Higher ultimate strength due to bond generated • Availability of experienced engineers is
between the strand and concrete less.
• Strong against compression • Required complicated formwork.
• It requires high strength concrete & steel.
• Pre-stressed concrete is less fiber resistant.
 LIFT SLAB CONSTRUCTION-INTRODUCTION
• Lift slab construction is a method of • Being cheaper and faster as it does not need
constructing concrete buildings by casting the forms & shores as it is needed for cast-in-place
floor or roof slab on top of the previous slab and slabs.
then raising the slab up with hydraulic jacks.
 HISTORY
• L'Ambiance Plaza collapse in Bridgeport,
• Early 1950s by a collaboration of Philip N.
Connecticut, in 1987, and resulted in a
Youtz and Thomas B. Slick. resulting Youtz-
nationwide federal investigation. into this
Slick Lift-Slab Method of Construction.
construction technique in the United States,
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HYDRAULIC
JACK

• Equipment which has positive safety devices on it. The jack can lift slabs on columns loaded up to
100,000 pounds at speeds of up to 14 feet an hour.
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SHEAR BLOCKS

• Shear blocks is a steel component used to hold the lifted slab in its final elevation.