National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
(HP)
Name of the Examination: B. Tech.
Branch: Civil Engineering Semester: Seventh
Course Name: Prestressed Concrete Course Code: CED - 421
ASSIGNMENT-1&2 (to be Submitted on or before 25.02.23)
Note: Answer the questions as mentioned for each section (Assume any suitable data whenever required).
Necessary IS codes are allowed
Section – A (Answer any two questions)
Analysis and Design of Prestressed Structures:
Methods, Losses,
Introduction to Prestressed Concrete
Design of Prestressed Rectangular &
Analysis Prestressed Rectangular & Flanged Beam
Flanged Beam by Stress Methods only
1. List common types of precast sections with sketches. Write down about the development of
Building Materials with a flow-chart.
i. Limitations of Prestressing ii. Types of Prestressing
iii. Source of Prestressing Force iv. External or Internal Prestressing
v. Pre-tensioning or Post-tensioning vi. Linear or Circular Prestressing
vii. Full, Limited or Partial Prestressing viii. Uniaxial, Biaxial or Multiaxial Prestressing
2. What are the different stages of Pre-tensioning and devices for pre-tensioning. What is Harping
Devices. Explain in details about the manufacturing of Pre-tensioned Railway Sleepers.
3. What are the different stages of Post-tensioning. What are the different advantages Disadvantage
of Post-tensioning. What are the different devices used for post-tensioning. Explain in details the
manufacturing of Post-tensioned Bridge Girders.
4. What are the different forms of Prestressing Steel. What are the different types of Prestressing
Steel. Write down about the properties of Prestressing Steel.
Section – B (Answer any two questions)
5. A prestressed concrete sleeper produced by pre-tensioning method has a rectangular cross-section
of 300mm × 250 mm (b × h). It is prestressed with 9 numbers of straight 7mm diameter wires at
0.8 times the ultimate strength of 1570 N/mm2. Estimate the percentage loss of stress due to
elastic shortening of concrete. Consider m = 6.
6. Write short notes about the following topics
i. Creep of Concrete
ii. Shrinkage of Concrete and Relaxation of Steel
iii. Total Time Dependent Losses
iv. Friction
v. Anchorage Slip
vi. Force Variation Diagram
7. A concrete beam of dimension 100 mm × 300 mm is post-tensioned with 5 straight wires of 7mm
diameter. The average prestress after short-term losses is 0.7fpk = 1200 N/mm2 and the age of
loading is given as 28 days. Given that Ep = 200 × 103 MPa, Ec = 35000 MPa, find out the losses
of prestress due to creep, shrinkage and relaxation. Neglect the weight of the beam in the
computation of the stresses.
8. Analysis of Members under Axial Load
i. Analysis at Transfer, Service Loads and at Ultimate Strength
ii. Analysis of Behaviour
iii. Cracking Moment
iv. Kern Points
v. Pressure Line
************ Section – C (Answer any two questions)
9. What are the assumptions and Principles of Mechanics considered while analysis of members under
flexure of prestressed concrete ? Describe with neat sketches the analyses at transfer and at
service based on stress concept.
10. A concrete beam prestressed with a parabolic tendon is shown in the figure. The prestressing force
applied is 1620 kN. The uniformly distributed load includes the self weight. Compute the extreme
fibre stress at the mid-span by applying the three concepts. Draw the stress distribution across the
section at mid-span.
11. For the post-tensioned beam with a flanged section as shown, the profile of the CGS is parabolic,
with no eccentricity at the ends. The live load moment due to service loads at mid-span (MLL) is
648 kNm. The prestress after transfer (P0) is 1600 kN. Assume 15% loss at service. Grade of
concrete is M30.
Evaluate the following quantities.
a) Kern levels
b) Cracking moment
c) Location of pressure line at mid-span at transfer and at service.
d) The stresses at the top and bottom fibres at transfer and at service.
Compare the stresses with the following allowable stresses at transfer and at
service.
For compression, fcc,all = – 18.0 N/mm2, For tension, fct,all = 1.5 N/mm2.
********************* Section – D (Answer any two questions)
12. Design a simply supported Type 1 prestressed beam with M T = 435 kNm (including an estimated
MSW = 55 kNm). The height of the beam is restricted to 920 mm. The prestress at transfer fp0 =
1035 N/mm2 and the prestress at service fpe = 860 N/mm2.
Based on the grade of concrete, the allowable compressive stresses are 12.5 N/mm 2 at transfer and
11.0 N/mm2 at service.
The properties of the prestressing strands are given below.
Type of prestressing tendon : 7-wire strand
Nominal diameter = 12.8 mm
Nominal area = 99.3 mm2
13. Design a simply supported Type 2 prestressed beam with M T = 435 kNm (including an estimated
MSW = 55 kNm). The height of the beam is restricted to 920 mm. The prestress at transfer fp0 =
1035 N/mm2 and the prestress at service fpe = 860 N/mm2.
Based on the grade of concrete, the allowable compressive stresses are 12.5 N/mm 2 at transfer and
11.0 N/mm2 at service. The allowable tensile stresses are 2.1 N/mm 2 at transfer and 1.6 N/mm 2 at
service.
The properties of the prestressing strands are given below.
Type of prestressing tendon : 7-wire strand
Nominal diameter = 12.8 mm
Nominal area = 99.3 mm2
