Week 12 - Prestressed Concrete - Part 2
Week 12 - Prestressed Concrete - Part 2
Week 12 - Prestressed Concrete - Part 2
Structures – Part 2
Layout:
• The arrangement or plan of something
Simple Beam Layout
Simple Beam:
• A structural beam that rests on a support at each end.
1. Some cables are bent upwards and anchored at the top flanges.
Freyssinet
system
Gifford-udall
system
• Resultant stresses:
(a) Prestress + self-weight stress = 0, and + 5.5 N/mm2
(b) Prestress + self-weight stress + live load stress = + 3.3 N/mm2, and +
0.35 N/mm2