Prestress 2
Prestress 2
Click on the Stresses tab at the bottom of the worksheet to determine an acceptable size for the beam
The size will be determined by the moments that the beam are subjected to.
if you are not sure what to enter in a cell, just hold the cursor over the cell marked with a red tab in the corner
and a comment with some advice will be displayed
Enter values (in the green cells) for the dead and imposed moments and trial values for P, e and Z
NOTE so that formulae are not accidently overwritten, the cells have been 'locked'.
If you wish to change a 'locked cell' - for example, if you do not have a rectangular cross section, you may wish to insert y
choose Tools, Protection, Protect Sheet. The click on the protect worksheet and contents of locked cells
for the beam
like this
ed tab in the corner
section, you may wish to insert your own values for Ig and Z
ents of locked cells check box
enter the beam specification and loads here and see if the
concrete stresses have been exceeded
LOADING
Beam Dimensions
plotting
working transfer fcw ftw fct ftt
-10 -11.76471 -16.5 3 -25.0 3.18 0
-10 -11.76471 -16.5 3 -25.0 3.18 100
f prestressing
oned
ioned
Prestresssed Member
service stresses
(working)
Concrete Stresses Transfer Stresses
120 fcw
ftw
100 fct
D epth from soffet of beam (mm)
ftt
80
60
40
20
0
-30 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5
Stress (MPa)
40
D epth fr
20
0
-30 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5
Stress (MPa)
P only
711.8918299
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P and e
159.237485
898.1427632
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this spreadsheet calculates the allowable cable profile for the beam entered in the 'stresses' spreadsheet.
enter the minimum and maximum moments that occur along the beam and the graph will plot the allowable cable profile
500
0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
-500
Top Fibre Failure - In Serv
-1000 Bottom Fibre Failure - In S
Bottom Fibre Failure - Tra
-1500 Top Fibre Failure - Transfe
-2000
-2500
-3000
owable cable profile
57.6
76.8
Stress (MPa)
160
Strain in pre-stress due to initial pre-strain epe 0.00016 140
Stress in concrete at level of pre-stress due to initial pre-stressing sce 10.0 Mpa 120
Strain in concrete at level of pre-stress due to initial pre-stressing ece 0.0003125 100
Strain in concrete due to ultimate load ecp 0 80
Total strain in pre-stress at ultimate load epu 0.000475102 60
Stress in pre-stress at ultimate load spu 97 Mpa 40
Tension in pre-stress at ultimate load Tp 292 kN
20
1800
Stress (MPa)
1600
1539 2
emid ###
1400
0 11 1
0.000 0.005 0.010 0.015 0.020 0.025 0.030
Strain
ultimate
223.2028205
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