(i) A concrete beam with a rectangular section 100mm wide and 300mm

deep is stressed by 3 cables. The area of each cable is 200mm2 and initial
1. Define Prestressed concrete. stress in the cable is 1200 N/mm2. The span of the beam is 10m. The
first cable is parabolic with an eccentricity of 50mm below the
centroidal axis at the centre of span and 50 mm above the centroidal axis
2. Compare Prestressed Concrete and Reinforced Concrete.
at the supports. The second cable is parabolic with zero eccentricity at
Explain why steel with a low yield stress is not used in prestressed the supports and an eccentricity 50 mm at the centre of span. The third
3. concrete construction. 14. cable is straight with a uniform eccentricity of 50 mm below the
4. Write the applications of prestressed concrete construction. centroidal axis. Estimate the percentage of loss due to friction. Assume
μ = 0.35 and k = 0.0015 per m. (8)
5. Differentiate axial and circular prestressing (ii) Calculate the loss of Prestress due to elastic shortening for a post
tensioned beam of size 250 mm x 300 mm subjected to a prestressing of
6. Define Pressure line 1200 N/mm2. The prestressing cable is located at the centroidal and
consists of 4 cables each having 7 numbers of 5 mm diameter wires.
7. Classify the various types of prestressing Take m = 6. (5)
A concrete beam with a rectangular cross section 150mm wide and
8. Mention the factors influencing deflection. 350mm deep is stressed by a straight cable carrying an effective force
Explain the effect of length and curvature of cable in calculating the of 250 kN. The span of the beam is 6m. The cable has an uniformly
9. 15. distributed load of 8 kN/m. EC = 38 kN/mm2. Estimate the deflection at
loss of prestress.
the centre of span for the following cases:
10. List out the advantages of prestressed concrete constructions.
(a) Prestress + Self Weight of the beam
(b) Prestress + Self Weight + Live Load
(i) Explain the development of prestressed concrete and enumerate the
advantages of the same. (5) (i) A prestressed concrete beam 230 x 450 mm is used over an span of 4m and is
11.
(ii) Explain in detail about the basic concepts, materials required and prestressed by a cable carrying a force of 650 kN and located at an eccentricity of
methods of prestressing. (8) 75 mm. the beam supports 3 concentrated loads of 25 kN each at each quarter span
(i) Elaborate in detail on any three methods of prestressing as in the case points. Determine the location of the pressure line in beam at centre, quarter and
of Post-tensioning. (10) support sections. Neglect the moment due to self-weight of beam. (7)
12. (ii) Give a short description on Hoyer’s long line system of (ii) A concrete beam having a rectangular section 150 x 300 mm is prestressed by a
pretensioning. (3) parabolic cable having an eccentricity of 75 mm at centre of span towards the soffit
A rectangular prestressed beam 150mm wide and 300mm deep is used 16. and an eccentricity of 25 mm towards the top at support section. The effective force
over an effective span of 10m. The cable with zero eccentricity at the in the cable is 350 kN. The beam supports a concentrated load of 20 kN at the self-
supports and linearly varying to 50mm at the centre carries an effective weight. If the modulus of elasticity of concrete is 38 kN/mm2. And the span is 8mm.
prestressing force of 500kN. Find the magnitude of the concentrated Calculate, (8)
load located at the centre of the span for the following conditions at the (a) Short term deflection at centre of span section under prestress, self-weight
13. centre of span section: and Live load.
(a) If the bending effect of the prestressing force is nullified by the (b) Long term deflection assuming the loss ratio as 0.8 and creep coefficient as
imposed load for the mid span section (Neglect self-weight of the beam) 1.6.
(b) If the resultant stress due to self-weight, live load and prestressing
force is zero at the soffit of the beam at centre of span section. Assume
Suitable density of concrete.