Structural Efficiency of Prestressing for Concrete Bridges in Ultimate Stage

Maged A Hashad, Fathy Fathy A. Saad, Khaled Khaled H. Riad

Abstract


The codes describe the behavior of the prestressed beams in the ultimate stage as the prestressed concrete beam starts to behave like a reinforced concrete beam when the value of the flexural moment is well beyond the cracking moment and the total service load moment. The ultimate theory in flexure and the principles and concepts underlying it are thus equally applicable to prestressed concrete. The same fundamental format of equations, modified to reflect the characteristics of the different reinforcing materials and the geometry peculiar to prestressed concrete. The code equations aims to calculate the ultimate moment capacity (ultimate moment of resistance) while neglecting the beneficial effect of prestressing normal force and the induced prestressing moment on the ultimate moment then The capacity is compared with the demand at ultimate load considering the corresponding factor of safety. This study presents the beneficial effect of prestressing normal force and the induced moment on the ultimate moment for twenty five internally bonded prestressed beams.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1000/ijses.v2i1.43

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