4.

12 INITIAL CONDITION; TRANSFER OF

PRESTRESSING
In addition to adequacy check for In-service
performance (MS), and safety against overload
(ILLS), prestressed members are checked at
transfer of prestressing (jacking), for the following
reasons:

4. At time of stressing, the prestressing tendon is

at its highest force value;
• concrete Is generally green, not having reached
its in-service design strength; and
+ design live and other loads are not generally
present to balance the uplift effects of
prestressing should it exceed selfweight.

As a result, at force transfer, a post•tensioned

member may experience stresses that can cause
to cracking or excessive creeks. For this reason,
building codes require the evaluation of the
member at force transfer, and specify remedial
measures, should the transfer stresses be critical.

4.12.1 Load Combinations

Building codes covered are not specific on the
details of the load combination at stressing. It is
left to the judgment of the design engineer for the
condition at hand. The load combination commonly
used is:
1.00 Selfweight • 1.15 Prestressing
(Exp 4.12.1-1)

The above load combination is based on the

premise that at stressing the long-term stress
losses in prestressing have not taken place, and
only the selfweight of the member Is available to
resist the prestressing forces.