DEL ROSARIO, AIRA FRANCHESCA M.

NOVEMBER 9, 2019
CE 502 ELECTIVE 3 (PRESTRESSED CONCRETE)

RESEARCH PAPER: Gifford Udall System

The Gifford Udall

System is the earliest
method in prestressing, it
is originated in Great
Britain, and is widely
used in India. This is a
single wire system. In this
method, each wire is stressed independently and anchored one by one in
separate cylinder using small double acting jack wedging grips called Udall grip.
Each grip consists of two half cones. Any number of wires can be grouped
together to form a cable in this system. The bearing plate bears against a thrust
ring which is cast into the concrete. The duct end is encircled by a helix.
Anchorages are supplied to suit the cables of 2, 4, 6 and 12 wires. There are two
types of anchorage device in this system, the Tube anchorages and the Plate
anchorages.

Tube anchorage consists of a bearing plate, anchor wedges and anchor

grips. Anchor plate may be square or circular and have 8 or 12 tapered holes to
accommodate the individual prestressing wires. These wires are locked into the
tapered holes by means of anchor wedges.
In addition, grout entry hole is also provided in the bearing plate for
grouting. Anchor wedges are split cone wedges carrying serrations on its flat
surface.

There is a tube unit which is a fabricated steel component incorporating a

thrust plate, a steel tube with a surrounding helix. This unit is attached to the end
shutters and form an efficient cast-in component of the anchorage (fig.5).