PRESTRESSTED ASSIGNMENT

HOPE SHAMAH SICHULA

18001380
BTECH CE
SECTION A, 7TH SEMESTER

Cable Profile in Prestressed Concrete?

In Prestressed concrete, cable layout plays vital role in reducing tension from the concrete.
Due to curvature cable exerts forces on the concrete to counterbalance the forces causing
tension. Cables are laid as a continuous curve but for analysis purpose, they are modeled by
some mathematical curve.

The most important of them is the discrete parabolic modeling in different spans. Parabolic
modeling simplifies the analysis to large extent but in this process cable geometry at the
intermediate supports becomes discontinuous. To have more realistic models, we have used
reverse parabolas and B-spline curves for cable modeling. These curves not only ensure the
smooth profile but also provide realistic stress value.
Three different models of Cable Profile

(a) Parabolic Modeling

A general parabola may be defined as y = ax2 . . . . (1)

The approximate constant curvature of this curve may be defined as- K » d 2y/dx2 = 2a . . . . (2)

In continuous Prestressed concrete structures where cable profile changes its curvature several
times, each time a new parabola has to be defined. This is accounted through load balancing
approach, analytically and STADD software, numerically.

(b) Reverse Parabolic Modeling

This method was proposed by Lin and Burn4. In this reverse parabolas are used at the support
to maintain smooth– ness of the cable. Due to fitting of multi parabolas and mathematical
complexities in maintaining the continuity at the juncture of two parabolas, this approach is
quite involved. Since this models the true profile, results are quite close to the exact ones.
(c) B-Spline Modeling

A B-spline is a typical curve of the CAD philosophy. It models a smooth curve between the given
ordinates. Brabant and Fleury7, Pourazady et al8, Ghoddosian9 etc., have used this curve in
shape optimization problems. When a B-spline curve is used the geometrical regularities are
automatically taken care of. Following are few important properties of B-spline curve.

(1) The curve exhibits the variation diminishing properties. Thus the curve does not oscillate
about any straight line more often than its defining polygon.

(2) The curve generally follows the shape of the defining polygon.

(3) The curve is transformed by transforming the defining polygonal vertices.

(4). The curve lies between the convex hull of its defining polygon

(5). The order of the resulting curve can be changed without changing the number of defining
polygon vertices
 Limiting Zone in Prestressed Concrete?
For fully prestressed members (Type 1), tension is not allowed under service conditions. If tension is also
not allowed at transfer, C always lies within the kern zone. The limiting zone is defined as the zone for
placing the CGS of the tendons such that C always lies within the kern zone.

For limited Prestressed members (Type 2 and Type 3), tension is allowed at transfer and under service
conditions. The limiting zone is defined as the zone for placing the CGS such that the tensile stresses in
the extreme edges are within the allowable values.

The following figure shows the limiting zone (as the shaded region) for a simply supported beam
subjected to uniformly distributed load.

CL

Locus of emin
CGC

Locus of emax