Permanent blister R8201

Permanent Enlargement for Station Crosshead

Elastic shortening of crosshead:

Design pier no. = PE56-12

Concrete cube str. at transfer, fci = 40 N/mm2
Modulus of elasticity of conc. Eci = 33.3 GPa
Jacking force per bar, Fj = 1550 kN

Dimensions of crosshead B = 760 mm

C = 830 mm
h = 1590 mm
D = 1330 mm
E = 2080 mm
Width of crosshead bw = 2300 mm

Cross section area at tapered l., A1 = (B+h)/2 x bw = 2.70E+06 mm2

Cross section area at flat length, A2 = h x bw = 3.66E+06 mm2

Shortening due to stressing of bracket

Concrete stress at tapered length, fco,b,1 = 2Fj / A1 = 1.15 N/mm2
Shortening strain at tapered l., ees,b,1 = fco,b,1/Eci = 0.00003
Shortening length at tapered l., DLb,1 = D x ees,b,1 = 0.046 mm

Concrete stress at flat length, fco,b,2 = 2Fj / A2 = 0.85 N/mm2

Shortening strain at flat l., ees,b,2 = fco,b,2/Eci = 0.00003
Shortening length at flat l., DLb,2 = E x ees,b,2 = 0.053 mm

Total shorten. due to brac. DLb = 2(DLb,1+DLb,2) = 0.197 mm