PSC ASSIGNMENT

Module 1

PUPPALA ABHIRAM
BTECH/10688/18
Civil engineering
 POST TENSIONING
This is a method of prestressing concrete in which concreting is done first then tendons are
tensioned against hardened concrete. In this method the stresses are transferred by end
anchorages but not by the bond. In this method any shape of cable profile can be provided.
Losses are less compared to pre tensioning methods. Post tensioning is suitable for long
spans like members in bridges, flyovers etc..
Mainly there are four methods of post tensioning

1. Freyssinet system
2. Magnel Blaton system
3. Gifford-Udall system
4. Lee-McCall system

Let us discuss about Freyssinet system and lee-McCall system.

FREYSSINET SYSTEM OF POST TENSIONING:

 
The Freyssinet system of post-tensioning anchorages was developed in
1939. The Freyssinet anchorage system, which is widely used in Europe and India, consists of
a cylinder with a conical interior through which the high-tensile wires pass and against the
walls of which the wires are wedged by a conical plug lined longitudinally with grooves to
house the wires. The main advantages of the Freyssinet system is that a large number of
wires or strands can be simultaneously tensioned using the double-acting hydraulic jack.
Anchorage device consists of a concrete cylinder with a concentric conical hole and
corrugations on its surface, and a conical plug carrying grooves on its surface. Steel wires are
carried along these grooves at the ends. Concrete cylinder is heavily reinforced.Members
are fabricated with the cylinder placed in position. Wires are pulled by Freyssinet double
acting jacks which can pull through suitable grooves all the wires in the cable at a time. One
end of the wires is anchored and the other end is pulled till the wires are stretched to the
required length. An inner piston in the jack then pushes the plug into the cylinder to grip the
wires.
LEE MCCALL SYSTEM OF POST TENSIONING:

This method is used to prestress steel bars. The diameter of the bar is between 12
and 28mm. bars provided with threads at the ends are inserted in the performed ducts.
After stretching the bars to the required length, they are tightened using nuts against
bearing plates provided at the end sections of the member. This system has the advantage
over others that stressing can be done by stages as it is possible to tighten the nut at any
stage.