A precast pretensioned beam of rectangular section has a breadth of

100 mm and a depth of 200 mm. The beam with an effective span
of 5 m, is prestressed by tendons with their centroids coinciding
with the bottom kern. The initial force in the tendons is 150 kN.
The loss of prestress may be assumed to be 15 per cent. The beam
is incorporated in a composite T-beam by casting a top flange of
breadth 400 mm and thickness 40 mm. If the composite beam
supports a live load of 8 kN/m , calculate the resultant stresses
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developed in the precast and in situ cast concrete assuming the

pretensioned beam as (a) unpropped and (b) propped during the
casting of the slab. Assume the same modulus of elasticity for
concrete in precast beam and in situ cast slab.
400 mm

40 mm

100 mm

200 mm
 Stresses due to prestressing force
400 mm

40 mm 𝑃 𝑃𝑒
Stress at top = −
𝐴 𝑍
150×10 3 3
150×10 ×100Τ3
= −
200×100 667×103
=0
200 mm
e=d/6
P=150 kN 𝑃 𝑃𝑒
Stress at Bottom = +
𝐴 𝑍
150×103 150×103 ×100Τ3
100 mm = +
200×100 667×103
=15 N/mm^2
 Effective prestress after losses
400 mm

40 mm

Stress at top =
=0

200 mm
e=d/6
P=150 kN
100 mm Stress at Bottom=15*0.85 N/mm^2
=12.8 N/mm^2
 Stress due to Self-weight of Precast Beam

400 mm Self-weight of the precast beam

= (0.1 * 0.2 * 24 * 10^3) = 480 N/m

Self-weight moment = (480 * 5^2)/8

40 mm
= 1500 Nm

𝑀
Stress at Top=+ N/mm^2
𝑍
1500∗10^3
200 mm = N/mm^2 =2.25 N/mm^2
667∗10^3
e=d/6
P=150 kN
𝑀
Stress at Bottom=− N/mm^2
100 mm 𝑍
1500∗10^3
=- N/mm^2 = - 2.25 N/mm^2
667∗10^3
 Stress due to in situ Cast slab (Unpropped)

400 mm Self-weight of the precast beam

= (0.4 * 0.04 * 24 * 10^3) = 384 N/m

Self-weight moment = (384 * 5^2)/8

40 mm
= 1200 Nm

𝑀
Stress at Top=+ N/mm^2
𝑍
1200∗10^3
200 mm = N/mm^2 =1.8 N/mm^2
667∗10^3
e=d/6
P=150 kN
𝑀
Stress at Bottom=− N/mm^2
100 mm 𝑍
1200∗10^3
=- N/mm^2 = - 1.8 N/mm^2
667∗10^3
 Stress due to in situ Cast slab (Propped)

400 mm Self-weight of the precast beam

= (0.4 * 0.04 * 24 * 10^3) = 384 N/m

Self-weight moment = (384 * 5^2)/8

40 mm
= 1200 Nm

𝑀
Stress at Top=+ N/mm^2
𝑍𝑡
1200∗10^3
200 mm = N/mm^2 =0.53 N/mm^2
225∗10^4
e=d/6
P=150 kN
𝑀
Stress at Bottom=− N/mm^2
100 mm 𝑍𝑏
1200∗10^3
=- N/mm^2 = -0.94 N/mm^2
128∗10^4
 Stress due to Live Load

400 mm Live load on the composite section = (0.4 * 1 * 8000) = 3200 N/

Maximum live-load moment = (3200 * 5^2)/8 = 10000 Nm

40 mm

𝑀
Stress at Top=+ N/mm^2
𝑍𝑡
10000∗10^3
200 mm = N/mm^2 =4.45 N/mm^2
225∗10^4
e=d/6
P=150 kN
𝑀
Stress at Bottom=− N/mm^2
100 mm 𝑍𝑏
10000∗10^3
=- N/mm^2 = -7.85 N/mm^2
128∗10^4
Compute the resultant stresses developed in the precast
pretensioned beam and cast in situ slab for the
unpropped case if the modulus of elasticity of concrete in slab
and beam are different. Assume Ec(prestressed beam) = 35
kN/mm^2, Es(Cast in situ slan) = 28 kN/mm^2