CE 337/CE 568 : Prestressed Concrete Design

Deflection and cracking

considerations
Prof. Sasankasekhar Mandal
BE (Jadavpur Univ., Kolkata, 1993), ME (UOR, Roorkee, 1996), PhD (IIT, Roorkee, 2001)
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT (BHU), Varanasi, UP 221 005
 Need for deflection control of PSC elements
• Suitable control on deflection is essential due to
• Excessive sagging of principal structural members is not only
unsightly, but also at times, it renders the. Floors unsuitable for the
intended use.
• Large deflection under dynamic effects and the influence of varying
loads may cause discomfort to the users
• Excessive deflection are likely to cause damage to finishes, partition
walls, and associated structures.
 Need for deflection control of PSC elements
• The computation of short term or instantaneous deflection, which
occur immediately after transfer of pre-stress and on application of
loads is conveniently done by using Mohr’s theorems
• In post cracking stage, a pre-stressed concrete beam behaves in a
manner similar to RC beam, considering trilinear moment curvature
relationships, which involve the section properties of the cracked
beam.
 Factors influencing deflection of PSC elements
• Imposed load self weight
• Magnitude of the prestressing force
• Able profile
• Secon moment of area of cross section
• Modulus of elasticity of concrete
• Shrinkage, creep and relaxation of steel stress
• Span of the member
• Fixity conditions
 Cross sections to be used for calculation of deflection

• In the pre-cracking stage, the whole cross-section is effective and the

deflections in this stage are computed using the second moment of
area of the gross concrete section
• In the post-cracking stage, a prestressed concrete beam behaves in a
manner similar to that of a RC beam and the computation of
deflections in this stage is made by considering moment-curvature
relationships which involve the section properties of cracked section.
Mohr’s theory for deflection and slope of beams
 Mohr’s theory for deflection and slope of beams
• Consider the beam AB subjected to BMD due to pprestressing force,
selfweight and imposed loads.
• ACB is the centre line of the deformed structure under the system of given
loads.
• Let θ = slope of the elastic curve at A and AD is the intercept between the
tangent at C and the vertical at A
• a = deflection at the centre for symmetrically loaded, simply supported beam,
• A = area of the BMD between A and C
• x = distance of the centroid of the BMD between A and C from the left
support
 Mohr’s theory for deflection and slope of beams
• EI = Flexural rigidity of the beam, then according to Mohr’s first
theorem,
• Slope (θ) = area of BMD/EI = A/EI
• Mohr’s second theorem states that Intercept
a = moment of the area of BMD about A/flexural rigidity
= Ax/EI
Effect of tendon profile on deflections of beams
(NK Raju, 2007)
Effect of tendon profile on deflections of beams
(NK Raju, 2007)
Effect of tendon profile on deflections of beams (NK Raju
2007)
Effect of tendon profile on deflections of beams (NK Raju
2007)
Parabolic tendon eccentric anchors (NK Raju 2007)
Parabolic tendon eccentric anchors (NK Raju 2007)
Sloping tendon eccentric anchors (NK Raju 2007)