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14-06-09 To: Yuri Plant Page - 6 of 3
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I NTRODUCTION
g1hile
post-tensioning of beams and slabs in multistory bui'ldings has been
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a major factor in construction
for a number of
years, flO studies have been
reported in the literature on the effects of story-by-story
post-tensioning on
the various
parts of a structure
during construction,
and subsequently
during
its service life.
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The primary concern is that the restraint offered by heavy co'lumns and
wal'ls with high rigidity in the direct'ion of stressing may substantially
reduce the effective
prestress, because some of the prestressing force may be
uselessly expended to flex the rigid walls or columns.
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It has a'lso been
observed in a number of cases'that creep shortening of beams due to post-
tensioning caused distress at the connections to columns and wal1s.
In some ihstances, specia'l details
(such as
pads of neoprene or
plastic, a
coating of tef'lon, etc.
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have'been
.incorporated
to accommodate' the horizontal
movement between beams or slabs and the'ir supports,
both during stressing and
subsequently while creep takes
place. Such detai'ls substantial)y
reduce the
restraining forces and a'l'low the beams to shorten without a bui'ldup of stress.
This study consjders a 4$-story building, the plan and sect'ion of wh'ich
are shown in iig. 1. The 47-ft. slab beams
(36 in. wide by 30 in. deep) are
post-tensjoned with a'force of about 600 kjps
per beam. The exterior columns
vary from 48 x 72 in, in the second story to 48 x 24 in. at the top of the
building. The 46-ft. tall columns in the first story are very massjve
(17
times as rigid as the second story columns) for archltectural reasons.
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The major
objectjve
of the study was to ascerta'in whether separatjon
and
sljding details
are required for each of the 20 beams of the 45 floors,
and
a'lso the type of special detai ls that may be needed in ihe 46-tt tal I f irst
story co'lumns. It was suspected that these extremely massive columns might
provide
a very high restraint during post-tensioning,
thereby diverting an
excessive portion
of tire post-tensioning
force to bend the co'lumns.
Subse-
quently,
the massive
tolumns might prevent
the creep shortening of the second
floor beams, thus further reducing the efficiency of their post-tensioning.
It was a'lso'suspected
that during the post-tensioning
of the beams in a
typical
floor, the reasonably
rigid column stack above the first f'toor might
be subjected
to high bending, thereby reducing the effectiveness of thg post-
tension. Another general
concern is the potential
cracking of the stiff
e'lements
against
which post-tensioning
is carried out.
ANALYSIS
The analytica'l
study fol lowed the story-*by-story
construction procerlure.
Mathematical
models
of the progressive)y
growing
structure were analyze4 in
stages correspohding
to the separate stressing of each floor. At each stage,
the response
of the structure up to a particular
level to the post-tensioning
force
appl ied at that
'level
was
'investigated.
The results were then added to
those resulting
from the stressing
of a1'l the f ]oors below.
Two cases were
restrai ned
at the
base,
and (2)
the
For convenience,
the mathematica'l models
considered only one exte.ior
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column'line
and the beams connected to it, as shown in Fig. ?.. The beams
framing into the core wa1ls were consjdered fully restra'ined at
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wall
ends,
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were carried
out using the PCA computer program.
"Analysis of
plane
Multi-
story Frame-Shear
['Jal ] Structures
Under Lateral and Gravity Loads,,.1 The
program
considers
axial deformations
in'the columns but neglects those in the
beams'
The analyzed model was rotated
900 to fit the computer program.
Thus,
the beams of the actual structure were treated as columns in the computer
mode'ls,
and the columns were treated as beams. AI'r s[ear*_igr9ymafi_ons
were
neg 1 ected
considered: (1)
tfre first
story co'lumn
f irst story co1umn hinged ai the base.
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significant effects of post-tensioning the 10th floor extended to the 4th
story and no further down (FiS.3).
It was also found thqt since the effect
of the high rigidities of the first and second story colrrmns did not rea11y
extend beyond the 3rd story, the influence of post-tension'ing
the 11th floor
on stories'5-10 was identical to the influence of post-tensioning
the I0th
f'loor on stories 4-9. As a result, the interna'l forces in the co1umns and
beams of a particular
story became stabilized once six floors above it
qeceived post-tensioning
forces. This, of course, wou'ld be the case only as
Iong as the co'lumn section did not change a)ong the height of the building.
Any change in re'lative column stiffnesses wou'td cause local irregu'larities.
In the structure considerei, the column section was assumed to be the same
between the 3rd and the 15th stories. Results are presented
for the
'lower
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stories of the.building, it being understood that the same patterns wou'ld hold
for the upper stories, except for local irrLgularities
due to changes in the
column section; The effects of post-tensioning
the successive f Ioors vJere
actually analyzed up to the stage where the 10th floor was post-tensioned.
The effects of post-tensionfng
floors 11-15 were extrapo'lated from the resu'lts
of ana)ysis corresponding to stressing of the 10th floor.
. To confirm the indjcation that the pattern
of internal forces observed for
the'lower stories would hold also for the upper portions
of the hui'rding. the
top nine storjes were analyzei for th'e effects of post-tensioning
the 37th to
the 45th floors, and the roof. This part
of the building djfferect from the
.'"" f irst. nine stories in two respects. First, the co'lumn rig.idities (assumed
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extend'ing from the 3rd to the iSth storjes); and second, some of the stories
djd not have six floors above them to be post-tensioned.
This segment of the
bui lding thus deserved spec.ial attention.
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It also appeared worth investigating whether the h'igh rigidjties
of the
first and second story columns made the internal force patterns
for the lower
nine stories peculiar
to the building considered. Thus, a further
serjes of
ana)yses was run for the fjrst nine stories, with the column base restrained,
and with the first and second story columns havlng a rigidity
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levels in the columns and beams
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post-tensioning force leve'l
modified f irst and second ,iotY
co'lumn restrained at the base.
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post-tensioning force of 100 kips rlas used
that the stress'levels
in the floor heams
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Moments and force
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find the'ir true magn'itude.
RESUITTS OF ANALYSIS
sets of rsults are
Presented:
for the lower nine stories with the first
the base;
storY column restrained
at
for the lower nine stories with the first story column hinged
at the
base;
fbr the top nine stories' and
for the lower nine stories with
columns, and with the first storY
sets of results are
Presented
in
respect i ve1y.
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Figure 3 is a tabulation for case 1 above of the
prestressing
forces in
the floor beams, as they build up with the
post-tensioning of successive
floors. Above and below the.,horizontal
dottbd line are calculated and extra-
polated values, respective'ly.
Figure 4 shows ihe moments in the columns and
the amount of
prestress
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the beams resu'lting from stressing
the 1, 2,
...9-story structures. Each sketch shows the moments uld forces in all
co]umns and beams at and below'the level of tensioning,
resulting from the
stressing of only one floor. Then, as shown in Fig. 5, superposition
was made
for each column and each beam of the effects of post-tension'ing al'l the floor
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and prestressing forces in beams due to the stressing of the top ten floors,
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with its.first and second story columns modified to have the same flexural
. rigidities as the columns immediately above.
The shear forces accompanying column moments were found to be rather small
in all cases. It should be noted, however, that the presence of these shear
forces may influence the cracking in the columns
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At the bottom of the building, the second floor beams are post-tensioned,
while the first floor is not tensioned. The elastic shortening of the second
floor beams induces a horizontal displacement at the top of the first story
co1umn. If the co'lumn is restrained at its base, the displacement is accom-
panied by moments in the co'lumn, and at. the same time reduces the
post-
tensioning that enters the beam being tengioned
(F'ig. 4, sketch 1). The
amount of prestress lost to the column depends on the relative flexural
rigidity of the co'lumn and the axial rigidity of the beam. In the extreme
case of an inf inite'ly rigid column, al I the force wou'ld be f lexing the rigid
-column
and none would be stres.sing the beam, while at the other extreme of a
very flexib]e column, all of the applied force would stress the beam. If the
bottom of the first story column is h'inged, the horizontal displacement of the
co'lumn top does not cause column moments, and nearly a'l'l the appl ied tension-
ing force stresses the intended beam
(Fig.6,
sketch 1).
The above distribution of internal forces changes as more and more floors
above the second floor level are post-tensioned. It can be seen from Figs. 3
and 4, that during the stressing of a given floor beam, the flexural rigidity
of the column stack causes the beam on the floor direct'ly below to be stressed
(compressed)
a1so, while the beams on the subsequent floors below are
stretched or compressed, depend'ing on their location and on the relative
rigid'ities of beams and columns. Both Figs. 5 and 7 indicate that above the
4th f)oor, the prestress
levels in the beams of a given floor get
stabjlized
c'lose to the 1001 mark with the stressing of a sufficient number of floors
above the part
jcu'lar
level. The prestress levels in the Znd to the 4th f
'loor
beams settle to values somevrhat djfferent from 1.00X owing to the substantially
h'igher relative rigidities of the lst and 2nd story columns.
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Figure 9, applicable to case 4 where irregularitjes
1n the lower column
stiffnesses are absent, shows a st.abilization
close to 1001 of the
prestress
levels in all floor beams except those on the 2nd floor. Figure 8, as men-
tioned earl ier, dep'icts the
'internal
forces in the top nine stor.ies of the
bui'lding, fo'llowing the post-tensioning of the roof and al'l the floors below.
In this case, because of the
'low
coJumn rigidjties, most of the appl ied
post-
tensioning force goes directly into the beams. As a result. even the roof
beams havd'a
prestress level equai to 98.23fl of the applied
post-tension. The
prestress levels in the floor beams below the roof have clearly settled down
io va'lues close to 100X.
DESIGN IMPLICATIONS
Prestress Levels
In Fig. 7 (hinged base) it is seen that,the second, third and fourth f'loor
beams have prestress'leve'ls of 129..8,84.6 and 96.4y,, respectively. To bring
the stress ]evels in these beams to the desired 100X,
'the
second floor will
have to be tensioned by a force 23.0*
(1-100/129.8) x 100S sma'l]er and
f loors 3 and 4 by forces 18.2% and 3.7t higher, respective'ly. In the case of
the fixed columns base
(Fig.
5), only floors 3 and 4 will have to be more
highly tensioned--by 19.9fl and 4.0%r respectively. The second floor needs
just
1.81 less force; this small amount can be neglected.
It should be noted that the above magnitudes are strongly dependent on the
re'lative column and beam rig'idities. Figure 9 shows that
'in
the case of
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un'iform columns in the lower portion of the bu'i1ding, on'ly the 2nd floor needs
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to be more highly tensioned than the other f'loors--by 19.6fl.
Column t''loments
I^Jhen a beam is- being post-tensjoned, the co'lumn inrned'iate'ly beiow, upon
whjch the beam rests,
'is
subjected to a cantilever moment as shown in Figs. 4
and 6. This column receives an additional moment when the beams in the floor
immediately above are tensioned. The cumulat'ive moment so far is the highest
moment to which this column will be subjected as a result of beam tgnsioning.
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Stressing of the next several floors above rel'ieves some of this maximum
column moment. Cumu'lative moments in the columns of the'lowest nine stories,
due to post-tension'ing of al I the f
'loors
above that af fect them, have been
presented in Figs. 5 and 7 for the cases of restrained and hinged column
bases, respectively. Figure I shows the cumulative column moments in the top
stories of the building. Additional
vertical co1umn reinforcement may be
required to resist these moments, unless the interaction diagram for a column
shows that its moment capac'ity at the given'level of vertica1 forces is suf-
ficient to accommodate the design frame moments ln addition to the moments
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induced by post-tensioning.
Creep of the
at a decreasing
panying elastic
during the first
The beams on al'l floors, including the second floor, are subiected to
about the same amount of creep.shortening. Conse.quent'ly, there is no differ-
entjal shortening between individual f'loors which wou'ld distort the columns
above the first story, except for the neglig'ib1e creep differentia'ls caused by
the t'ime
'lag
between the stressing of successive f loors. The creep shortening
of the f'loors from the second- up causes on'ly an overall shorten'ing of the p'lan
dimensjon of the buiiding; However, the length differentia'l between the
shortened second floor
(and the floors above) and the unstressed first floor
needs specia'l consjderation if the first story columns restrain the creep
shorten'ing of the second floor beams. e f,ing. at the bottom of the first
story column, as shown in Fig. 10a, would
practically eliminate the resistance
against inward movement of the top of the column. If a permanent hinge is not
desirable, continuity can be reestablished as shown in Fig. 10b, after
part of
the creep has taken p1ace, sEJ after six months.
l^lhere it is not possible or not convenient to construct a hinge, the
fol'lowing possible solutions to accormodate the creep shortening may be
i nvest i gated:
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CREEP EFFECTS
stressed'beams causes their added shortening wh'ich contjnues
rate for a long time after the post-tensioning and the accom-
shortening.. During the initial six months about 70f
,
and
year about 80I, of the ultimate creep usua'lly takes
p1ace.
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Permonenl hinge
Fig. 10: Permanent and
(b)
TemPororY hinge
temporary hinges at column base.
Weld olter
6 monlhs
ond fill
with concrele
This concrele
to be filled
in loler
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Column bors
musl be oble
lo corry
le mporory
lood without
buckling
(b)
details to accormodate creep shortening'
(o)
plo les
lef lon)
Fig. 11: Special
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1. Provide a low friction horizontal sliding detail
(as
shown in Flg.
ila) either at the top or bottom of the first story co'lumn. Although this
solution practically removes the resistance to horizontal movements, there is
the shortcoming of also eliminating column continuity at the s'liding
ioint
location.
2. Leave out the concrete over a
'ljm'ited
length of column, as shown in
Fig. 11b, while temporarlly supporting the load on the bars on1y. This wou'ld
greatly reduce the resiitance to horjzontal translation. The bars sh.ou'ld be
checked for their ability to carry the temporary load wjthout buckling. The
concrete to complete the column should be filled
in
after a substantial
part
of the creep in the beams has taken p1ace. The creep shortening of the heams
subsequent,to closure wi'll have its effect on the ground story columns, and
will part)y reduce the effective
post-tensioning,
3. An externa'l force can be applierl to,the top of the first Story co'lumn
to move it by the amount of creep shortening of the second floor heams. This
force can be. app'lied as added post-tension to the second f
'loor
beams.
As
a
result, the first story columns will bend in double curvature and wi'll follow
the shortening of the second f'loor beams (and the beams above).
The
column
stack above the second floor witl follow the.movement of the floors without
differential distortions.
The force requ,ired to move the top of the f irst story co'lumn and the
resulting first story column moments can be determjned by making the common
assumpt'ion that the creep shortening of the beam is twice its eJastic short-
ening due to post-tensioning.
Assum'ing an e'last'ic column, the elastic co'lumn
moments (due
to beam creep) wil'l then be twice the moments due to tensioning
of the second floor beams, and the required force twice the force diverted to
the column during tension'ing
The columns, however, undergo their own creep relaxation.2 Since the
creep shortening of the beams (and
the displacement of the column top) occurs
over a long period
of time, the gradual buildup of the column moments wi'll be
relaxed part'ly (about 50X wi I I
"creep out"). The residual moments wi l 1 be
only about 50S of what the elastic moments would have been if the column top
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were subjected to the same disp]acement
apofied
lnstantane.usly.
Thus, the
force that needs to be applied
over a period of t'ime' to disp'lace
ihe column
top to follow the creep shortening
of the floor beams'
wi11 equa'l
the force
expended
during
post-tensioning
to bend the column.
Tti'is force can be appiied
during the initial stressing,
if the member
is capable of accepting
higher
'levels
of tension. otherwise,
it should
be applied
in timed increments'
cor-
responding.
to the ioss of post-tension
due to creep.
If no added force
applied
to"make the column follow the beam shortening,
then the column
resis-
tance to beam shorten'ing
would
reduce the effectiveness
of the beam
post-
iensioning by the amount of this required
force
SU}4},lARY AND OBSERVATIONS
1. This study of the effeits of
post-tensjoning
the beams in a multistory
bui.ld.ing shows that during
post-tension.ing'of
a
particular f'loor,
part of the
prestressing force is diverted
to bend the, rigid columns
in the stories
be'low. The stressing
of floors above the
particular level gradually reintro-
duces the
preViously diverted force, and after
about six stories above
have
been stressed.
the post-tensioning level reaches almost a fu'll 100x'
2. Each co'lumn receives a
permanent moment as
it is bent inward during the
stressing of the f'loor it direct'ly supports and the floor immediate]y
ahove.
This moment and the accompany.ing
shear are only sl ight]y modif ied during sub-
sequent stressing of the f loors
-above.
All co]umns
must be
proportioned w'ith
due consideration
given to these moments and shears
due to
post-tensioning'
If these moments ancl shears are not considered,
cracking of the suoport
elements maY result.
3. The differentjal
shortening
between the stressed second floor and the
unstressed first floor results in'levels of
post-tensioning other than 10CI in
a few
(1 to 3) of the'lowest
floors.
The actual
prestress ]evels in these
f.loor beams depend on the stiffness
re'lationsh'ips
between the columns and the
beams, and on the detai'ls at the foot of the first story co'lumns
(hinged
or
restrained). To rectify the different'ia1s, the
post-tensioning forces applied
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s'l'ide, creep shorten'ing of the stressed beams at diff erent levels
havr
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effect on the columns, since all beams shorten to about the same extent,
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resu'lting in an overall shortening of the pl an d.imensions of the bui'lding'
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the differentia'l
creep
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flrst
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f loor members must be compensated for. To accomp'lish
this, specia'l detai'ls
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m.ay be lniorporated,.or the top of the first story column may be forced
(by
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additional
post-tensioning
of the second floor bealns) to follotr the creep
Shortening of the second flooq'.
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i. No special s1iding details appear warranted for the
post-tensioned beams
{n the typical floor of a multistory building.
This investigation is a case study of'a particulai
building.
The authors
believe that the building chosen is fair'ly
typjcal.
As such, it is expected
that the broad trends indicated by the results shou'ld apply to most regular
multistory bui'ldings with dimensions in the practicable range
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REFERENCES
Derecho, A.T.,
itgl,t
lilO Cornputer Program f or the Ana'lysis of Pl ane Mu1ti-
story Frame-Shear lJa'l I Structures Unde/ Lateral and Gravity Loads",
Portland Cement Association, Skok'ie, Illinois, 1971.
Gh.a'li, A., Di1ger, H., and Nevi11e, A.M.,
"Time-Dependent
Forces Induced
by Settlement
of Suoports
jn
Continuous Re'inforced Concrete Beams", ACI
J.ourna'|, Proceedings, V.66 N0.11, November 1969.
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