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Effect of prestressing on the cracking moment of RC flexure members

Rahil Qureshi, Varun Singh Chandel, Dr. Yamini Sreevalli.I
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METHODOLOGY

ABSTRACT

Cracking moment is defined as the moment due to the external

loads, at which the first crack occurs in a flexural member. Considering
the variability in stress at the occurrence of the first crack, the evaluated
cracking moment is just an estimate. In general, various codes specify the
cracking moment for both the reinforced concrete and prestressed
concrete depending on the grade of the concrete. But in prestressed
concrete, apart from the high strength concrete amount of prestressing and
the presence of non prestressing steel affects the cracking behavior.
Hence, a need is felt to simulate the behavior of prestressed
concrete in the context of cracking. For this purpose, as a first step
experimental test results of RC beams are verified numerically and
prestressed concrete beams are modeled further and the results were
compared to study the effect of prestressing

OBJECTIVES
The objective is to study the effect of prestressing on the cracking
moment of prestressed beam and to find out the post-peak behaviour
analysis of member with respect to the load-deflection. (we didnt
write about this in paper)

Design of RC beam and Pre-stressed concrete

beam section is done according to IS 456:2000 and
IS 1343 respectively.
The cracking moment for a simply supported RC beam
with two point loading is calculated theoretically and
compared with the numerical results in Ansys v16.

Cracks in RCC beam at

14kN

Similarly the pre-stressed beam of Type-1 and Type-2 is

modeled in Ansys 16 with the same support and loading
condition as RC beam.

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES

REFERENCES
1.

J. C. M. Ho, A. K. H. Kwan and H. J. Pam. Theoretical analysis of post-peak

flexural behaviour of normal- and high-strength concrete beams. Struct. Design
Tall Spec. Build. 12, 109125 (2003)

2.

M. A. Rashid, M. A. Mansur. Reinforced High-Strength Concrete Beams in

Flexure. ACI Structural Journal, V. 102, No. 3, May-June 2005.pp 462-472

3.

WU YI. Post-crack and post-peak behavior of reinforced concrete members by

nonlinear finite element analysis. Ph.D. Thesis The University of Hong Kong
(2006)

4.

M K Maroliya. Comparative Study of Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete

Beam and Prestressed Concrete Beam. International Journal of Engineering
Research and Applications Vol. 2, Issue 6, November- December
2012, pp.230-233.

Finite element analysis using Ansys v16.0

Prestressing force for the Prestressed Member

Major contribution of this project is to provide the behavior of

post peak response of RCC/PSC subjected to flexure.

The details of the elements and dimensions used are as follows:

E= 2.9580E10 N/m2
Solid 65 =0.2

uniaxial cracking stress=4.141*10 6 N/m2

Type
- II e = 142kN

No cracks in Type- I
PSC beam at service
at 14kN

Cracks observed in
Type-II PSC Beam at
14kN at service

Comparison of Mcr for both RC beam and prestressed

beam is done.

Type
- I e = 213kN

To know the effect of prestressing steel on cracking moment

with comparison with RC flexure beam

RESULTS

5. S Unnikrishna Pillai and Devdas Menon Reinforced Concrete Design

6. M.Nadim Hassoun and Akthem Al-Manaseer Structural Concrete

E= 2*10 N/m , =0.3

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Beam 188 Yield stress= 415*106 N/ m2

Dimension of the beam: L=5.5m, B=0.25m, H=0.40m
# 4 rebars with 50mm cover.

Mr. varun

Mr. Rhul