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Friday, August 31, 2018

Definition and categorisation of Pre-Stressed Concrete

Normal concrete structure contains greater compressive strength and very weak tension strength. For the purpose of removing the weakness of concrete in tension, pre-tensioning method is applied. Pre-stressed concrete belongs to the autonomous formation of permanent compressive stresses in a structure to enhance its behavior and strength toward different service situations.

Categorization of Pre-stressed concrete

Pre stressed concrete structure is categorized on the basis of their features of design and construction. The are categorized into the following three groups.

1. Location of construction
2. Level of construction
3. Method of pre-stressing


LOCATION OF CONSTRUCTION
Here, the pre-stressed structure may come as precast cast, cast in situ, composite constrictions.


PRE CAST
Precast pre-stressed components are fabricated in a plant or adjacent to the working site. Then they are conveyed to construction site and then they are constructed and set to its position.


CAST IN SITU
The cast-in-situ concrete is standard concrete that is poured into the exact formwork on the site and cured to attain the strength of RCC elements. So, the transportation and erection process are not necessary in this method.


COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION
Composite construction is done by integrating both prestressed and cast in situ methods. As for instance, in a beam in a building structure is built up by pre-stressed concrete and the top roof slab is built up by the cast in situ method.


LEVEL OF PRE-STRESSING
Level of pre-stressing is categorized as completely pre-stressed, limited pre-stressed, partially pre-stressed.


FULLY PRE-STRESSED
In fully pre-stressed concrete members, there is not any tensile stress under the operation of working or service loads.


LIMITED PRE-STRESS
Members are pre-stressed to a limited extent in order that members may create some tensile stress under working loads but the magnitude is below the tensile strength of concrete. These members function as a completely pre-stressed member and remain uncracked under working loads.


PARTIALLY PRE-STRESSED
Partially pre-stressed structure contains both pre-stressing steel and reinforcing steel to withstand working load.


Partial pre-stressing is useful for both pre-stressed concrete and reinforced concrete. The tensile stress remains within the limit.

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Definition and categorisation of Pre-Stressed Concrete

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Published By
Rajib Dey
www.constructioncost.co
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