Reg. No.
Question Paper Code : R86913
M.E./ [Link]. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, APRIL/MAY 2021
Second Semester
Structural Engineering
ST 5009 – PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
(Regulations 2017)
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
Answer ALL questions.
PART A — (10 2 = 20 marks)
1. What is the significance of prestressing?
2. List the types of losses.
3. What is Type 1 beam?
4. What are the different ways of improving shear resistance in concrete
members?
5. Write about redundant reaction with respect to prestressed concrete
continuous members?
6. Define concordant cable profile.
7. List 3 examples for Tension members.
8. What is circular prestressing?
9. How do you compute shrinkage and resultant stresses in composite members?
10. What is partial prestressing?
PART B — (5 13 = 65 marks)
11. a) Explain in detail why high strength concrete and high strength
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steel are needed for PSC construction.
OR
b) A pretensioned beam 300 mm x 450 mm is pre-tensioned by 12
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wires each of 7 mm diameter, initially stressed to 1200 MPa with
their centroids located 100 mm from the soffit. Estimate the final
percentage loss of stress due to elastic deformation, creep,
shrinkage and relaxation. Assume relaxation of steel stress = 90
MPa. Ec = 35 GPa, creep co-efficient = 1.6 and residual shrinkage
strain = 3 X10-4.
12. a) A post tensioned bridge girder with unbonded tendons is of size
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1200mm wide and 1800mm deep is of box section with wall
thickness of 150mm. The high tensile steel has an area of 4000mm2
and is located at an effective depth of 1600mm. The effective
prestress in steel after loss is 1000 N/mm2 & effective span is 24m.
If fck = 40 N/mm2, fp =1600 N/mm2. Estimate the flexural strength
of the girder.
OR
b) Design a Prestressed concrete Type 1 beam for a span of 16m. It is
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subjected to a uniformly distributed load of 250kN/m. Assume the
permissible stresses are 14MPa for concrete and 1050 MPa for
steel. Assume 20% losses.
13. a) A prestressed beam with rectangular cross section with a width of
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120mm and depth of 300mm is continuous over two spans AB=BC=
8m. The cable with zero eccentricity at the ends and an eccentricity
of 50mm towards the top fibres of the beam over the central
support, carries an effective force of 500kN.
(i) Calculate the secondary moments developed at B.
(ii) Also locate the position of pressure line at the section.
OR
b) Explain about the concept of linear transformations. (13)
14. a) Design a post-tensioned hanger to carry an axial tension of P(DL) =
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300 kN (dead load including self-weight) and P(LL) = 150 kN. The
dimension of the hanger is 250 × 250 sqmm.
Design the section without considering non-prestressed
reinforcement. Tension is not allowed under service loads. Assume
M35 grade of concrete and 18% losses. The following properties of
the prestressing strands are available from tests.
Tensile strength = 1860 MPa.
Modulus of elasticity = 195 kN/mm2 .
OR
b) Explain the criteria of design and design procedure for prestressed
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concrete circular tanks.
15. a) Briefly explain the necessity of using composite section in PSC
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structures. Also discuss about the shear in composite beams. What
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are the provisions usually made to counteract the effects.
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b) A precast pretensioned beam of rectangular section has a breadth of
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100mm and depth of 200mm. The beam with an effective span of 5m
is prestressed by the tendons with their centroids coinciding with
the bottom kern. The initial force in the tendons is 150kN. The loss
of prestress is 15%. The top flange width is 400mm with the
thickness of 40mm. If the composite beam supports a live load of
8kN/m2. Calculate the resultant stresses developed if the section is
propped and unpropped.
PART C — (1 15 = 15 marks)
16. a) Explain with sketches any one system of prestressing with its
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advantages and disadvantages.
OR
b) Determine the short term deflection in a simply supported beam
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subjected to a UDL of 10kN/m for the following data.
Span : 8m
Size : 300mm x 600mm
Prestressing force : 200 kN
Assume concentric tendon.
