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TOPIC
Continuous Beam
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Continuous Beams
Figure : Jamuna
Bridge
A continuous beam is a statically indeterminate multi span beam on
hinged support.
Disadvantage:
1. More frictional loss in continuous beam
2. Shortening of continuous beam under prestress may produce
excess lateral force and moment in the supporting member .
3. Concurrence of maximum moment and shear over support
4. Difficulties in achieving continuity for precast elements
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METHODS OF
ACHIEVING
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USING CURVED CABLES
• Higher resistance to
stress
• Longer spans
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USING STRAIGHT CABLES
Curved tendon can be replaced by straight
tendon but behavior is same due to cross
sectional change .
• Wide web is
necessary
• Large anchorage
blocks
• Skilled workmen
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Cross Sectional Change Of a Continuos
Beam
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Determining the Resisting Moment for
Continuous Beam
Step 1 : Plot the primary moment diagram for
the entire continuous beam as produced only
by prestress eccentricity , as if there were no
support to the beam
Step 2 : Plot the shear diagram
Step 3 : Plot the loading diagram
Step 4 : Plot the moment diagram
corresponding to the loading diagram
considering all supports
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Primary and Secondary Moment
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1. PRIMARY MOMENT DIAGRAM DUE TO PRESTRESS CONSIDERING NO
SUPPORT
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TOPIC
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HISTORY
• It’s the third principal of Prestressed Concrete.
• Developed by T.Y Lin & Ned H. Burns
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MAIN CONCEPT
• Taking concrete as a free body.
• Replacing tendons with forces or moments along the
span.
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Illustration of CONCEPT
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CONCEPT
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CONCEPT
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CONCEPT
• For Prestressed load , moment at mid-span = P*h
• For Hypotheoritcal load , moment at mid span = w2 L/4
• Now both are equal.
• At last the result is , w2 =4Ph/L
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CONCEPT
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CONCEPT
• For Prestressed load moment at mid-span = P*h
• So the produced moment should be , M=P*h
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CONCEPT
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CONCEPT
• Continuous beam act as a simply supported
beam
• After Load balancing method it is act as a non-
prestressed continuous beam.
• For analysis only consider unbalanced portion.
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TOPIC
Cable Layout
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Contents
• Cable layout
• Simple Beam Layout
• Layouts for pretensioned beams
• Layouts for posttensioned
beams
• Cable profiles
• Cantilever beam layout
• Single cantilevers beam layout
• Double cantilevers beam layout
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Cable Layout
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Simple Beam Layout
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Layouts for Pretensioned Beams
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Layouts for posttensioned beams
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Cable profiles
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Cable profiles
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THANK YOU
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