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DEPERTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

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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.

 The end spans may be cantilever, may be freely supported or fixed


supported.
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 Beams are made continuous over the supports to increase structural


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integrity.
Advantage and Disadvantage of
Continuous Prestress beam over Simply
Advantages : Supported Beam
1. Reduce the depth and cross-sectional area
2. Reduce the self-weight which adds to the total capacity of the
member

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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Assumption for Continuous Prestress
Concrete Beam
 The eccentricity of the prestressing cables are
small compared to the length of the members.
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 Frictional loss of prestress is neglected.

 Same tendon should run through the entire


length of the member.

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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

Primary Moment : In simple beam , the moment


is produced due to tendon variation is called
primary moment.

Secondary Moment : In continuous beam ,


moment produced due to internal reaction is
called secondary moment .

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1. PRIMARY MOMENT DIAGRAM DUE TO PRESTRESS CONSIDERING NO
SUPPORT

2. SHEAR DIAGRAM TO PRIMARY MOMENT

3. LOADING DIAGRAM FOR SHEAR

4. RESULTING MOMENT DIAGRAM DUE TO PRESTRESS

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TOPIC

LOAD BALANCING METHOD

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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

• For Prestressed load moment at mid-span = P*h


• For Hypotheoritcal load moment at mid- span = w2L²/8
• Now both are equal.
• At last the result is w2 = 8Ph/L²

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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

 The schematic arrangement


of a group of tendons is called
Cable Layout.

 Tendon : A stretched element


used in a concrete member for
the purpose of prestressing.

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Simple Beam Layout

 Controlled by Two Critical Sections :

 The Maximum Moment :


The maximum moment section is controlled by two loading
stage :
1) The initial stage
2) The working-load stage
 The End Section :
The end sections are controlled by the area.

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Layouts for Pretensioned Beams

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Layouts for posttensioned beams

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Cable profiles

The method is intended for simple beams.

It also applicable for complicated layouts, such as complicated and


continuous layouts.

The method is a graphical one ; giving limiting zone within which


the c.g.s. must pass in order that no tensile stresses will be
produced.

Compressive stresses in concrete are not checked by this method.

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Cable profiles

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THANK YOU

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