Prestressing with Unbonded Internal or External Tendons: Analysis and Computer Model
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 128, Issue 12
Abstract
A method of analysis is presented to predict the behavior of prestressed concrete structures with internal or external tendons up to ultimate. The structure is modeled as an assemblage of plane frame members connected at nodes. The prestressing tendon is treated as a member with a small moment of inertia connected to the structural nodes with short arms. Because the centroidal axis changes with cracking and time-dependent effects, the nodes are located on an arbitrarily chosen axis called the reference axis. The analysis includes the effects of tension stiffening, and geometric and material nonlinearities. Any nonlinear stress–strain relationship for concrete and reinforcements can be applied. The analysis accounts for friction and slip of external tendons at deviators, variation of tendon eccentricity with applied load (geometric nonlinearity), and opening of joints in precast segmental construction. The computer program developed to perform the analysis method is verified using experiments on simple and continuous beams with internal or external tendons.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 128 • Issue 12 • December 2002
Pages: 1493 - 1501
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Sep 6, 2000
Accepted: Mar 29, 2002
Published online: Nov 15, 2002
Published in print: Dec 2002
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