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What types of reinforcements are used in the process of prestressing?

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Date Posted: 2013/06/11
Ashok Kumar Upadhyay
by Ashok Kumar Upadhyay , Assistant General Manager - Planning , Afcons Infrastructure Limited

HTS WIre rope

Joao Pereira
by Joao Pereira , Project Engineer - Project Management , Saudi Aramco

Low relaxation cables, but I think the question was about the3 different types of presstress applications.
Spalling Reinforcement - stress behind the loaded area of the anchor blocks.
Equilibrium reinforcements - several anchorages, prestressing loads are applied in a sequential manner.
Bursting Reinforcements - stress trajectories are concave towards the line of action of load. 

Equilibrium Reinforcement, if it is building construction and bridged.

sojit ferreras
by sojit ferreras , QA/QC Engineer , Storey Provincial Hospital, Nueva Écij

1. Spalling reinforcementSpalling stresses are established behind the loaded area of anchor blocks and this causes breaking away of surface concrete. These stresses are induced by strain incompatibility with Poisson’s effects or by the shape of stress trajectories.

2. Equilibrium reinforcementEquilibrium reinforcement is required where there are several anchorages in which prestressing loads are applied sequentially.

3. Bursting ReinforcementTensile stresses are induced during prestressing operation and the maximum bursting stress occurs where the stress trajectories are concave towards the line of action of the load. Reinforcement is needed to resist these lateral tensile forces.

Naveen Nishchal Pandey
by Naveen Nishchal Pandey , Site Engineer - Civil , Glair Infrastructure Limited

3 types -

 Spalling Reinforcement,  Equilibrium reinforcement,  Bursting Reinforcement

Jose Espiritu
by Jose Espiritu , civil & structural field engineer , Fluor Daniel

Spalling, equilibrium & bursting reinforcement

gaby nasr
by gaby nasr , Technical and Investment Director , North Lebanon Water establishment

Prestressed concrete is a method for overcoming concrete's natural weakness in tension.
Prestressing tendons (generally of high tensile steel cable or rods) are used to provide a clamping load which produces a compressive stress that balances the tensile stress that the concrete compression member would otherwise experience due to a bending load.
The major types of reinforcements used in prestressing are:
1- Spalling Reinforcement: The spalling stresses leads to stress behind the loaded area of the anchor blocks.
2-Equilibrium reinforcements: these types of reinforcements are required where several anchorages exist where the prestressing loads are applied in a sequential manner.
3-Bursting Reinforcements: These kinds of stresses occur in cases where the stress trajectories are concave towards the line of action of load.

AMR ABDELGHAFFAR AFIFI EL NOKRASHY EL NOKRASHY
by AMR ABDELGHAFFAR AFIFI EL NOKRASHY EL NOKRASHY , Construction Project Manager , Redco Construction AL Mana

Steel Cables tensioned and grouted later

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