Tendon Property

 

 

Define the tendon properties such as tendon area and instantaneous prestress losses.

 

 

 

From the Main Menu select Load >  Temp/Prestress > Tendon Property.

 

 

 

To define new or additional tendon properties

Click in the Tendon Property dialog box and enter the following:

 

Tendon Name: tendon name being defined

 

Tendon Type

Define the tendon type among Pre-Tension, Post-Tension and External.

Internal (Pre-Tension): Prestressing tendons prior to casting concrete, which transmits prestress through bonding between concrete and tendons

Internal (Post-Tension): Post-tensioning tendons through hardened concrete members - tendons are gradually stressed and anchored to the members.

External: Tendons are placed external to concrete members and stressed.

Note 1
Depending on the Tendon Type (
Pre-Tension, Post-Tension and External), the entry fields for variables related to tension losses in tendons and duct diameter are either activated or inactivated.

Note 2
If the tendon placement location is External, the tendon is displayed as a straight line in Display.

 

Material

Select the material properties of the tendon. Click to the right to add new or modify/delete previously defined tendon properties. For pre-tension type tendon, consider the elastic deformation loss due to axial force and moment acting on the tendon.

Note
Weight density of tendon is not taken into account in the calculation of self weight because tendon is considered as equivalent loads rather than elements. In practice, the self weight of reinforcement including tendons is taken into account by increasing weight density of concrete.

 

Total Tendon Area

Specify the total area of the tendon. You may either directly specify the cross-sectional area or click to enter the standard cross-sectional area and the number of strands for auto-calculation of the total area.

  
Classification
 

Tendon Type

12. 4

12. 7B

15. 2B

G15. 2

28. 6

Number of Strands

EA

12

12

12

19

1

Tendon Area

CM2

11.148

11.8452

16.644

26.353

5.324

Duct Diameter

CM

6.8

6.8

7.8

11.5

5

Wobble Friction Factor λ

/m

0.004

0.004

0.004

0

0.004

Curvature Friction Factor μ

/rad

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Anchorage Slip

mm

11

12

11

5

5

Relaxation

%

5

5

5

1.5

2.5

Young's Modulus

N/mm2

200000

200000

200000

200000

200000

Yield Strength σpy

N/mm2

1450

1600

1600

1600

1500

Tensile Strength σpu

N/mm2

1700

1850

1850

1860

1800

 

Duct Diameter

When the Tendon Type is Post-Tension, input for the diameter of duct is required. Based on the tendon area, the duct diameter is automatically calculated, which is then referred to for duct diameter input.

 

Strand Diameter

When the Tendon Type is Pre-Tension, the diameter of strand should be entered. The program automatically calculates the diameter of strand corresponding to the specified Total Tendon Area. The diameter of the strand is used to compute Transfer Length.

 

Relaxation Coefficient

When Magura is selected

Select 10 or 45 for Relaxation Coefficient (C), which relates to the product. Relaxation coefficients of 10 and 45 may be used for general steel and low-relaxation steel respectively.  Losses due to steel relaxation are determined from the following equation:

 

 where,

where,

: initial stress,

  

:  stress at time t after loading

 

: yield stress (0.1% Offset Yield Stress)

 

C: Relaxation Coefficient (general steel: 10, low-relaxation steel: 45)

 

When European is selected

The following expressions are applied for Class 1 (Ordinary), Class 2 (Low) and Class 3 (Hot rolled) to calculate relaxation loss with time.

∆σpr: Absolute value of the relaxation losses

σpi: Absolute value of the initial prestress for post-tensioning and maximum tensile stress applied to the tendon minus the immediate losses occurred

t: Time after tensioning (in hours)

µ = σpi /fpk, where fpk is the characteristic value of the tensile strength of the prestressed steel.

ρ1000: Relaxation loss (in %), at 1000 hours after tensioning and at a mean temperature of 20°C

 

When CEB-FIP(2010) is selected

Enter the loss ratio after 1000 hours steel relaxation by the percentage of initial prestress. Prestress loss due to steel relaxation is determined from the following equation:

where,

: initial stress

 

: loss ratio after 1000 hours due to steel relaxation

 

 

: progress of steel relaxation at the last time step

 

The progress of steel relaxation with time is as follows:

 

Time in hour

1

5

20

100

200

500

1000

Slow Development

20

35

45

65

75

85

100

Mean Development

30

45

55

70

80

90

100

Rapid Development

40

55

65

75

85

95

100

 

Following formula is applied:

 

 

where ρt: the relaxation after t hours,  ρ1000: the relaxation after 1000 hours, k =log(ρ1000100)

 

When CEB-FIP(1990) is selected

Enter the loss ratio after 1000 hours steel relaxation by the percentage of initial prestress. Prestress loss due to steel relaxation is determined from the following equation:

where,

: initial stress

 

: loss ratio after 1000 hours due to steel relaxation

  

 

: progress of steel relaxation at the last time step

 

The progress of steel relaxation with time is as follows:

 

Time in hour

1

5

20

100

200

500

1000

Relaxation losses

at percentage of losses

 in 1000 hours

25

45

55

70

80

90

100

 

For an estimation of relaxation up to 30 years, the following formula is applied

 

where ρt: the relaxation after t hours,  ρ1000: the relaxation after 1000 hours, k to be 0.1549

Note

The relaxation loss after 50 years is taken as three times the 1000 hour loss. The relaxation loss between 30 years and 50 years is linearly interpolated.

 

When CEB-FIP(1978) is selected

Enter the final loss ratio due to steel relaxation. Prestress loss due to steel relaxation is determined from the following equation:

where,

: initial stress

 

: final loss ratio due to steel relaxation

  

 

: progress of steel relaxation at the last time step

 

The progress of steel relaxation with time is as follows:

Progress of relaxation (k)

Lapse

k=1/16 ln{ (t-to)/10+1 }

0 ≤ (t-to) ≤ 1000

k={ (t-to)/(0.5x106) }0.2

1000 ≤ (t-to) ≤ 0.5x106

k=1. 00

(t-to) ≥ 0.5 x106

where to: the timing of prestressing
t : the time when tendon loss due to relaxation is evaluated

 

When AS 5100.5-2017 is selected

The design relaxation of a tendon (R) is determined from the following equation:

k6: a coefficient, dependent on the duration of the prestressing force

j: time after prestressing, in days

k7: a coefficient, dependent on the stress in the tendon as a proportion of fpb, determined from the figure below.

k8 a coefficient, dependent on the average annual temperature (T) in degrees Celsius, taken as T/20 but not less than 1.0

Rb: basic relaxation of a tendon after one thousand hours at 20°C

The design relaxation of a tendon (R) is determined from the following equation:

 

When INDIA (IRC:18-2000) is selected

Relaxation loss at 1000 days is as follows (at 20 °C ± 2 °C ):

Initial Stress

Relaxation loss

for Normal relaxation steel (%)

Relaxation loss

for Low relaxation steel (%)

0.5fp

0

0

0.6fp

2.5

1.25

0.7fp

5.0

2.5

0.8fp

9.0

4.5

 

Relaxation loss, in relation to time, is as follows:  

Time (hour)

1

5

20

100

200

500

1000

Relaxation loss (%)

15

25

35

55

65

85

100

 

When INDIA (IRC:112-2011) is selected

Relaxation loss at 1000 days is as follows (at 20 °C ± 2 °C ):

Initial Stress

Relaxation loss

for Normal relaxation steel (%)

Relaxation loss

for Low relaxation steel (%)

0.5fp

0

0

0.6fp

2.5

1.25

0.7fp

5.0

2.5

0.8fp

9.0

4.5

 

Relaxation loss, in relation to time, is as follows:  

Time (hour)

1

5

20

100

200

500

1000

Relaxation loss (%)

Normal

34 44 55 70 78 90 100

Low

37

47

57

72

79

90

100

 

 

When JTG04 is selected

if  the selects  JTG04 standard in the Material Data and selects JTG04 for Relaxation Coefficient in the Tendon Property, the Characteristic Value of Strength (fpk) is automatically entered as per the JTG04 code. If the user does not select JTG04 standard in the Material Data, the user can directly enter the Characteristic Value of Strength (fpk).

In case Steelbar540, Steelbar785 or Steelbar930 is selected in the Material Data, the Application of Overstress Reduction Factor is ignored.

 

When TB05 is selected

iIf the user selects TB05 standard in the Material Data and selects TB05 for Relaxation Coefficient in the Tendon Property, the Characteristic Value of Strength (fpk) and the Tendon Relaxation Coefficient (ξ) are automatically entered as per the TB05 code. If the user does not select TB05 standard in the Material Data, the user can directly enter the Characteristic Value of Strength (fpk) directly.

 

Note

Calculation of Tendon Relaxation Coefficient (ξ) and loss due to Relaxation

When User Defined is selected

Select the user defined relaxation function in hour/day and loss ratio due to steel relaxation relation.

Click [...] button to add/modify User Defined Relaxation Function.

 

 

Curvature Friction Factor

To account for friction loss due to the curvature of tendons

 

Wobble Friction Factor

To account for straightness/ length effect (imperfection in alignment along the length of tendon, regardless of straight or draped alignment), if a prestressing force Po is applied at the jacking end, the tendon force Px can be expressed as follows:

Px = Po e-µθ

Where θ is the accumulation of changes in angle along the length being considered.

Θ  is composed of two parts-

First is the intentional curvature i.e. due to the intentional curvilinear placement of tendons along the ”Design path”. It is denoted as α.

Second is the unintentional curvature. Since the tendons are secured at selected points only along a design path, in practice the actual path of a flexible tendon will have small deviations from the design path. Also, other construction factors cause added departure of tendon path from its intended profile. The deviations from the design path are referred to as ”wobble” of the tendon. The accumulation of angular change along the tendon length due to its wobble off the intended course is estimated and denoted as γ. Hence the accumulation of angular change becomes (α + γ).

Thus the corrected friction loss relationship becomes:

Px = Po e-µ(α + γ)

Px = Po e-µ{α + (γ/L)L}

 (γ/L) is the unintentional angular displacement for internal tendons (per unit length)- specified as k in the Eurocode. Its units are radians/length. Eurocode gives the limit of unintentional angular displacement for internal tendons (per unit length).

The Wobble coefficient is defined as K = µ*γ/L.This is defined in terms of per unit length. For midas Civil we specify the value of wobble coefficient as Wobble Friction Factor. So to incorporate the values of k mentioned in Eurocode, we have to multiply the value with µ and then input in the program.

 

Ultimate Strength

 

Yield Strength

 

External Cable Moment Magnifier

Enter the increase of effective prestress of external cable to be used for calculating failure-resisting moment. Entered stress increase will be used for PC design.

 

Anchorage Slip (Draw in)

Tendon slippage at the anchor

Begin: slippage at the beginning of tendon if tensioned here

End: slippage at the end of tendon if tensioned here

 

 Bond Type

Bonded: Section properties reflect the duct area after grouting

Unbonded: Section properties exclude the duct area.

 

To modify the previously entered tendon data

Select the tendon from the list in the Tendon Property dialog box and click to change any relevant data.

 

To delete the previously entered tendon data

Select the tendon from the list in the Tendon Property dialog box and click to eliminate any relevant data.

 

Revision of Civil 2015 (v1.1)

Q1. What are the considerations in the program regarding external tendons?

Q2. What is the Wobble Friction Factor and how does it relate to the "unintentional angular displacement"-factor (k)?

Q3. What is the consideration in the software for relaxation loss calculation when Eurocode is selected?