Question: A 2 5 m long concrete ( concrete unit weight: 2 5 k N m 3 ) bridge girder with the cross section shown below

A 25m long concrete (concrete unit weight: 25kNm3) bridge girder with the cross section shown below is prestressed with twenty four 0.6 inch diameter (d:15mm, area: 140mm2) sevenwire straight tendons. The beam is used in a bridge construction project at the age of 30 days (Self weight is the only load acting on the beam for 30 days). Starting from 30 days, additional superimposed sustained load of 10kNm acts on the girder in addition to the self weight for 5 years. When the bridge is in service, the traffic loading on the girder can be assumed to be 15kNm(Note that this is not a sustained load).
Calculate all the prestress losses at the midspan at
a) Initial transfer
b)30 days
c)5 years
Using TS3233 provisions for losses. Assume high relative humidity for shrinkage calculations. Assume the following material properties:
fpk=1860MPa (ultimate tensile strength of 7-wire strands)
fpj=0.75fpk(The tendons are initially stressed to 0.75fpk)
fck=50MPa
fcjk=40MPa
A 2 5 m long concrete ( concrete unit weight: 2 5

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