Question: A prestressed simply supported I - beam has a span of 5 0 ft and is 3 6 in . deep. Assume center of support

A prestressed simply supported I-beam has a span of 50 ft and is 36 in. deep. Assume center
of support is at the beam end. Its cross section is shown in the accompanying figure.
(1)(40%) Check all ACI 318 allowable concrete stresses immediately after prestress transfer and
at the stage when all service loads are applied. Provide additional No.5 mild steel rebars if the
concrete stresses exceed the allowable stresses (your design needs to be justified). If the location
of the neutral axis is below the top 6 inches, conservatively assume that the width of the beam
section is constant along the height (12 inches).
Dead load =384 plf
Superimposed dead load =200 plf
Live load =2,000 plf
cif =4,000 psi
cf =8,000 psi
Twelve (12)0.5 in. diameter 270 ksi low-relaxation strands
e =13.12 in.(all strands straight)
f pi (stress after transfer)=189 ksi
f pe (stress after allowance for all prestress losses)=170 ksi; l tr =(f pe /3)db
Section Properties
Ac =369 in.2
I g =50,979 in.4
y b =15.83 in.
y t =20.17 in.
Sb =3,220 in.3
St =2,527 in.3
Class T member
(2)(10%) Give five other solutions if the concrete stresses exceed the allowable stresses (no
calculation is needed

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