Precast/Prestressed Girder Help

Problem Data

Note: values not listed here are the same as Tutorial 1.

Precast Section Properties

  • Section ID: 36-60
  • Type: Spread Box Beam
  • Description: Box Beam
  • Area: 828 in2
  • Moment of Inertia: 369308 in4
  • Centroid Height: 27.59 in
  • Height: 60.00 in
  • Stem Width: 4.50 in
  • Number of Stems: 2
  • Top Flange Thickness: 5.5 in
  • Top Flange Width: 36.00 in
  • Bottom Flange Thickness: 6.50 in
  • Bottom Flange Width: 36.00
Height,in Max. Strands
2.00 17
4.00 17
6.00 2
8.00 2
... ...
... ...
54.00 2
56.00 2
58.00 2

Concrete Properties

Strength
  • Precast, release: 4 ksi
  • Precast, 28 days: 5 ksi
  • Cast-in-place topping, 28 days: 3 ksi

Density, all concrete: 150 pcf

Strand Properties

  • Strand Type: 1/2” - 270 K (stress relieved) (Es = 28,000 ksi)
  • Straight Pattern
  • Sidewalk Load: 5  60 psf = 300 plf (Art. 3.14)
  • Distribution: Two thirds to beam 1, one third to beam 2
  • Use Transformed Section Properties: see “Transformed Section Properties” .)

Additional Dead Load

On composite: 0.039 ksf, (applied over 44.0 ft), due to future wearing surface.