July 2005 3-1
Prestressed Concrete Beam Design Workshop Load and Resistance Factor Design
Flexure Design
Flexure Design Sequence
- Determine Effective flange width
- Determine maximum tensile beam stresses
(without prestress)
- Estimate eccentricity and number of strands
at midspan
- Calculate prestress loss
- Determine number of strands and develop
strand arrangement
Flexure Design Sequence
- Determine eccentricities
- Check service stresses
- Check fatigue
- Calculate nominal flexural resistance
- Check reinforcement limits
- Determine pretensioned anchorage zone