Modeling Long-term Delayed Strains of Prestressed Concrete with Real Temperature and Relative Humidity History

The prediction of delayed strains is very important in prestressed concrete structures. Temperature and relative humidity of concrete structures are two important parameters for this prediction and, on site, are varying over time. Based on model code 2010 and superposition principle, we propose an analytical method to take into account these varying temperature and relative humidity. The coupling between delayed strain of concrete and relaxation of stress in prestressing bars are also considered. We validate the proposed method against in-situ measurement on the mockup of VeRCoRs which is a 1/3 scale mockup of a biaxially prestressed confining building. In the end, we discuss the importance of taking into account the coupling between delayed strain and relaxation of stress, the influence of varying temperature on delayed strain of concrete and also the value of Poisson's ratio of drying creep.