DETAILING FOR P O S T- T E N S I O N I N G

Detailed considerations specific to stressing

pockets, buttresses, blisters and other
intermediate anchorages will be discussed in
turn.
Stressing pocket dimensions should be
selected so that there is adequate clearance for
installation of the tendon and anchorage,
installation of the stressing jack, post-
tensioning, and removal of the jack. A curved
stressing chair can often be used to reduce the
necessary dimensions. The additional friction
losses in the chair must be taken into account in
Figure 4.9: Local deformation in front of the the design. If the tendon deviates (curves) into
anchorage produces tension behind the the pocket the resulting deviation forces as
anchorage.
discussed in Section 4.4 must be addressed. As a

Figure 4.8: Stressing pockets can be used

when it is undesirable or impossible to use
anchorages in the end face of a member.

Figure 4.10: Simple detailing rules may be

developed from more complex Strutand-Tie
models.

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