CE 522 Theory and Design of Prestressed Concrete
3 Credit Hours
Principles and concepts of design in prestressed concrete including elastic and ultimate strength analyses for flexure, shear, torsion, bond and deflection. Principles of concordancy and linear transformation for indeterminate prestressed structures. Application of pre-stressing to tanks and shells.
Prerequisite
Undergraduate degree in engineering or related area and undergraduate course in reinforced concrete design; or consent of instructor.
Course Topics
- Prestressing technology and material properties
- Prestressed members subjected to axial load
- Long term effects in prestressed concrete structures: creep, shrinkage and relaxation
- Prestressed members subjected to flexure
- Moment curvature response of prestressed members
- Prestressed members subjected to flexure and axial load
- Calculating deflections in prestressed concrete members
- Service considerations and elastic stresses
- Design of prestressed flexural members
- Design for indeterminate prestressed structures
- Shear stresses in prestressed concrete beams
- Shear design of prestressed members
- Advanced topics in prestressed structures and case studies
Course Requirements
| Homework Assignments | 20% |
| Midterm Exam | 30% |
| Final Exam | 50% |
Textbook
Optional Textbook:
Prestressed Concrete Structures, Michael P. Collins and Denis Mitchell, Response Publications, Canada. ISBN 0-9681958-0-6, approx. price $80. (Attend first lecture to hear announcement regarding the text book)
Updated 4/17/2020