Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete, Part IV

This part of the course is dedicated to Prestressed Concrete design. This is the last part for the entire course.

This part of the course includes the following topics:

Introduction to Prestressed Concrete

Materials of Prestressed Concrete

Prestressing Systems

Loss of Prestressing

Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Sections

Dimensioning of Prestressed Concrete Sections for Bending/ Flexure

Shear, Bond and Bearing Stresses

Deflection of Prestressed Concrete Simple Beams

Tendons Layout in Statically Determinate Beams

Prestressed Tension and Compression members

This part of the course includes solved Examples with each chapter. The entire course is usually taken at Second, Third and Fourth Years in Civil Engineering undergraduate degree. It is also taught for Architectural students.

Even though, the reference is a bit old, it covers the fundamentals of Reinforced and Prestressd Concrete which are still valid up to this moment. Once you finish the entire course, you will be able to design many Reinforced and Prestressd Concrete Elements and Structures. If you are using a software package or spread sheets to design concrete the entire course will also be useful as you have to know the concepts and basics of design in order to be a more qualified Engineer or an architect.

This fourth part of the course is only about 100 pages long; however, it covers most of the basics concepts of Prestressing. The course is never meant to be an all inclusive course for both Reinforced and Prestressd Concrete Design. But, it will give you a good basis on which you can be comfortable designing both materials.