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CE 572 Prestressed Concrete Design

Catalog Description

This course covers basic understanding of the behavior of prestressed concrete and the
design of statically determinate and indeterminate prestressed concrete structures.
Design of simple beams for flexure and shear -- as well as service load performance
(deflections and stress control) is covered. Development of estimates for loss of prestress
are discussed. Composite behavior and design of precast beams, and design of one-way
post-tensioned slabs are addressed. Prestressing is introduced as just another load on the
structure ("Equivalent Load Concept").

Course Prerequisite(s)

CE 473.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

1. ACI 318-05, "Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete," American

Concrete Institute (required).

2. Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures by Lin & Burns (optional reference

material).

3. PCI Design Handbook, Prestressed Concrete Institute, Precast and Prestressed

Concrete, 6th Ed (recommended design aid-we will attempt to provide at no cost to
you).

Topics covered

Throughout the course we consider the materials and techniques used in

construction of prestressed concrete members. Actual material properties
are used in problems throughout the course and practical construction
problems are considered.

Use of superposition in getting stresses from prestress combined with

loads. Equivalent load concept for design of prestressed concrete
structures will be used.

Discuss principles of moment vs. curvature relationship for members with

bonded and unbonded tendons. ACI Code procedure is used in the flexural
design of these members.

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 Discuss loss of prestress due to various sources for pretensioned and post-
tensioned members.

Shear strength and design of stirrups for prestressed concrete beams with
emphasis on cracking mechanisms being checked. ACI Code approach is
used in design.

Design of simple-span prestressed beam for flexure and shear. Show how
prestressed beams are designed to meet limit stresses under service load
and provide sufficient strength at ultimate. Discuss Magnel diagram and
calculation of tendon layout. Illustrate deflection check in beams. Show
time-dependent camber and deflection estimates with sustained loads.
Illustrate significance of flexural cracking on the approach to estimate of
deflections.

Design of composite simple beam with standard precast prestressed

section is illustrated including both shored and unshored construction.

Calculation of restraints in statically indeterminate prestressed concrete

structures is illustrated. Design of continuous one-way post-tensioned slab
is carried out.

Class/laboratory schedule

Sem. 2. Class 3, cr. Meets 9:30 to 10:20 AM; Civl 2107; Starting 9 January 2006, MWF.

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component

This course integrates science and engineering principles to design prestressed

concrete members and structural systems. The application of scientific and
engineering knowledge in solving engineering problems associated with the
design of a precast prestressed building Double-Tee member, a precast
prestressed composite girder, and a one-way post-tensioned floor slab is
exercised to provide experiences in realistic design practice. Subjects are used
to solve engineering problems: calculus and differential equations; computer
programming, data manipulation, statistical analysis, numerical calculation, and
reinforced concrete design principles.

Grading Policy

Homework 25%, Exam 1 (16 February 7:00-9:00 PM), 25%; Exam 2 (21 March 7:00-
9:00 PM), 25%; and Final Exam (as scheduled), 25%.

Person(s) who prepared this description

Professor Julio A. Ramirez

Date of preparation

January 2006