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CE-702 (A) RGPV B.Tech

Prestressed Concrete Structures (PCS)

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for CE-702 (A)

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Introduction – Theory and Behaviour 15 topics
  • Basic concepts
  • Advantages
  • Materials required
  • Systems and methods of prestressing
  • Analysis of sections
  • Stress concept
  • Strength concept
  • Load balancing concept
  • Effect of loading on the tensile stresses in tendons
  • Effect of tendon profile on deflections
  • Factors influencing deflections
  • Calculation of deflections
  • Short term and long term deflections
  • Losses of prestress
  • Estimation of crack width
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Design for Flexure and Shear 7 topics
  • Basic assumptions for calculating flexural stresses
  • Permissible stresses in steel and concrete as per I.S.1343 Code
  • Design of sections of Type I and Type II post‑tensioned and pre‑tensioned beams
  • Check for strength limit based on I.S.1343 Code
  • Layout of cables in post‑tensioned beams
  • Location of wires in pre‑tensioned beams
  • Design for shear based on I.S.1343 Code
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 Deflection and Design of Anchorage Zone 7 topics
  • Factors influencing deflections
  • Short term deflections of uncracked members
  • Prediction of long term deflections due to creep and shrinkage
  • Check for serviceability limit state of deflection
  • Determination of anchorage zone stresses in post‑tensioned beams by Magnel’s method, Guyon’s method and IS1343 code
  • Design of anchorage zone reinforcement
  • Check for transfer bond length in pre‑tensioned beams
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 Composite and Continuous Beams and Slabs 7 topics
  • Analysis and design of composite beams
  • Methods of achieving continuity in continuous beams
  • One‑way and two‑way slabs, flat slab
  • Analysis for secondary moments
  • Concordant cable and linear transformation
  • Calculation of stresses
  • Principles of design
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 Miscellaneous Structures 3 topics
  • Design of tension and compression members
  • Tanks, pipes, sleepers and poles
  • Partial prestressing – definition, methods of achieving partial prestressing, merits and demerits of partial prestressing
Unit 5 notes
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