CE-702 (A) · Prestressed Concrete Structures/Official Syllabus
Prestressed Concrete Structures (CE-702 (A)) - Official Syllabus
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Unit 1
Introduction e28093 Theory and Behaviour
- 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
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Unit 2
Design for Flexure and Shear
- 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
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Unit 3
Deflection and Design of Anchorage Zone
- 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 Magnele28099s method, Guyone28099s method and IS1343 code
- design of anchorage zone reinforcement
- Check for transfer bond length in pre-tensioned beams
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Unit 4
Composite and Continuous Beams and Slabs
- Analysis and design of composite beams
- Methods of achieving continuity in continuous beams
- One and two way slabs, flat slab
- Analysis for secondary moments
- Concordant cable and linear transformation
- Calculation of stresses
- Principles of design
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Unit 5
Miscellaneous Structures
- 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
Reference Books
- Prestressd Concrete — N. Krishna Raju
- Prestressed Concrete — G.S. Pandit, S.P. Gupta
- Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures — T. Y. Lin, Ned H Burns
- Prestressed Concrete Structures — P. Dayaratran
- Prestressed Concrete — N. Rajagopalan
- IS: 1343, Indian Standard code of Practice for Prestressed Concrete, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi
- IS: 784, Indian Standard Specification for Prestressed Concrete Pipes, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi
- IS: 3935 - Code of Practice for Composite Construction, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi
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