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Course Outline: CE 462 Credit Hours: 3-0 Page 1 of 1 Page
Dated: 15-11-2016

PRESTRESSED AND PRECAST CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY

Text Book: Design of Pre-stressed Concrete, by ARTHUR H. NILSON

Reference Books: 1- PCI Design Handbook: Precast & Prestressed Concrete by

Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (Latest Edition)
2- Modern Prestressed Concrete by James R. Libby
3- Introduction to Prestressed Concrete (VOL.1) by B.W.Ables

WEEK WISE BREAKDOWN

Week Topics
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1 Introduction to Precast and Prestressed Concrete Construction
2 Stress Control, Equivalent Loads, Overload Behaviour and strength in Flexure,
Partial Prestressing
3 Prestressing Methods, Changes in Prestress Force, Design Loads, Serviceability,
Strength and Structural safety.
4 Materials, Importance of high Strength Steel, Types of Prestressing Steel, Non-
prestressed Reinforcement.
5 Types of Prestressed Concrete, Steel Relaxation, Creep, Shrinkage.
6 Flexural Analysis, Partial Loss of Prestress Force, Elastic Flexural Stresses in
Unkracked Beams.
7 Calculation of Section Properties, Allowable Flexural Stresses, Numerical Example.
8 Design of Beam with Constant Eccentricity Tendons.
9 Mid Term Examinations
10 Design of beam with Variable Eccentricity Tendons.
11 Determination of Tendon Centroid Limit Zone (Design problem)
12 Beams with deflected tendons, Reduction of Prestressed Force alongb the Span,
Design of beams using standard cross section
13 Design of beam initiating with Load Balancing.
14 Introduction to precast construction, precast members for floors & roofs, beams &
girders, columns, external wall panels, large panel construction.
15 Connection details for column base, beam-to-column, column-to-column
connections.
16 Lift Slab Construction, Standard Precast bridge sections, Segmentally precast bridge
construction.
17 Course Revision
18 Final Examination