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PREC AST,
PRESTRESSED
CONCRETE
STRUCTURAL
ELEMENTS
P RECAST, P RESTRESSED C ONCRETE S TRUCTURAL E LEM
Precast Concrete
C olumns and Wall
Panels
• Provide support for
beam and slab
elements.
• Sinc e these elements
c arry mainly axial
loads with little
bending force, they
may be
c onventionally
reinforc ed without
prestressing.
• Or, long, slender
multistory elements
may be prestressed
to provide resistance
to bending forces
during handling and
erec tion (columns at
right).
P RECAST, P RESTRESSED C ONCRETE S TRUCTURAL E LEM
Etc.
P RECAST, P RESTRESSED C ONCRETE S TRUCTURAL E LEM
Assembly Concepts
for Precast
C oncrete Buildings
• A parking garage
structure
c onsisting of
precast double
tees supported
by inverted tee
beams on
haunched
columns.
15 P RECAST C ONCRETE F RAMING S YSTEMS
M ANUFACTURING OF
PREC AST C ONCRETE
STRUCTURAL
ELEMENTS
M ANUFACTURING OF P RECAST C ONCRETE S TRUCTURAL E LE
Prestressing and
Reinforcing Steel
C asting Hollow
Core Planks
• Sample hollow
core slab
sec tions of
varying
depths.
• At bottom left,
note the
insulated
sandwic h floor
panel.
P RECAST C ONCRETE F RAMING S YSTEMS
Example Beam-
to-Column
Connection
• Beams are set
on bearing
pads on the
column
corbels.
• Steel angles
are welded to
metal plates
c ast into the
beams and
c olumns and
the joint is
grouted solid.
J OINING P RECAST C ONCRETE E LEMEN