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CE-804 Pre-stressed Concrete Structure
Campus SCEE (NICE)
Programs PG
Session Spring Semester 2017
Course Title Pre-stressed Concrete Structure
Course Code CE-804
Credit Hours 3-0
Pre-Requisutes Undergraduate PRC Courses
Course Objectives
Detail Content
  1. Introduction to Pre-stressed Concrete
  2. Losses in Pre-stressed Members
  3. Axial load Response of Pre-stressed Members
    1. Short Term & Long Term Response
  4. Profile of Post-Tensioned Tendons
  5. Flexural Response
    1. Strain Compatibility
    2. Force in Tendon Approach
  6. Elastic Un-cracked Response
    1. Short term and long term response
  7. Camber & Deflections
  8. Crack Width and stresses in cracked concrete
  9. Beam torsional capacity
  10. Hollow core slab
  11. Design for torsion, shear and moment
  12. Design of Guide-way Girder
  13. Special topics in pre stressed concrete
  14. Special Topics in Pre-stressed Concrete
Text/Ref Books
  1. Pre stressed concrete structures Collins & Mitchell
  2. Pre stressed concrete (Fundamental Approach) Edward G Nawy (4th ED)
  3. PCI Design Hand Book & PCA Publications
Time Schedule Spring Semester 2015
Faculty/Resource Person Dr. Syed Ali Rizwan, PhD