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CE-804 Pre-stressed Concrete Structures
Campus MCE
Programs PG
Session Spring Semester 2017
Course Title Pre-stressed Concrete Structures
Course Code CE-804
Credit Hours 3-0
Pre-Requisutes BE (Civil, Architecture, Construction Engineering & Management
Course Objectives Aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge of priestess analysis and design of concrete structures for its application strategies.
Detail Content
  • Introduction
  • Analysis of Pre-stressed Members before Cracking
  • Flexural Strength of Pre-stressed Members. Axial and flexural response of partially and fully pre- stressed manuals.
  • Estimation of Losses.
  • Shear Strength of Pre-stressed Members
  • Approximate Analysis of Highway Bridges- post tensioned continuous gurders.
  • Effect of shrinkage on deflection of gurders.
  • Special Topics in Pre-stressed Concrete
Text/Ref Books Edward G. Nawy (2003):
Prestressed concrete A fundamental approach, Prentice Hall, U.S.A., 4th Edition.
Time Schedule Spring 2015
Faculty/Resource Person Lt Col Dr Muhammad Maqbool Sadiq PhD in Structural Engineering