Prestressed concrete
Next offered in 1995
R Al-Mahaidi
6 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton
Basic concepts; serviceability; ultimate flexural strength; design procedures for a determinate beam; shear and end block design; continuous beams; two-way slabs.
Assessment
Examinations (3 hours): 60% * Practical work: 40%
Recommended texts
AS3600 Concrete structures code
Darvall P LeP Reinforced and prestressed concrete Macmillan, 1987
Lin T Y Design of prestressed concrete structures Wiley
Warner R F and Faulkes K A Prestressed concrete Pitman, 1988