MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Engineering Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
CIV5232
Prestressed concrete
Not offered in 1996
R Al-Mahaidi
6 points + 3 hours per week + Clayton
Objectives The student is expected to develop an understanding of the
behaviour of prestressed concrete members and structures and to acquire
advanced professional skills in the design and detailing of prestressed
concrete structural elements for strength and serviceability.
Synopsis Basic concepts; serviceability; ultimate flexural strength;
design procedures for determinate beams; shear and torsion design; design of
anchorage and end block zones; continuous beams; two-way slabs.
Assessment Examination (3 hours): 60% + Project: 20% + Assignments:
20%
Prescribed texts
- SAAConcrete structures code AS3600 Standards Australia, 1994
Recommended texts
- Darvall P LeP Reinforced and prestressed concrete Macmillan, 1987
- Gilbert R I and Mickleborough N C Design of prestressed concrete
Unwin Hyman 1990
- Lin T Y and Burns N H Design of prestressed concrete structures 3rd
edn, Wiley
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