Prestressed concrete
Not offered in 1997
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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