Summer Semester 2009/10
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Summer Semester 2011/12
Winter Semester 2023/24
Prestressed concrete structures L11128
Course content: Idea of prestressed structures. Comparison of prestressed structures and concrete structures. Properties of concrete for prestressed structures and prestressing reinforcement. Technology of prestressed concrete (pre-tenstioned and post-tensioned structures). Grout. Losses of prestress. Effects of prestressing on concrete elements and structures, design of prestressing. Action stages of prestressed structures. Cross-section forming. Ultimate resistance of elements subjected to axial force and bending moment. Elements subjected to shear and torsion. Analysis of the anchorage zone. Stress in the anchorage zone. Calculation model and check of zones under anchors. Reinforcement of the anchorage zone. Serviceability Limit State. Limitation of stress. Crack control. Deflection control. Examples of civil engineering prestressed structures.
Learning outcomes: Proficiency in principle of prestressed concrete, behaviour of prestressed concrete structures
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Bibliography
a) basic references:
Navratil J.: Prestressed concrete structures. Akademicke Nakladelstvi CERM. Brno, 2006,
Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, 2004
b) supplementary references:
Collins M.P., Mitchell D.: Prestressed concrete structures. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1991