Description:

Prestressed concrete structures, shell structures, prestressed cable structures, shear and torsion, load carrying capacity of bridges, design according to older standards and code provisions

Contents:

1. Prestressed concrete ? principles, design of prestressing
2. Prestressed concrete ? losses of prestressing
3. Prestressed concrete ? SLS and ULS assessment
4. Prestressed concrete ? un-bonded prestressing
5. Prestressed concrete ? creep effects
6. Torsion, shear & torsion interaction
7. Slender compressed elements, second order effect
8. Shells and membranes
9. Loading of bridges according to EN 1991-2, Older prestressed concrete design principles
10. Assessment of existing structures
11. Impact of construction sequence on the prestressing layout
12. Prestressed concrete - examples of aplications, heavy lifting, etc.
13. Summary

Seminar contents:

1. Task F (pre-stressed slab) - internal forces
2. Task F - Assessment of losses of prestressing
3. Task F - SLS and ULS check
4. Task U (unbonded prestressing) - ULS check
5. Task F+U consultations
6. Tast T - Shear & torsion interaction assessment
7. Task S - Comparison of the methods of slender compressed elements assessment
8. Task F - Tendon arrangement desing
9. Task F - final consultation & handover
10. Task U - final consultation & handover
11. Task T, Task S - constultations
12. Task T final consultation & handover
13. Task S final consultation & handover

Recommended literature:

! Navrátil, J.: Prestressed Concrete Structures, 1. ed. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2006. 184 p. ISBN 80-7204-462-1.
! Procházka, J. - Štemberk, P.: Design Procedures for Reinforced Concrete Structures, 1. ed. Praha: Česká technika - nakladatelství ČVUT, 2009. 190 p. ISBN 978-80-01-04240-3.
! Bachman, H. - Steinle, A.: Precast Concrete Structures. Ernst&Sohn GmbH&Co. 2011 ISBN 978-3-433-02960-2

Keywords:

pre-stressed concrete; 2nd order effects; shear and torsion interaction; shells and membranes; construction stages in calculation

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar