Prestressed concrete structures

Lecturer:

Jan Vítek

Tutor:

Michal Drahorád

Supervisor:

Department of Concrete and Masonry Structures

Synopsis:

Basic principles of PC - brief repetition, history of PC, materials, design of elements, statically indeterminate structures, effects of volume changes of concrete on performance of PC structures, Structures made of PC - buildings, engineering struct., bridges.

Requirements:

no prerequisities

Syllabus of lectures:

- Basics of PC

- History of PC

- Action of prestressing force

- Bond

- Partial prestressing

- Unbonded tendons

- Design and associated factors

- Effect of volume changes of concrete

- Examples of structures

Syllabus of tutorials:

Design of a 3 span footbridge

- preliminary design

- Proof SLS

- Proof ULS

- Shear effects

- Drawings

Study Objective:

Understanding of prestressing in structures, ability to design simple structures, understanding of performance of complex structures.

Study materials:

fib Bulletin 1, 2, 3 (1999)

Hrdoušek a kol. Navrhování betonových mostů - cvičení (skripta)

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomTH:B-786 Vítek J. 10:00–11:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B786roomTH:B-786 Drahorád M. 12:00–12:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B786
Tue
Fri
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Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans: