Prestressed Concrete

Course guarantor:

Jan Vítek

Lecturer:

Jan Vítek

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Concrete and Masonry Structures

Synopsis:

Pretensioning, post-tensioning, advance prestressing systems, strands and bars for presressing. Non-metalic reinforcement and anchorages, properties, applications, unbonded reinforcement, external prestressing, materials and systems for gorund anchors. Specific properties of prestressed structures, effects of volume changes of concrete on long-term behaviour. Prestressed concrete in buildings - application in structures. Durability and life-time of prestressed structures and reconstructions.

Requirements:

Successful completion of the master course.

Syllabus of lectures:

See the par. Synopsis.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Improvement of knowledge in the field of prestressed concrete in comparison with the master course.

Study materials:

Obligatory literature:

fib Bulletin 51, Structural concrete, Textbook, Vol. 1, fib 2009

fib Bulletin 52-54, Structural concrete, Textbook, Vol.2 - 4, fib 2010

Recommended literature:

fib Bulletin 33, Durability of post-tensioning tendons, fib. 2006

Vítek, J.: Historie předpjatého betonu. ČKAIT, 2016, ISBN 978-80-87438-84-8

fib Bulletin 20, Grouting of tendons in prestressed concrete, fib 2002

Note:

Further information:

https://bilakniha.cvut.cz/cs/predmet24439805.html#gsc.tab=0

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: