221-0944 – Prestressed Concrete (PRB-Dr.)
| Gurantor department | Department of Structures |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Radim Čajka, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of this course is to develop the knowledge and skills in the area of design, reliability assessment and realization of prestressed elements and constructions of bridges, engineering structures and industrial buildings. Student has to obtain and prove an adequate general overview of solved problems. Student also has to work out the individual project related to the scope of the thesis.
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
Design and assessment of prestressed elements and structures. Prestressed elements and structures of bridges, engineering structures and industrial buildings. Numerical solution methods for real cross-sections. The placement of prestressing tendons, the effect on bending and shear resistance. Serviceability limit states – stress limitation, crack control and strain in elements of prestressed structures.
Compulsory literature:
1. EN 1992-2 Eurocode 2 - Design of concrete structures - Part 2: Concrete bridges – Design and detailing rules, CEN, 2007.
2. EN 1992-1-1 Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures – Part 1: General rules and rules for buildings. CEN, 2006.
Recommended literature:
1. McCormac, Jack, C.- Nelson, James, K.: Design of Reinforced Concrete. ACI 318-05 Code Edition, Seventh Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006.
2. Martin, L. H. – Purkiss, J.A.: Concrete Design to EN 1992, Elsevier 2006.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.