221-0061/02 – Prestressed Concrete (PRB)
Gurantor department | Department of Structures | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Radim Čajka, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Radim Čajka, CSc. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
After completing this subject, students will be able to understand and apply the following skills and topic areas:
- design and assessment of prestressed concrete elements and structures;
- prestressed elements and structures of bridges, civil and industrial buildings.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work
Summary
1. Principals of pre stressed concrete. Material characteristics. Tensioning. Production technology.
2. Pre stressing force in ultimate and serviceability limit state according to EC 2.
3. Initial pre-stressing force of elements with coherent pre-stressing reinforcement.
4. Idealized cross-section and its usage.
5. Changes of pre-stressing before tensioning.
6. Changes of pre-stressing after tensioning.
7. Pre-stressed elements in elastic phase, normal stress, principal stress and strain.
8. Pre-stressed elements in limit state.
9. Ultimate load bearing capacity for normal force and bending moment.
10. Ultimate load bearing capacity for shear force, torsion and concentrated load.
11. Serviceability limit state of stress limitation, crack limitation and strain/deflection limitation
12. Statically indifferent structures. Effect of creep and shrinkage.
13. Structures with incoherent pre-stressing reinforcement.
14. Utilization of pre-stressed concrete. Basic types of pre-stressed 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.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
tests, semestral project, credit, exam
E-learning
Other requirements
At least 70% attendance in the tutorial. Absence, up to a maximum of 30%, must be excused and accepted by the teacher (the teacher decides the reasonableness of the excuse).
Tasks assigned in tutorial must be hand in within the deadline set by the teacher.
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Principals of pre stressed concrete. Material characteristics. Tensioning. Production technology.
2. Pre stressing force in ultimate and serviceability limit state according to EC 2.
3. Initial pre-stressing force of elements with coherent pre-stressing reinforcement.
4. Idealized cross-section and its usage.
5. Changes of pre-stressing before tensioning.
6. Changes of pre-stressing after tensioning.
7. Pre-stressed elements in elastic phase, normal stress, principal stress and strain.
8. Pre-stressed elements in limit state.
9. Ultimate load bearing capacity for normal force and bending moment.
10. Ultimate load bearing capacity for shear force, torsion and concentrated load.
11. Serviceability limit state of stress limitation, crack limitation and strain/deflection limitation
12. Statically indifferent structures. Effect of creep and shrinkage.
13. Structures with incoherent pre-stressing reinforcement.
14. Utilization of pre-stressed concrete. Basic types of pre-stressed structures.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction