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References/Teaching Materials/
Week Lecture/Tutorial/Assignment Topic
Equipment
1 Introduction – definition, prestressing concepts, advantages and disad- Reference book, Lecture notes
vantages
Reference book, Lecture notes
2
Material – prestressing steel, high strength concrete

3 Reference book, Lecture notes
Methods of prestressing, systems and degree of prestressing

4 Design basis – behaviour, limit state design, serviceability classifica- Reference book, Lecture notes
tion, critical limit state
Reference book, Lecture notes
5 Design of prestressed members – pretensioned and post-tensioned

6 Reference book, Lecture notes
Inequality equations, Magnel chart. Design of standard section beam

7 Reference book, Lecture notes
Design project 1 (PBL)

8 Reference book, Lecture notes
Mid-semester exam

9 Reference book, Lecture notes
Kern of section, pressure line. Cable zone and profile

10 Prestress losses – instantaneous and delayed losses, steel relaxation, Reference book, Lecture notes
elastic deformation, shrinkage and creep of concrete

11 Reference book, Lecture notes
Prestress losses – friction, wedge draw-in, overstressing

12 Reference book, Lecture notes
Design project 2 (PBL)

13 Reference book, Lecture notes
Ultimate strength check

14 Reference book, Lecture notes
Design project 3 (PBL)

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