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Prestressed Concrete Structures

Prestressed Concrete Structures

Code	9752
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)
Scientific area	Mechanics and Structures
Entry requirements	Good base knowledge on “Strength of Materials”, “Structural Analysis” and “Structural Concrete”
Mode of delivery	tutorial
Work placements	None
Learning outcomes	The pedagogical objectives of the course are defined in terms of skills to be acquired by students, prioritized into three levels, in order of decreasing depth and relative semester workload: Proficiency of a) Design of statically determinate and indeterminate prestressed concrete structures; b) Supervision of the construction of elements and structures of prestressed concrete. Understanding of: a) Fundamental principles of prestressed concrete; b) Materials, methods and techniques for prestressing and complementary operations. Recognition of: a) Special requirements for the demolition of prestressed concrete structures; b) Rehabilitation solutions for prestressed concrete structures.
Syllabus	1. Introduction; 2. Fundamental principles; 3. Prestress losses; 4. Design of statically determinate beam-type prestressed structures; 5. Verification of safety conditions in Ultimate Limit States; 6. Anchorage zones; 7. Statically indeterminate prestressed structures.
Main Bibliography	1. Naaman, Antoine E., “Prestressed Concrete Analysis and Design: Fundamentals”, Third Edition, Techno Press 3000, 2012; 2. Lin, T.Y. and Burns, Ned H., “Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures”; 3. Nawy, Edward G., “Prestressed Concrete”: A fundamental Approach”, Prentice Hall, 2002; 4. Nilson, Arthur H. and Darwin, David, “Design of Prestressed Concrete” McGrawHill 1997; 5. Walther, René and Miehlbradt, Manfred, “Dimensionnement des Structures en Beton”, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 1990; 6. NP EN 1992-1-1:2010 Eurocódigo 2, 2010. 7. Eugene j O’Brien and Andrew S. Dixon. Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Design – The Complete Process, Longman Scientific & Technical 8. Nigel R. Hewson: Prestressed Concrete Bridges: Design and Construction ; Thomas Telford 9. M.J.Ryall, G.A.R. Parke, J.E. Harding: Manual of Bridge Engineering, Thomas Telford
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.