Post-Tensioned Structures

CE 59700

Credit Hours:

1

Instructor:

Julio Ramirez

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Recall construction procedures and materials used with post-tensioned concrete members and in particular beams.
  2. Recall and apply the principles of design of mechanical losses in post-tensioned concrete members, including anchorage slip and friction.
  3. Recall and apply the principles of analysis to statically indeterminate post-tensioned concrete structures where deformations induced by pos-tensioning are restrained. Calculate the effects from such restraints in terms of axial forces, moments and shear forces.
  4. Recall and apply the principles of design for flexure, and shear of post-tensioned beams throughout the range of expected performance from initial to service and during unexpected overloads

Description:

In this 1-credit module, learn the essentials of design of post-tensioned concrete structures for use in concrete slabs or in preventing cracks and leakage in concrete water tanks.

Prerequisites:

CE 59700: Fundamentals of Prestressed Concrete and CE 47300: Reinforced Concrete Design or equivalent

Web Address:

https://purdue.brightspace.com/

Web Content:

Syllabus, grades, lecture notes, homework assignments, solutions and quizzes

Homework:

Three homework assignments will be assigned. 19% of grade

Quizzes:

Two timed quizzes. 19% of grade

Final Exam:

Take home exam, open source, submit only personal work. 62% of grade

Textbooks:

Recommended Texts: hardcopy, e-textbook.

  • ACI 318-19, "Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete," American Concrete Institute.
  • PCI Design Handbook, Prestressed Concrete Institute, Precast and Prestressed Concrete. 8th Edition.
  • Prestressed Concrete Analysis and Design: Fundamentals, Antoine Naaman, Techno Press 3000, 2004, ISBN 0967493919, 9780967493916, 1072 pages

References for pages to read or refer to will be made throughout the lecture videos.

Additional Readings:

Zia, P.; Preston, H. K.; Scott, N. L.; and Workman, E. B., 1979, “Estimating Prestress Losses”, Concrete International, V. 1, No. 6, June, pp. 32-38.