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Prestressed Concrete
Putting concrete into compression before it is loaded.
Topics by level
Basics
School, diploma and first-year level: the ideas in plain words.
Intermediate
Degree and exam core (GATE, ESE level).
- Losses of prestress planned
- Stress checks at transfer and service planned
- Cable profiles planned
- End blocks planned
Advanced and Design
Professional design practice.
- Prestressed bridge girders planned
- Continuous prestressed members planned
Research
Frontier topics for researchers and postgraduates.
Videos
Codes and standards
| Country | Designation | Scope (our words) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | IRC:112 | Code of practice for concrete road bridges. | current |
| India | IS 1343 | Design and construction of prestressed concrete. | current |
| India | IS 14268 | Uncoated stress-relieved low-relaxation seven-wire strand for prestressed concrete. | current |
| USA | ACI 318 | Building code requirements for structural concrete. | current |
| Europe | EN 1992 (Eurocode 2) | Design of concrete structures. | current |
| Australia | AS 3600 | Concrete structures. | current |
| Canada | CSA A23.3 | Design of concrete structures. | current |
Listed in a fixed country order; no standard is ranked above another. Scopes are our summaries. Buy the standards from the issuing body for exact text.
References and further reading
Standard texts, listed in no order of merit. We do not copy text, figures, tables or solved problems from any book; our explanations and examples are original.
- N. Krishna Raju, Prestressed Concrete, McGraw Hill Education (India), latest edition.
- T. Y. Lin, N. H. Burns, Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures, Wiley, 3rd edition.
- E. G. Nawy, Prestressed Concrete: A Fundamental Approach, Pearson, latest edition.