Basic Concepts – Introduction – Prestressed Concrete – Economics Of Prestressed Concrete – Technology Of Prestressing – Methods Of Prestressing – Pretensioning – Debonding/Blanketing Of Strands – Deflecting/Draping/Harping Of Strands – Loss Of Prestress At Transfer – Transmission Length – Example Of Calculation Of Transmission Length – Posttensioning – Posttensioning Anchors – Loss Of Prestress At Transfer – External Prestressing – Unbonded Systems – Material Properties – Properties Of Concrete – Compressive Strength Of Concrete – Tensile Strength Of Concrete – Deformational Properties – Elastic Moduli – Creep Coefficient – Shrinkage – Stressstrain Relationship – Parabolicrectangular Relationship – Bilinear Relationship – Confined Concrete – Permissible Stresses In Concrete – Prestressing Steel – Relaxation – Maximum Stress At Jacking – Longterm Loss Of Prestress – References To Eurocode Clauses – Serviceability Limit State Design Of Pretensioned Beams – Design Of Prestressed Concrete Structure – Beam Design Based On Engineers’ Theory Of Bending – Sign Convention – Example Of Beam Designed Based On Engineer’s Theory Of – Bending .
