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Design of Prestressed Concrete

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ISBN-10: 0044454031

ISBN-13: 9780044454038

Edition: 1990

Authors: R. I. Gilbert, Neil Mickleborough

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Providing both an introduction to basic concepts and an in-depth treatment of the most up-to-date methods for the design and analysis of concrete of structures, "Design of Prestressed Concrete" will service the needs of both students and professional engineers.
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Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 9/13/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.06" long
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Preface
Notation
Basic concepts
Introduction
Methods of prestressing
Introductory example
Transverse forces caused by draped tendons
Calculation of elastic stresses
Flexural behaviour - from initial to ultimate loads
Design procedures
Design properties of materials
Introduction
Composition of concrete
Strength of concrete
Deformation of concrete
Predictions of the creep coefficient and shrinkage
Thermal expansion
Steel used for prestressing
Steel relaxation
Non-prestressed reinforcement
Design for serviceability
Introduction
Stress limits
Determintaion of prestress and eccentricity in flexural members
Cable profiles
Short-term analysis of cross-sections
Time-dependent analysis of cross-sections
Losses of prestress
Deflection calculations
Ultimate flexural strength
Introduction
Flexural behaviour at overloads
Flexural strength theory
Approximate code-oriented procedures
Design calculations
Flanged sections
Design for shear and torsional strength
Introduction
Inclined cracking
Effect of prestress
Web reinforcement
Shear strength
Compatability torsion and equilibrium torsion
Effects of torsion
Design provisions for torsion in AS 3600-1988
Punching shear
Design procedures for punching shear in AS 3600-1988
Anchorage zones
Introduction
Pretensioned concrete - force transfer by bond
Post-tensioned concrete anchorage zones
Composite members
Types and advantages of composite construction
Behaviour of composite members
Stages of loading
Determination of prestress
Methods of analysis at service loads
Ultimate flexural strength
Horizontal shear transfer
Ultimate shear strength
Design procedures for determinate beams
Introduction
Types of section
Initial trial section
Design procedures - fully prestressed beams
Design procedures - partially prestressed beams
Statically indeterminate members
Introduction
Tendon profiles
Continuous beams
Statically indeterminate frames
Design of continuous beams
References
Two-way slabs - behaviour and design
Introduction
Effects of prestress
Design approach - general
One-way slabs
Two-way edge-supported slabs
Flat plate slabs
Flat slabs with drop panels
Band-beam and slab systems
Two-way slabs - serviceabilty
Introduction
The balanced load stage
Initial sizing of slabs
A review of simplified slab deflection models
Cracking in prestressed slabs
Long-term deflections
Worked examples
Compression and tension members
Types of compression members
Classification and behaviour of compression members
Cross-sectional analysis - compression and bending
Slenderness effects
Reinforcement requirements in compression members
Tension members
Appendix: Alternative models for creep and shrinkage
Index