Prestressed Concrete Structures

Lecture Notes, Study Materials and Important questions answers

Subject : Prestressed Concrete Structures

INTRODUCTION of THEORY AND BEHAVIOUR
1. Concrete Structures: Types of pre-stressing - Answer (click here)
2. Concrete Structures: Stages of loading - Answer (click here)
3. Prestressed Concrete Structures: Losses - Answer (click here)
4. The need for the use of high strength concrete and tensile steel in Pre
stressed concrete - Answer (click here)
5. Advantages of Prestressed Concrete - Answer (click here)
6. Fressinet system of post tensioning - Answer (click here)
7. Importance of control of deflection of PSC beams - Answer (click here)
8. Factors influencing the deflection of PSC beams - Answer (click here)
9. The various types of losses in prestress and steps to reduce these losses -
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10. Important Questions and Answers - Civil - Prestressed Concrete
Structures - Theory and Behaviour - Answer (click here)

DESIGN CONCEPTS(CE2404)
1. Prestressed Concrete Structures: Analysis of beam section- concept -
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2. Elastic Design for flexure - Answer (click here)
3. Permissible stresses for flexure member - Answer (click here)
4. Prestressed Concrete Structures: End block - Answer (click here)
5. Advantages and disadvantages when partial prestressing is done - Answer
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6. Difference in load deflection of under, partially and fully prestressed -
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7. Important Questions and Answers - Civil - Prestressed Concrete
Structures - Design Concepts - Answer (click here)

CIRCULAR PRESTRESSING(CE2404)
 1. Design Procedure for circular tanks Computations - Answer (click here)
2. Circular pre stressing - Answer (click here)
3. Design of pipes - Answer (click here)
4. Design of circular water tanks - Answer (click here)
5. Depth anchorage to the Depth of end block on the distribution of
bursting tension - Answer (click here)
6. The junctions of tank wall and base slab - Answer (click here)
7. Different types of joints used between the slab of prestressed concrete
tank - Answer (click here)
8. The design considerations of prestressed concrete poles - Answer (click
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9. Important Questions and Answers - Civil - Prestressed Concrete
Structures - Circular Prestressing - Answer (click here)

COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION(CE2404)
1. composite construction - Introduction - Answer (click here)
2. Concrete Structures: Serviceability Limit State - Answer (click here)
3. Concrete Structures: Ultimate Strength - Answer (click here)
4. Concrete Structures: Horizontal Shear - Answer (click here)
5. Advantage of prestressed concrete bridge deck - Answer (click here)

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGES(CE2404)

1. Important Questions and Answers - Civil - Prestressed Concrete Bridges
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2. Prestressed Concrete Bridges - Answer (click here)