Chapter 1
Materials and Prestressing Systems
High-strength concrete and high-tensile steel properties
medium • 1 min read
Pre-tensioning and post-tensioning methods
medium • 2 min read
Anchorage systems and tendon layouts
medium • 3 min read
Concept of load balancing and stress transfer
medium • 4 min read
Losses of prestress: immediate and time-dependent
medium • 5 min read
Chapter 2
Analysis and Design for Flexure
Analysis of sections for flexure (stress concept, strength concept)
medium • 1 min read
Design of sections for flexure to limit states
medium • 2 min read
Choice of cable profile and magnitude of prestress
medium • 3 min read
Kern points and pressure line
medium • 4 min read
Cracking moment and deflection calculations
medium • 5 min read
Chapter 3
Shear, Torsion, and Anchorage Zones
Principal stresses and shear resistance mechanisms
medium • 1 min read
Design of shear reinforcements in PSC members
medium • 2 min read
Design for combined bending, shear, and torsion
medium • 3 min read
Stress distribution in post-tensioned end blocks
medium • 4 min read
Design of anchorage zone reinforcements (Magnel/Guyon methods)
medium • 5 min read
Analysis of continuous beams and primary/secondary moments
medium • 1 min read
Concordant cable profiles and linear transformations
medium • 2 min read
Design of continuous PSC members
medium • 3 min read
Composite construction: precast and cast-in-situ elements
medium • 4 min read
Propped and unpropped composite sections behavior
medium • 5 min read
Chapter 5