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Prestressed Engineering Construction
FAST-NLA031Acad. year: 2023/2024
Principle of prestressing. Basic concept of pre-tensioning and post-tensioning. Material properties, manufacturing. Pretensioning operations, technology. Post-tensioning operations, technology, prestressing systems. Prestressing and its changes. Effects of prestressing on concrete members and structures, statically determinate and indeterminate structures. Ultimate limit state, full stress-strain response, shear resistance. Resistance of against cracks. Control of crack width and deflection of prestressed members. Design and construction both of building and engineering prestressed structures. Application of prestressing on masonry structures. Strengthening of masonry structures using prestressing. Design and construction of general types of bridges.
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Design and construction of prestressed concrete structural members and structural systems, analysis and detailing.
A student gains these knowledge and skills:
• Understanding of the behaviour of prestressed concrete structures.
• Design and construction of prestressed concrete structural members and structural systems, analysis and detailing.
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Basic literature
ŠAFÁŘ, Roman. Betonové mosty 2. Přednášky. Praha: ČVUT, 2014. ISBN 978-80-01-05543-4. (CS)
Recommended reading
HOLST, Ralph a HOLST, Karl, Heinz. Brücken aus Stahlbeton und Spannbeton. Berlin: Ernst und Sohn, 2013. ISBN: 978-3-433-02953-4 (DE)
JANDA, Lubor, KLEISNER, Zdeněk a ZVARA, Jozef. Betonové mosty. Praha: SNTL, 1988. (SK)
LIEBENBERG, A. C. Concrete Bridge - Design and Construction. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1992. ISBN 0470218657. (EN)
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- Programme NPC-SIR Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
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