Prestressed Concrete in Buildings

Author: Hagendorf, Col

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In design practice today it is usual to carry out the detailed design of members of conventional reinforced concrete, structural steelwork or prestressed concrete using computer software. Although much time is saved, this may have the unfortunate consequence that the much of the "feel" for the design is lost. This is particularly true in prestressed concrete, especially when indeterminate members are involved. Indeed the topic may be less well understood as many undergraduate courses neglect the teaching of the subject almost entirely. Thus the design of prestressed concrete members, in buildings particularly, is often left to specialist contractors. The focus of this book is to provide a conceptual understanding of the topic. The approach taken is design-based rather than a more rigorously analytical one. Hand-based methods are emphasized where relevant. Numerous worked examples are presented as well as extended examples on a pre-tensioned double tee floor and a post tensioned flat plate floor to illustrate the points made. The codes used are the European Code EC2 and the Concrete Society Technical Report TR43, while, for comparison, reference is sometimes made to other codes, e.g., the American Code ACI-318.

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Publisher Name	Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author Name	Hagendorf, Col
Format	Audio
Bisac Subject Major	TEC
Language	NG
Isbn 10	1517066670
Isbn 13	9781517066673
Target Age Group	min:NA, max:NA
Dimensions	00.85" H x 00.05" L x 50.00" W
Page Count	250

Author Details

Er. Dr. Niall MacAlevey is currently an independent consultant specializing in the analysis and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, forensic engineering and the strengthening of concrete structures. He is the founder of the firm "Shamrock Consultants", and is a registered Professional Engineer in Singapore. He graduated from University College Dublin, Ireland in 1987, and completed his M.Sc. degree in "Concrete Structures" at Imperial College, London. He completed his PhD degree at the Nanyang Technological University in 1997 on "The Strengthening of Concrete Structures" and later joined the academic staff there. He obtained a PGDipTHE (Post-Graduate Diploma in Teaching in Higher Education) from the National Institute of Education in 2001. Since graduation, he has worked for a number of consulting engineering firms and specialist prestressing subcontractors in London, Cambridge, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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