EGCE 563 - Advanced Prestressed and Reinforced Concrete Design (3)


Prestressed concrete theory. Continuous prestressed concrete members, flat plate systems, virendeel systems, applying unbounded posttensioning - theory and design. Yield line theory, limit analysis, concrete cracking. Prestressed dome roof, barrel shell and hyperbolic paraboloid shell design. Design project. Computer application. (2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab).

Prerequisite: EGCE 408  or EGCE 463 .

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