Sep 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

CE 4380 - Prestressed Concrete Design


Theory of prestressing. Design and analysis of prestressed concrete beams, slabs, box girders, and bridge girders by elastic and ultimate strength methods.

Requisites: CE 3300 and CE 4320
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to determine deflections of prestressed concrete beams.
  • Students will be able to design prestressed concrete slabs and bridge girders using computer software and design code.
  • Students will be able to design prestressed concrete bridges.
  • Students will be able to explain advantages of prestressing or poststressing concrete beams.
  • Students will be able to explain prestress losses.
  • Students will be able to design concrete beams as composite beams.
  • Students will be able to explain engineering properties of concrete and prestressing steel.
  • Students will be able to apply the flexural analysis, shear design, torsion design, service stresses, and ultimate strength methods to design prestressed concrete beams.
  • Students will be able to explain the PCI guidelines.


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