This course explains the basic concepts and methods of prestressed concrete design. Attendees will work through the design of a simple prestressed concrete rectangular beam of a building. Both straight strand and harped-strand design will be covered in the example, exposing participants to realistic design conditions. The course is based on AC 318-14, ASCE-7 (2010), and IBC (2015).

1. As a result of completing this course participants will be to locate reinforced concrete design equations in the 2014 release of ACI 318
2. As a result of completing this course participants will be to define nominal shear strength and live load deflection
3. As a result of completing this course participants will be to define design assumption for shear strength
4. As a result of completing this course participants will be to calculate and check shear stresses