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PCI Online Academy:  Basic Prestressed Design - Session 6 Exam

This is the post-exam for Session 6: Design Example - Quantities and Allowable Values. 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).

After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Compute the contribution of concrete to shear strength of prestressed concrete beams.
• Design stirrups for shear in prestressed concrete beams.
• Determine quantity of steel required to resist bursting stresses at beam ends.
• Compute camber and deflections and compare with allowable values.