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PCI Online Academy:  Basic Prestressed Design - Session 5 Exam

This is the post-exam for Session 5: Design Example - Calculating Strength. 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).

As a result of completing this course, attendees should:

• Be able to compute nominal and design moment strength of prestressed concrete beams.
• Calculate stresses in strands at ultimate moment.
• Understand the concept of tension-controlled, compression-controlled and transition sections
• Understand the effect of harping strands on moment strength.