Precast Prestressed Concrete
Analysis, behavior, and design of precast prestressed concrete structural elements and buildings. Topics include introduction to prestressed concrete, design of precast prestressed elements for moment, shear, torsion, and moment and axial force. The course will focus on behavior and design of elements in typical precast buildings including prestressed double tee beams, precast columns, precast spandrel beams, inverted tee beams, precast walls.