Concept on Mechanics; Materials; Properties of sections; Stress analysis - three methods; Prestressing and Post stressing; Beam design - no tension and ultimate; Poles and slab panels; Loss assessment; Composite beams; Design for shear. Large span structures; Structural forms and design principles; Special materials, open web and built-up structures.
Text/Reference Books:
Lin T.Y. and Burns N.H.Design Of Prestressed Concrete Structures, Wiley India.
Dayaratnam P.Prestressed Concrete Structures, Oxford and IBH.