PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DESIGNER'S HANDBOOK. SECOND EDITION

The text of this handbook, first issued in 1962, has been revised and metricated. In Part 1, the following subjects are included: Chapter 2--Materials; Chapter 3--Behaviour of Prestressed Concrete Beams; Chapter 4--Types of Prestressing Steel; Chapter 5--Criteria for Analysis and Design; Chapter 5--Losses of Prestressing Force; Chapter 7--Analysis of Stresses; Chapter 8--General Design of Prestressed Members; Chapter 9-- Examples of Flexural Design; Chapter 10--End Blocks; Chapter 11--Composite Members; Chapter 12--Deflection; Chapter 13--Other Design Considerations; Chapter 14--Statically-Indeterminate Structures; Chapter 15--Applications of Prestressing; Chapter 16--Design for Fire Resistance; Chapter 17-- Specification. Design philosophy is treated in an Appendix. Part 2 contains design charts with notes. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Cement and Concrete Association

  Wexham Spring
  Slough SL3 6PL, Buckinghamshire,   England 
• Authors:
  • Abeles, P W
  • BARDHAN-ROY, B K
  • Turner, F H
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 548 p.
• Serial:
  • Cement and Concrete Association
  • Publisher: Research and Development Division

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Deflection; Design; Fire resistance; Handbooks; Prestressed concrete; Prestressing; Specifications; Statically indeterminate frames
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Statically indeterminate structure
• ITRD Terms: 3420: Anchorage; 3472: Beam; 3455: Bridge; 4530: Cable; 6486: Chart; 5586: Deflection; 5595: Deformation; 9011: Design (overall design); 1624: Fire; 4714: Mix design; 4789: Post tensioning; 4796: Prestressed concrete; 4798: Pretensioning; 187: Specification (standard); 5516: Statically indeterminate; 4542: Steel; 5575: Stress (in material)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147486
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1977 12:00AM