Prestressed Concrete Structures
M.Sc.

The course Prestressed Concrete Structures, which is offered to Master's students, deals with the design and standardised dimensioning of prestressed concrete structures and their special design features.

Course language: English | 6 CP | 4 SWS

Term: Wintersemester

Schedule: Tue. 08:00-09:40 | Thu. 15:20-16:50

Content

Prestressing enables the realisation of wide-span bridges, extremely slender tendon structures, large shell structures or watertight containers made of concrete. Due to their economic efficiency and design possibilities, prestressed concrete structures are widely used in civil engineering and are increasingly being used in structural and industrial engineering. The course Prestressed Concrete Structures deals with the design and dimensioning of structures made of prestressed concrete according to DIN EN 1992-1-1. The special features of prestressed components to be considered in the design are derived and explained. The lecture content is deepened in the context of exercise.

Topics

  • Prestressing technology
  • Time-dependent behaviour of materials
  • Internal forces due to prestressing
  • Design concept and durability
  • Losses of prestressing force
  • Safety concept
  • Design at Serviceability Limit States (DIN EN 1992-1-1)
  • Design at Ultimate Limit States (DIN EN 1992-1-1)
  • Structural design and pre-dimensioning
  • Construction rules

Lecture announcement:

TUCaN / Moodle: Registration for the course in TUCaN is necessary, as communication about the lecture (changes of lecture content, room changes, requests from students, etc.) takes place via Moodle!

Schedule / Materials

The current schedule and course materials will be made available in the Moodle course. If you have access problems, please contact the responsible research assistant by e-mail.

Discussion hour

In addition to the course, discussion hours are offered during the lecture period:

Tuesday and Thursday, 13:00 to 14:00

Academic achievement / Assignment

Four out of five homework exercises must be completed and marked. (Submission of exercises as upload in Moodle)

Exam

Duration: 90 min (30 min general questions without auxiliary means + 60 min calculation part with all common auxiliary means)

Date / Place: see Moodle / TUCaN

Exam discussion hours: Usually one week before the exam. For details see Moodle course

Exam review: see Moodle course

Literature

  • Lecture Notes: Prestressed Concrete Structures, Institute for Solid Structures, TU Darmstadt
  • C.-A. Graubner, M.Six: Spannbetonbau – Stahlbetonbau aktuell Praxishandbuch 2012, Bauwerk Verlag 2012
  • K. Zilch, M. Curbach: Einführung in die DIN 1045-1, Anwendungsbeispiele, Ernst & Sohn Verlag
  • DBV: Beispiele zur Bemessung nach Eurocode 2, Band 1: Hochbau, Ernst & Sohn Verlag
  • Fritz Leonhardt: Vorlesungen über Massivbau Teil 5, Spannbeton, Springer-Verlag 1980
  • Wolfgang Rossner, Carl-Alexander Graubner: Spannbetonbauwerke, Teil 4: Bemessungsbeispiele nach DIN EN 1992, Ernst & Sohn Verlag