Prestressed Concrete Design Course Outline

Course Code/Title CE EL 3/Pre-stressed Concrete Design

Section 5CE-E
Credits 3 units lecture
(3 hours lecture)
Class Hours Sat 7:00-10:00AM
Classroom
Instructor Information Engr. Billy John Rudolfh I. Rejuso
billy.rejuso@gmail.com
Textbook Nawy, Edward G. (2009). Prestressed Concrete A Fundamental
Approach: Fifth Edition. New York: Prentice Hall.
Other Supplemental Book(s) McCormac, Jack C. (2016). Design of Reinforced Concrete Tenth
Edition. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
NSCP (2015). National Structural Code of the Philippines 2015
Quezon City: ASEP.

Course Description:
The course deals with the principles and methods of analysis and design of pre-stressed concrete sections specifically designed
for flexure, shear, and torsion, its application to buildings bridges and tanks. It also discusses loss obtained from pre-stressed
forces acting on structures and deals with solutions to problems encountered in pre-stressed construction.

Course Objective:
The course aims to develop specialized engineering knowledge in the design and analysis of pre-stressed concrete structures.
Students are expected to generate a structural plan and design of a pre-stressed concrete structure with the application of analysis
of structural theory problems.

Course Topics:
• Review of Reinforced Concrete Design (Q1)
- Beams
- Slabs
- Columns
• Design of Footing (Q2)
- Isolated Footing
- Rectangular Footing
- Strap Footing
• Introduction to Prestressed Concrete
• NSCP 2015 Code
• Stress Calculations (Q3)
- General Method
- C-Line Method
- Load Balance Method
• Camber, Deflection and Crack Calculation (Q4)
• Prestressed Losses
• Investigation for flexure, shear using LRFD (Q5, Q6)
- Partial Pre-stress
- Full Pre-stress

Grading System
Major Examination = 40%
Quizzes = 30%
Problem Sets = 20%
SW/HW = 10%
Passing Grade: 60.00%
Schedule of Quizzes & Exams:
CE EL 3 - Prestressed Concrete Design
Q1 Q2 PE Q3 Q4 ME Q5 Q6 FE
Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time
Feb 8-10 Feb 8-10 Feb 7-10 Mar 8-10 Mar 8-10 Apr 7-10 Apr 8-10 Apr 8-10 Apr 7-10
8 AM 22 AM 29 AM 14 AM 28 AM 4 AM 11 AM 11 AM 18 AM

Course Policy:
1. Students are expected to submit their own and not photocopied course requirements. Duplication of Problem Sets is
highly discouraged.
2. Cheating is highly discouraged.
3. In case you missed to take a quiz/exam due to a valid reason, approach your instructor as soon as possible.
4. Strictly no late submission. Students will be given ample time to comply to the submission of requirements.
5. In case of changes with the schedule of quizzes and exams, proper notice prior to new schedule will be announced.

CE EL 3 - Prestressed Concrete Design (Problem Sets)

Deliverable(s) Date
Prelim Problem Set February 29, 2020
Midterm Problem Set April 4, 2020
Final Problem Set Apr 18, 2020