Precast Prestressed Concrete for Building Structures

Kim S. Elliott is a consultant for the precast industry worldwide and former Senior Lecturer at Nottingham University, UK, and a structural design engineer and site agent at Trent Concrete Structures, UK. He was Chairman of the European research project COST C1 on Semi-Rigid Connection in Precast Structures and is a member of fib Commission 6 on Prefabrication. He is author of Precast Concrete Structures, now in its second edition. Mark Magill is a chartered engineer and the Engineering & Technical Director for Creagh Concrete Products Ltd in Northern Ireland.

1. Commercial Use of Precast and Prestressed Concrete in Buildings. 2. Why Precast, Why Prestressed?. 3. Basis for the Design of Prestressed Concrete Elements. 4. Pretensioning and Casting Methods. 5. Materials, Durability and Fire Resistance. 6. Prestressing and Detensioning Stresses. 7. Flexural Design in Service. 8. Design for Bending Moments Using the Magnel Diagrams. 9. Ultimate Bending Strength. 10. Ultimate Shear Strength and Torsion, and Transmission Length. 11. Serviceability Limit State for Deflections and Cracking. 12. Composite Slabs and Beams. 13. Cantilevers and Continuous Slabs and Beams. 14. Precast Prestressed Concrete Walls. 15. Off-site Benefits and Temporary Works. 16. Case Studies.