This book is suited for a first course in pre-stressed concrete design offered to senior undergraduate students in civil engineering and postgraduate students in structural engineering. The book focuses on the behaviour of the pre-stressed concrete structural elements. Carefully-chosen worked examples are included to delineate the design aspects while relevant chapter-end questions enable effortless recapitulation of the subject. The content, while being useful to both the students and teachers, will also serve as an invaluable reference for engineers.

Contents:
Chapter 1 Basic Principles
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Need for Prestressed Concrete
1.3 Brief History of Prestressed Concrete
1.4 Stuctural Behaviour of Prestressed
Concrete Member
1.5 Methods of Prestressing
1.6 Types of Prestressed Concrete
1.7 Comparison with Reinforced Concrete
1.8 Applications of Prestressed Concrete
1.9 Design Code

Chapter 2 Materials
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Prestressing Steel
2.3 Concrete

Chapter 3 Limit State Design
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Limit States
3.3 Characteristic and Desing Load
3.4 Characteristic and Design Strength of Material
3.5 Characteristic and Design Stress-Strain Curves
3.6 Design Requirments as per LSM
3.7 Limit State Design of Prestressed

Chapter 4 Losses in Prestress
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Immediate Losses
4.3 Time Dependent Losses
4.4 Total Loss in Prestress

Chapter 5 Analysis of Sections
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Analysis of Serviceability Limit State
5.3 Load Balancing
5.4 Decompression Moment
5.5 Cracking Moment
5.6 Additional Stress in Tendon
5.7 Flexural Behaviour of Prestressed Concrete Member
5.8 Analysis of Ultimate Limit State

Chapter 6 Shear and Torsion
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Design for Shear
6.3 Design for Torsion

Chapter 7 Anchorage Zones
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Anchorage Zones in Pre-tensioned Members
7.3 Anchorage Zones in Post-tensioned Members

Chapter 8 Deflections
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Deflections in Uncracked Beams
8.3 Deflection of Type 3 Members
8.4 Deflection Limits

Chapter 9 Design of Members
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Governing Inequalities
9.3 Minimum Section Modulus
9.4 Design of Prestressing Force
9.5 Magnel Diagram
9.6 Cable Zone
9.7 Selection of Cross-section
9.8 Requirments for Flexural Reinforcement
9.9 Design Procedure for Prestressed Concrete Members

Chapter 10 Composite Members
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Analysis of Serviceability Limit State
10.3 Stresses Due to Differential Shrinkage
10.4 Horizontal Shear Transfer
10.5 Ultimate Moment of Resistance
10.6 Design of Composite Members

Chapter 11 Indeterminate Structures
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Effects of prestress in Indeterminate
11.3 Linear Transformation of Cable Profile
11.4 Concordant Cable
11.5 Analysis of Real Cables
11.6 Calculation of Elastic Stresses in Concrete
11.7 Behaviour at Ultimate Load

Chapter 12 Slabs
12.1 Introduction
12.2 General Design Procedure
12.3 One-way Slabs
12.4 Edge-supported Tw0-way Slabs

Chapter 13 Circular Prestressing
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Circumferential Prestressinbg
13.3 Prestressed Concrete Pipes
13.4 Prestressed Concrete Circular Tanks
13.5 Ring Beams

References
Index