2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Advanced Course on Design of Prestressed Concrete Structure
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hiroyasu Sakata
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Tue / 5-6 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.S403
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The concept and structural design method of Prestressed Concrete Structures will be lectured.
Give students a broad understanding of these contents.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will
1) understand structural detail of PC structures,
2) understand mechanical behavior of PC members under axial and bending force,
3) understand mechanical behavior of PC members under shear force,
4) understand structural design method of PC structures
Keywords
Prestressed Concrete, Creep, Relaxation, Short-term response, Long-term response, M-φrelationships
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Strudents have to explain about the contents of documents distributed from 2nd to 14th and answer the questions from another sturents.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | History and Concept of PC Structures | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 2 | Pretensioning and Post-Tensioning Technology | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 3 | Material Properties | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 4 | Response of Members Subjected to Axial Load | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 5 | Response of Members Subject to Flexure I Mechanical Behavior of Members and Estimation of M-φ relationships | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 6 | Response of Members Subject to Flexure II Mechanical Behavior of Members under Axial and Bending Force | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 7 | Design for Flexure | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 8 | Members Subjected to Shear I Mechanical Behavior of Members under Shear Force | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 9 | Members Subjected to Shear II Analytical Model for Shear Strength of Members | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 10 | Design for Torsion | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 11 | Strut and Tie Model | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 12 | Statically Indeterminate Structures | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 13 | Buildings | Understand content of a lecture. |
| Class 14 | Bridges | Understand content of a lecture. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Non required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Prestressed Concrete Structures：Michael P.Collins, Denis Mitchell, Prentice-Hall
Evaluation methods and criteria
Scores are based on final examination and a reporting assignment
Related courses
- ARC.S302 ： Structural Design II
- ARC.S305 ： Structural Mechanics II
Prerequisites
It is recommended that students successfully complete ARC.S302：Structural Design II and ARC.S305：Structural Mechanics II.