ECTS - Prestressed Concrete Fundamentals

Prestressed Concrete Fundamentals (CE438) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Prestressed Concrete Fundamentals CE438 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 6
Pre-requisite Course(s)
CE342
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Halit Cenan MERTOL
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To introduce the fundamental mechanics of prestressing and its applications to concrete structural elements.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Calculate prestress losses due to several sources
  • Determine the cross section stresses in prestressed concrete flexural members under a given loading
  • Determine the strand number and layout as well as the level of prestress in a flexural member to resist a given loading with a specific cross section
  • Determine whether a given prestressed concrete member has sufficient shear capacity to resist a given loading
Course Content Introduction to prestressing, prestress losses, flexural analysis and design, composite construction, shear, torsion, deflections.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to prestressing
2 Prestress losses
3 Prestress losses
4 Flexural analysis and design
5 Flexural analysis and design
6 Flexural analysis and design
7 Flexural analysis and design
8 Composite construction
9 Composite construction
10 Composite construction
11 Shear
12 Shear
13 Torsion
14 Torsion, Deflections
15 Final exam period
16 Final exam period

Sources

Course Book 1. No specific textbook bill be used in this course. The instructor will prepare class notes using several reference books and the students will follow the course from these class notes.
Other Sources 2. E. Keyder, Öngerilmeli Beton, Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2005.
3. M. P. Collins and D. Mitchell, Prestressed Concrete Structures, Prentice-all, 1990.
4. T. Y. Lin and N. H. Burns, Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures, John Wiley and Sons, 1981.
5. TS 3233, Öngerilmeli Beton Yapıların Hesap ve Yapım Kuralları, Türk Standartları Enstitüsü, 2000.
6. TS 500, Betonarme Yapıların Hesap ve Yapım Kuralları, Türk Standardları Enstitüsü, 2000.
7. PCI Design Handbook, Precast and Prestressed Concrete Institute, 1999.
8. ACI 318-05, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete, American Concrete Institute, 2005.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 4 15
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 2 50
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 35
Toplam 7 100
Percentage of Semester Work 65
Percentage of Final Work 35
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Attains knowledge through wide and in-depth investigations his/her field and surveys, evaluates, interprets, and applies the knowledge thus acquired.
2 Has a critical and comprehensive knowledge of contemporary engineering techniques and methods of application.
3 By using unfamiliar, ambiguous, or incompletely defined data, completes and utilizes the required knowledge by scientific methods; is able to fuse and make use of knowledge from different disciplines. X
4 Has the awareness of new and emerging technologies in his/her branch of engineering profession, studies and learns these when needed.
5 Defines and formulates problems in his/her branch of engineering, develops methods of solution, and applies innovative methods of solution. X
6 Devises new and/or original ideas and methods; designs complex systems and processes and proposes innovative/alternative solutions for their design.
7 Has the ability to design and conduct theoretical, experimental, and model-based investigations; is able to use judgment to solve complex problems that may be faced in this process.
8 Functions effectively as a member or as a leader in teams that may be interdisciplinary, devises approaches of solving complex situations, can work independently and can assume responsibility.
9 Has the oral and written communication skills in one foreign language at the B2 general level of European Language Portfolio.
10 Can present the progress and the results of his investigations clearly and systematically in national or international contexts both orally and in writing.
11 Knows social, environmental, health, safety, and legal dimensions of engineering applications as well as project management and business practices; and is aware of the limitations and the responsibilities these impose on engineering practices. X
12 Commits to social, scientific, and professional ethics during data acquisition, interpretation, and publication as well as in all professional activities.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 3 42
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 4 5 20
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 2 10 20
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 20 20
Total Workload 150