COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THEORY OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5010 THEORY OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SADIK CAN GIRGIN

Offered to

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Structural Engineering
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

To inform students about the prestressed concrete elements, the working principles of prestressed concrete members will examine and prestressed concrete design level of an element is to come.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to analyze a given problem
2   Able to create solution algorithm
3   Able to apply solution algorithm
4   Able to evaluate results
5   Able to determinate any given problem
6   Able to present knowledge and experiences in written and oral

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to prestressed concrete concept
2 Prestressed concrete structural systems
3 Connections and principals of calculation
4 Service Load Design
5 Critical Sections
6 Flexural Strength
7 Ultimate Strength Design & Rein. Limits
8 Strain Compatibility
9 Prestressed Losses
10 Midterm exam
11 Camber, Deflections
12 Shear
13 Special topics
14 Review

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Nawy, E.G., Prestressed Concrete a Fundamental Approach, Fourth ed., Pearson Education Inc., 2003, New Jersey, USA.
Supplementary Book(s): Rajagopalan, N., Prestressed Concrete, Alpha Science International Ltd., 2002 Pangbourne, England.
Keyder, E. Öngerilmeli Beton, Seçkin Yayıncılık ve Dağıtım, 2005, Ankara.
Şener, S. . Öngerilmeli Beton, Alp Yayınevi, 2006, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Formal education, site visits, exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bengi.arisoy@ege.edu.tr; 0232 388 6026 (Ege University, Civil Engineering Department)

Office Hours

By scheduling wekly days, in work hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 8 104
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 5 5
Midterm 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.134412211131
LO.234412211131
LO.334412211131
LO.434412211131
LO.534412211131
LO.611111114111