Spring 2027

Prestressed Concrete

Analysis and design of prestressed concrete members covering working stress and ultimate strength methods for flexure, shear, losses, deflections, and composite beams.

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What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems

  • Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice

  • Determine the required number and layout of prestressing strands in a prestressed concrete beam based on allowable stresses

  • Analyze and design a prestressed or partially prestressed concrete beam for ultimate flexural strength

  • Design a prestressed concrete beam for shear

  • Estimate immediate and time-dependent prestress losses

  • Estimate short-term and time-dependent deflections of a prestressed concrete beam

Source: UW Guide

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CIVENGR 643

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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Student experience

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Analysis and design of prestressed concrete members, including working stress and ultimate strength analysis and design for flexure; shear design; prestress losses, deflections, and composite beams. Knowledge of Concrete Structures [such asCIV ENGR 447] required.

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Topics

  • Working stress and ultimate strength analysis for flexure
  • Shear design
  • Prestress losses, deflections, and composite beams

Skills

  • Designing prestressed concrete beams for flexure and determining strand layout
  • Shear design and estimating prestress losses and deflections

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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