Post-Tensioned Concrete Building Design

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This class will explore a set of structural solutions that are often selected when buildings need long spans and/or thinner structural solutions, including efficient transfer members. Students will develop an ability to analyze and design pre-stressed concrete with a specific focus on Post-Tensioned (PT) applications to buildings. PT Design will specifically be applied to building solutions as applicable to ACI 318 and PTI Standards. Content will interweave a focus on the analysis and design of one- and two-way PT slabs systems, beams and girder systems, while also covering lateral systems and the repair and rehabilitation of aging PT projects. Discussions on new innovative PT research ventures will be included. The goal of this class is threefold: 1) take on the role of a designer and create structural solutions in PT, 2) apply fundamental knowledge of pre-stressed concrete to evaluate serviceability and strength to see if members that were designed have sufficient capacity, and 3) learn commercially available software to design gravity systems at a larger content than isolated slabs.