Table of Contents
Chapter 1-Introduction
1.1-Historical perspective
1.2-Definition
1.3-Design of philosophy of partial prestressing
1.4-Advantages and disadvantages of partial prestressing
1.5-Partial prestressing and reinforcement indexes
1.6-Report objective
Chapter 2-Partially prestressed members under static loading
2.1-Behavior
2.2-Methods of analysis
2.3-Cracking
2.4-Deflection
2.5-Shear and torsion
Chapter 3-Time-dependent behavior
3.1-Prestress losses
3.2-Cracking
3.3-Deflections
3.4-Corrosion
Chapter 4-Effects of repeated loading (fatigue)
4.1-Background
4.2-Material fatigue strength
4.3-Fatigue in partially prestressed beams
4.4-Prediction of fatigue strength
4.5-Serviceability aspects
4.6-Summary of serviceability
Chapter 5-Effects of load reversals
5.1-Introduction
5.2-Design philosophy for seismic loadings
5.3-Ductility
5.4-Energy dissipation
5.5-Dynamic analyses
5.6-Connections
5.7-Summary
Chapter 6-Applications
6.1-Early applications
6.2-Pretensioned concrete components
6.3-Post-tensioned building construction
6.4-Bridges
6.5-Other applications
Chapter 7-References
7.1-Referenced standards and reports
7.2-Cited References
Appendix-Notations