About the Book: Prestressed Concrete
The book begins with a brief introduction, helping the reader to understand the
fundamentals of stress concept and prestressed concrete systems. The discussion
then follows to explain the computation of different losses and estimation of
ultimate flexural and shear strength. Important codal provisions viz.
IS1343-2012, Eurocode EN2 and BSEN-1: 2004 are also highlighted in this text.
For clear understanding of the materials, the text is supported by a good number
of figures and tables. Besides covering the important topics on design and
analysis of anchorage zone stresses and analysis of continuous beam, the book
also discusses composite construction and circular prestressing. The book