année académique
2024-2025

Titulaire(s) du cours

Stéphanie STAQUET (Coordonnateur)

Crédits ECTS

3

Langue(s) d'enseignement

anglais

Contenu du cours

  • History of prestressed concrete and introduction : what is prestressed concrete (PC) ?

  • Materials

  • Equivalent loads induced by prestressing

  • Prestress losses

  • Design of PC beams at serviceability limit states

  • Ultimate limit state of simply supported beams (bending and shear)

  • Anchorage zones

Objectifs (et/ou acquis d'apprentissages spécifiques)

Design of simple prestressed concrete structures

Pré-requis et Co-requis

Cours ayant celui-ci comme pré-requis

Méthodes d'enseignement et activités d'apprentissages

Lectures, exercices and one on site visit

Contribution au profil d'enseignement

This teaching unit contributes to the following competences:

  • In-depth knowledge and understanding of exact sciences with the specificity of their application to engineering

  • In-depth knowledge and understanding of integrated structural design methods in the framework of a global design strategy

  • Develop, plan, execute and manage engineering projects at the level of a starting professional

  • A critical attitude towards one’s own results and those of others

  • Design (conceptually and quantitatively), model, realize and manage concrete, steel and composite structures in the context of buildings and civil engineering infrastructures

  • Integrate advanced modelling tools for the design of complex structures in civil engineering

Références, bibliographie et lectures recommandées

Hurst, M.K., Prestressed Concrete Design, 2nd ed, E & FN Spon (1998)

Gilbert, R.I., Mickleborough, Design of Prestressed Concrete, Unwin Hyman (1990)

Support(s) de cours

  • Université virtuelle

Autres renseignements

Contacts

Service BATir - CP 194/02 Bât. C, Niv 3 Tél.:02/650 27 58 Email: stephanie.staquet@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Evaluation

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

  • Examen écrit

Examen écrit

Written exam

  • exercises (reference material limited to the lecture notes and own solution of exercises of the year)

  • theory (without reference material)

Construction de la note (en ce compris, la pondération des notes partielles)

25% for the whole 5 reports to provide during the semester (Q2) + 50% exercises (written exam in June) + 25% theory (written exam in June)

Langue(s) d'évaluation

  • anglais

Programmes