Bare Essentials of Prestressed Concrete 2: Achieving the high levels of compression in the beam

FACT FILE

  • Presenter
    Professor Chris Burgoyne, University of Cambridge
  • Series Title
    Bare Essentials of Prestressed Concrete
  • Series Sponsor
    CITB and Construct
  • License
    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License

World-leading concrete expert Professor Chris Burgoyne introduces viewers to pre-stressed concrete. This is the third in the Bare Essentials of Concrete series: the key things people who are studying construction or who are working in construction need to understand about concrete.

Professor Burgoyne is head of the Structure lab at the University of Cambridge. In this video he describes the principles behind pre-stressed concrete, its properties and applications and how engineers use the principle in structures.

 

Learning outcomes

  • How to apply compressive force to a beam.
  • How to use cables in a pre-stressed concrete beam.
  • Pre-tensioned and post-tensioned pre-stressed concrete and the applications of each.
  • The amount of tension needed.
  • Is reinforcement required.

 

About the Bare Essentials of Concrete Series

This video is part of the Bare Essentials of Concrete Series, funded by CITB and Construct, in which Professor Chris Burgoyne draws on his many years of practice as a leading researcher in concrete and in teaching to provide viewers with what he regards to be the key knowledge that construction professionals need to understand about concrete. Accompanying this series are two related series: the Bare Essentials of Concrete; and the Bare Essentials of Reinforced Concrete.

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