Table of Contents

Materials.

Prestressing Systems;
End Anchorages.

Loss of Prestress;
Friction.

Analysis of Sections for Flexure.

Design of Sections for Flexure.

Shear;
Cond;
Bearing.

Camber, Deflections;
Cable Layouts.

Partial Prestress and Nonprestressed Reinforcements.

Continuous Beams.

Load-Balancing Method.

Slabs.

Tension Members;
Circular Prestressing.

Compression Members;
Piles.

Economics;
Structural Types and Layouts.

About the Author

Tung-Yen Lin was a structural engineer who was the pioneer of standardizing the use of prestressed concrete. A. P. Burns is the author of Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.