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Understating the Structural Behavior of Precast Concrete Structures, you'll learn ...
- The differences between cast-in-situ buildings and precast buildings
- Commonly used precast concrete building systems
- Assembly of precast building systems
- Statically determinate and indeterminate slab-wall precast systems
Overview
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Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 51 pages
The main structural difference between cast-in-situ buildings and precast buildings lies in their structural continuity. The structural continuity of conventional cast-in-situ buildings is inherent and will automatically follow as the construction proceeds.
For precast structures, there must be a conscious effort to ensure that structural continuity is created when precast components, such as slabs and walls, are connected. The connections act as bridging links between the components.
As the structural elements in precast building will only form a stable structural system after the joints are connected, structural considerations for stability and safety are necessary at all stages.
The objective of this course is to assist engineers in understanding how precast concrete structures behave structurally.
The importance of this course lies in the fact that there are not a sufficient number of references dealing with this topic, so the course was designed to be an important guide for structural engineers working in this field.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Commonly used precast concrete building systems.
- Assembly of precast building systems.
- Braced and unbraced precast concrete frame systems.
- Statically model skeletal frames and panel systems for horizontal and vertical forces.
- Slab wall precast structures.
- Stability of statically determinate slab-wall precast systems.
- Resolution of horizontal forces in walls.
- Statically model wall systems for the transfer of wind load.
- Horizontal and vertical load transfer of determinate discontinuous slab-wall precast systems.
- Statically indeterminate slab-wall precast systems.
- Wall systems subjected to torsion.
- Connections and shear wall behavior.
- Normal and shear stresses in walls subjected to non-uniform vertical load.
- Analyses of shear walls subjected to horizontal forces by continuous layer method.
- Structural integrity and design for progressive collapse of precast concrete structures.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 51 pages
