This edition provides up-to-date guidance on the detailed design of prestressed concrete structures. All major topics are dealt with, including prestressed flat slabs, an important and growing application in the design of buildings.

Preface. Symbols. Basic principles. Properties of materials. Limit state design. Loss of prestress force. Analysis of sections. Deflections. Shear. Prestressing systems and anchorages. Design of members. Composite construction. Indeterminate structures. Prestressed flat slabs. Design examples. Bibliography. Index. Solutions to problems.