CE522

Prestressed Concrete

Dr. Kong Fah Tee

Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
 CE522
Prestressed Concrete

Instructor : Dr. Kong Fah Tee

Email : tee.fah@kfupm.edu.sa
Office : 03 – 103
Phone : 013-860-4530
 Dr. Kong Fah Tee
Professional Career

➢ Associate Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral

(March 2023 – present)
➢ Professor, INTI International University (Nov 2022 – March 2023)
➢ Reader in Infrastructure Engineering, University of Greenwich (Sept
2016 – Oct 2022)
➢ Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich (Nov 2009 – Aug 2016)
➢ Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Ulster (Aug 2008 – Oct 2009)
➢ Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bristol (April 2007 – Aug 2008)
➢ Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer, University of Plymouth (Dec
2004 – March 2007)
Aims
◼ Expose students to the concept, approach,
and practice in the design of prestressed
concrete members with an emphasis on
mechanics and structural behavior.

◼ Enable students to acquire skills in the design

of prestressed concrete members.

◼ Make students aware of the professional

responsibilities and the need for lifelong
learning.
 Assessment
◼ Coursework (40%) and Exam (60%)

➢ Assignment 1: 10%
➢ Assignment 2: 10%
➢ Project and Presentation: 20%
➢ Mid-Term Exam: 25%
➢ Final Exam: 35%
Contents
◼ Materials and Properties
◼ Prestressing systems
◼ Loss of prestress
◼ Flexural design
◼ Shear strength
◼ Deflection
◼ Composite design
◼ Continuous beams
◼ Prestressed columns
◼ Anchor zone
Contents
◼ Floors and roof slabs
◼ Partial Prestressing
◼ etc.
Reference Books
 Structural Integrity

Smart/Sustainable
Structural Structural Health Structures Forensic
Reliability Monitoring Engineering
(SHM)

Sensing and Green Concrete

Service Life Maintenance
Actuation of
Prediction
Piezoelectric

Accidental/Extreme Ambient/Service Loading

Loading

Fire Wind Fatigue Crack Vibration-based Wave

Identification Propagation

Applications
•Pipelines Fracture Crack
•Bridges Toughness Closure System Time
•Buildings Identification Series
•Composites Analysis
•Wind Turbines
Research Portfolio
 Civil
Infrastructures
3 Big Challenges in Infrastructures

a) Aging infrastructure systems

b) Extreme or unexpected loadings

c) Advanced materials for sustainability

Structural Health Monitoring

◼ Visual inspection
◼ Localized on-site methods
◼ Vibration-based inspection
Changes in the structure’s physical
properties will alter the dynamic
characteristics of the structure