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Prestressed Concrete Analysis and Design Fundamentals

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This is the long awaited second edition to his 1st edition from 1982. It's not as clean and concise as his first edition, but it is now the best book on prestressed concrete on the market. It is accurate and thorough. It covers the theory, more rigorous approaches to analysis and design, and simplified methods which are more code based. It covers prestressed concrete design per ACI and AASHTO codes. One downside is that it's long since it covers each topic from multiple angles and becomes a bit difficult to find the information you're looking for. A second downside is that is only covers through the 2002 ACI building code.

If you follow the book, you'll learn how to design the prestressed concrete structure pretty easily. It is very well organized and chapters are all step by step so it's easy to follow also.

I had the great opportunity of taking my prestressed concrete class with Dr. Naaman, and I have to say that he as well as the book are awesome!