{"id":20981,"date":"2025-07-28T15:16:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/?page_id=20981"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:51:36","slug":"ce587","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/ce587\/","title":{"rendered":"CE587"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Credits : 2<\/p>\n

Prerequisites : CE306 & CE312<\/span><\/p>\n

Compulsory\/Optional : Optional<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aim(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
To impart knowledge in advanced pre-stressed concrete (PC) design concepts and basics of design of water retaining, masonry and timber structures.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Intended Learning Outcomes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Design continuous pre-stressed concrete beams.<\/li>\n
  2. Design pre-stressed concrete slabs.<\/li>\n
  3. Design reinforced concrete water retaining structures.<\/li>\n
  4. Design masonry structures and timber structures<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Course content\/Course description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  1. Bridge load assessment<\/li>\n
  2. Design of simply supported \/continuous PC beam<\/li>\n
  3. Composite PC beam design<\/li>\n
  4. End block design<\/li>\n
  5. Design of prestressed concrete slabs<\/li>\n
  6. Design of water retaining structures<\/li>\n
  7. Design of masonry structures<\/li>\n
  8. Structural timber design including glued-laminated members and composite sections<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Recommended Texts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  1. EN 1991-2:2003, Actions on Structures \u2013 Part 2: Traffic Loads on Bridge.<\/li>\n
  2. EN 1992-1-1:2004, Design of Concrete Structures \u2013 Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings.<\/li>\n
  3. EN 1992-2:2005, Design of Concrete Structures \u2013 Part 2: Concrete Bridges \u2013 Design and Detailing Rules.<\/li>\n
  4. EN 1992-3:2006, Design of Concrete Structures \u2013 Part 3: Liquid Retaining and containment structures.<\/li>\n
  5. Lin, TY & Burns, NH 1982, Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures, 3rd edn, John Wiley & Sons.<\/li>\n
  6. Porteous, J & Kermany, A 2013, Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5, 2nd edn, Wiley Blackwell.<\/li>\n
  7. Morton, J 2012, Designer\u2019s Guide to Eurocode 6: Design of Masonry Structures, ICE Publishing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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    Time Allocation<\/th>\nHours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Lectures<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tutorials<\/td>\n04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Practical<\/span><\/td>\n02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Assignments<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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    Assessment<\/th>\nPercentage Marks<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    In-course<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tutorials<\/span>\/Assignments\/Coursework<\/span>\/Quizzes
    <\/span><\/td>\n    		40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    End-semester<\/strong><\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Design of Structures III – CE587 Credits : 2 Prerequisites : CE306 & CE312 Compulsory\/Optional : Optional Aim(s) To impart knowledge in advanced pre-stressed concrete (PC) design concepts and basics of design of water retaining, masonry and timber structures. Intended Learning … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20981","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}