Precast Concrete Structures

GENERAL
DESIGN OF PRECAST CONCRETE STRUCTURES
Boundary conditions for precast concrete design
Stability of precast concrete structures
Loadbearing elements
Precast concrete façades
Connections
Current design issues
JOINTS BETWEEN PRECAST CONCRETE ELEMENTS
Compression joints
Tension joints
Shear joints
FACTORY PRODUCTION
Production methods
Types of concrete in precast concrete construction
Producing the concrete in the factory
Installing the reinforcement in the factory
Quality control

Alfred Steinle (b. 1936) turned Hahn`s lecture notes into a manuscript in the early 1970s, which then became the starting point for this book. After a number of years in bridge-building, Alfred Steinle also became heavily involved in precast concrete construction at Züblin. His theoretical work covered bridge-building with torsion and section deformations in box-girder bridges and in precast concrete structures within the scope of the 6M system with corbels, notched beam ends and pocket foundations. In addition, he was a key figure in many precast concrete projects such as the 6M schools, the University of Riyadh, schools with foamed concrete wall panels in Iraq, Züblin House and the construction of a modern automated precasting plant. Alfred Steinle retired in 1999 and by that time he had risen to the post of authorised signatory in the engineering office at Züblin headquarters. Hubert Bachmann (b. 1959) began his career in 1976 with a training course on concrete and precast concrete construction in a precasting plant. After studying construction engineering and completing his doctorate at the University of Karlsruhe, he accepted a post in the structural engineering office of Ed. Züblin AG, where he has worked since 1993. His duties include the detailed design of structures of all kinds plus research and development in the civil and structural engineering sectors. He has been presenting the series of Hahn lectures at the University of Stuttgart on the subject of the prefabrication of concrete components since 2003. The authors were or are also intensively involved in construction industry associations, numerous technical bodies plus national and international standards committees dealing with precast concrete construction.

"A chapter on the production processes provides the reader with an indispensable insight into the charcteristics of this form of industralised bulding. The book is a practical tool for engineers, but certainly also architects and students." (Concrete Architecture & Design, 2011)

"A chapter on the production processes provides the reader with an indispensable insight into the charcteristics of this form of industralised bulding. The book is a practical tool for engineers, but certainly also architects and students." (Concrete Architecture & Design, 2011)