Design Of Prestressed Concrete Structures Lecture Notes . Prestressed concrete - Wikipedia Prestressed concrete is a concrete construction material which is placed under compression prior to it supporting any applied loads (i.e. it is "pre" stressed). Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures: T. Y. Lin, Ned Presents basic theory of prestressed concrete along with the load balancing, working-load and ultimate-load methods for prestressed concrete design.