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either within the
concrete volume (internal
prestressing) or
wholly outside of it (external
prestressing).
While pre-tensioned
concrete uses
tendons directly...
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Ponte Morandi before it collapsed,
reducing the
already low-compressive
prestress on the
concrete of the
stays and
increasing the loads. In 2017, Carmelo...
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anchor block A rigid,
usually circular,
component placed over a
bundle of
prestressing strands at the end of a tendon, and that
transfers the
strand forces...
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necessary to
pretension or
prestress the
fabric or its
supporting structure. The
behaviour of
structures which depend upon
prestress to
attain their strength...
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coupling coefficient than PZT,
whose tensile strength can be
increased by
prestressing.
Other materials were also tried;
nonmetallic ferrites were promising...
- retro****ed to
handle the
increased loads, with
understringers added and
prestressing added to the
bottom of the
floor beams. This
retrofit is
still in place...
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Marine construction is the
process of
building structures in or
adjacent to
large bodies of water,
usually the sea.
These structures can be
built for a...
- API 5L X65 448 531 Steel, high
strength alloy ASTM A514 690 760 Steel,
prestressing strands 1650 1860
Piano wire 1740–3300
Carbon fiber (CF, CFK) 5650...
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bottom of the beam
counteracts this. In pre-tensioned concrete, the
prestressing is
achieved by
using steel or
polymer tendons or bars that are subjected...
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Materials (concrete and steel)
including Concrete Reinforcing steel Prestressing steel Durability and
cover to
reinforcement Structural analysis Ultimate...
