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Prestressed Concrete Design to Eurocodes

By:Prab Bhatt
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9781138046566
eText ISBN:9781136939990
Edition:1
Copyright:2011
Format:Reflowable

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Ordinary concrete is strong in compression but weak in tension. Even reinforced concrete, where steel bars are used to take up the tension that the concrete cannot resist, is prone to cracking and corrosion under low loads. Prestressed concrete is highly resistant to stress, and is used as a building material for bridges, tanks, shell roofs, floors