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What is Prestress Loss about?
The document discusses prestress loss in concrete design, defining it as the reduction of initial prestressing force in tendons over time due to various factors. It classifies losses into immediate and time-dependent categories, detailing major sources such as elastic shortening, relaxation of steel, shrinkage, and creep. Accurate estimation of these losses is crucial for ensuring structural safety and effective prestressing in both pretensioned and post-tensioned members.
- Author
- sonnyboy.sonet.cvt
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- EN