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Definition of Prestressing
1. prestress [v] - See also: prestress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prestressing
Literary usage of Prestressing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. NEHRP Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and edited by Eugene Zeller (2001)
"Use of prestressing Tendons: Sec. 9.1.1.7 defines conditions under which prestressing
tendons can be used, in conjunction with deformed reinforcing bars, ..."
2. NEHRP Commentary on the Gidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildingsedited by Eugene Zeller edited by Eugene Zeller (2000)
"prestressing Steel. Similar to conventional reinforcing, the yield and tensile
strengths and modulus of elasticity of prestressing steels may ..."
3. Mechanical World and Engineering Record (1881)
"The true fatigue strength of any material or component is difficult to analyse
in terms of actual working conditions but the prestressing of metals has been ..."
4. Containment Performance of Prototypical Reactor Containments Subjected to ...by E. W. Klamerus by E. W. Klamerus (2000)
"The amount of prestressing in a containment is usually chosen to prevent any
tension in concrete which occurs due to the applied internal pressure. ..."
5. Journal of the Indian Roads Congress by Indian Roads Congress (1792)
"mate ot cables and reinforcing rods crowding the girder All very slow, unwieldy
and wasteful of manpower and materials. Nowadays, when large prestressing ..."
6. Handbook for the Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings (1993)
"Procedure: Check the capacity of the members and joints using all of the mild
steel reinforcing that is available and bonded prestressing when appropriate. ..."
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