AGREEMENT CRITERIA FOR PRESTRESSING TECHNIQUES

CRITERES D'AGREMENT DES PROCEDES DE PRECONTRAINTE

THE AIM OF THE RESEARCH IS TO STUDY THE BEHAVIOUR OF PRESTRESSING CABLES AND THEIR ANCHORAGE DEVICES WITH A VIEW TO DEFINING ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FOR THESE DEVICES BY THE INTERMINISTERIAL ACCEPTANCE COMMITTEE. IN 1976, IT IS ENVISAGED TO CONTINUE THE STUDY OF PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE DEFINITION (METHODS AND DEVICES) AND INTERPRETATION OF TESTS, IN PARTICULAR: STATIC AND DYNAMIC TENSILE TESTS (SELECTION OF TEST DEVICE); TESTS ON END-BLOCKS (TEST PROCEDURE).