PARTIAL PRESTRESSING - A COMMENTARY

The philosophy of design for prestressed concrete structures is generally that of eliminating flexural tensile cracking. This concept is tempting from a theoretical viewpoint, but cracking owing to secondary effects (e.g. in composite beams, at beam junctions and around anchorages) is in reality unavoidable. In partial prestressing, flexural cracking is permitted but is controlled by the use of auciliary reinforcement. It is, in essence, a combination of reinforced and prestressed concrete. /IRRD/

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• Authors:
  • CORMACK, L G
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Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 272-276
• Serial:
  • NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERING
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
  • ISSN: 0028-808X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flexural strength; Fracture mechanics; Prestressed concrete; Prestressing; Reinforced concrete; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Partial prestressing
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081777
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1975 12:00AM