STAGE POST-TENSIONING--A VERSATILE AND ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE

The author, whose company has been a prime developer of stage post-tensioning, describes the mechanics and structural advantages of this new and powerful prestressing technique and discusses its application to several major high rise structures. Some of the structures include large girders (of minimum depth) over subways and supporting high rise buildings, girders in nuclear facilities, girder ties in buildings with sloping columns, and in the foundation of the world's tallest free-standing tower. It is concluded that stage post-tensioning will play an important role in the future growth of the prestressed concrete industry.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Prestressed Concrete Institute

  20 North Wacker Drive
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Slater, W M
• Publication Date: 1975-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 14-27
• Serial:
  • PRECAST/PRESTRESSED CONCRETE INSTITUTE. JOURNAL
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
  • ISSN: 0887-9672

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Girders; Multistory structures; Posttensioning; Prestressed concrete; Prestressing
• Old TRIS Terms: Stage post-tensioning
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00082870
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 1981 12:00AM