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explain the term - prestressing forcedue to the stretching of tendons tensile stresses develop inside tendons resultant prestressing force in
what is tendonand describe its working it is a steel element such as a wire cable bar or strand which is provided in a stretched form to impart
what is the meaning of compressive stressesthese intentionally induced stresses are compressive in nature and these compressive stresses reduce or
determine the meaning of prestressed concreteit is a type of concrete in which permanent internal stresses of a suitable nature magnitude and
state the term - terminologythere are many technical terms whose understanding provides us with a good insight of the subject some of these
determine the basic concepts of prestressingin the year 1904 freyssinet tried to introduce prestresses in concrete to resist stresses developed
illustrate the types of prestressingwe can classify prestressing into two forms a longitudinal prestressing and b circular
concrete structural members tensile stresses in concrete structural members tensile stresses act in a longitudinal direction this is why stretched
effect of prestress in an reinforced cantilever beamthe effect of prestress in an ordinary reinforced cantilever beam and a prestressed concrete psc
state the effect of stretched tendons the effect of stretched tendons inside the concrete components is just like a stretched spring if a spring is
state the term - stresses from concrete to reinforcementstresses from concrete to reinforcement or vice-versa in reinforced concrete are transferred
determine about the prestressed concrete prestressed concrete is a special type of concrete in which internal stresses of a suitable nature magnitude
determine the concept of shrink-fitting of metal tyresshrink-fitting of metal tyres on the wheels of bullock carts is well known as the hot metal
state the use of reinforced concrete the use of reinforced concrete may not solve all the problems for example a very long reinforced concrete member
define in brief about the term - concreteconcrete is reinforced with steel bars in structural components so that the tensile stresses are taken up by
discuss about the fibre reinforced concretetensile strength of concrete may be improved by using a higher grade of concrete or by using special
determine the major role of constructiona major part of civil engineering construction involves the use of cement concrete concrete has a good
describe about the prestressed concretecivil engineering structures such as buildings bridges dams towers etc and their structural components such as
describe setting out right angle at given point on a chain line and when the point lies outside the chain
if the diameter of the base remains constant by what factor should the altitude be multiplied to produce a cone with twice volume as the
ground water levels the location of the ground water level is essential for deep excavation water-logged areas the existing wells in the nearby
determine the depth of explorationthe depth of exploration depends on the following factorsi size type of the structure and loading intensityii