What is initial prestress, Civil Engineering

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What is Initial Prestress

From the transfer stage, tensile stresses in tendons apply compressive stresses in concrete. The initial value of  these stresses (in tendons or in concrete) is called initial prestress (in tendons or in concrete, whichever is considered).

 


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