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Rajagopalan
Prestressed
Concrete
Foreword v
Preface vii
Acknowledgements xi
Notations xiii
1. Introduction 1
1.1 Development of Prestressed Concrete 1
1.2 Advantages of Prestressed Concrete 4
1.3 Classification of Types of Prestressing 7
1.4 Tendons and Cables 11
1.5 Concepts of Prestressing 12
References 22
2. Materials 25
2.1 Introduction 25
2.2 Concrete 26
2.3 High Tensile Steel 46
2.4 Corrosion of Prestressing Steel 59
2.5 Modern Materials 61
References 62
3. Prestressing Systems and Devices 64
3.1 General 64
3.2 Anchorage by Embedment 64
3.3 Anchorage by External Components 67
3.4 Couplers 74
3.5 Non-Conventional Prestressing 74
References 76
4. Analysis for Flexure (Prestressed Concrete Elements) 77
4.1 General 77
4.2 Behaviour of Prestressed Concrete
Elements in Flexure 77
4.3 Basic Assumptions 80
4.4 Notations 81
4.5 General Concept of Stresses 82
4.6 Prestressing Force Transferred by
Pretensioning System 86
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