Prestressed Concrete Design to Eurocodes
| Author | : Prab Bhatt |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 617 |
| Release | : 2011-06-23 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780203847251 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0203847253 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (253 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Prestressed Concrete Design to Eurocodes by : Prab Bhatt
Download or read book Prestressed Concrete Design to Eurocodes written by Prab Bhatt and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-06-23 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ordinary concrete is strong in compression but weak in tension. Even reinforced concrete, where steel bars are used to take up the tension that the concrete cannot resist, is prone to cracking and corrosion under low loads. Prestressed concrete is highly resistant to stress, and is used as a building material for bridges, tanks, shell roofs, floors
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