This study addressed the need to increase the flexural capacity of deteriorated pre-stressed concrete box beams through an experimental campaign involving the design, application, and testing of a ...
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) announced the winners of the organization's 2021 Engineering Student Design Competition - known as the Big Beam Competition. The national competition, ...
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Properties of low-relaxation SS prestressing strands used for design may be taken as the minimum properties specified in ASTM A1114/A1114M, which include the following: Where the properties of the SS ...
After years of virtual classrooms and online courses, September 2022 marks the restart of the new normal. We find students returning to classrooms, pencils sharpened, and brand new foundations in ...
One of the ways the strength and durability of concrete can be improved is by incorporating tensioned steel tendons before it is cast, which can then be released to compress the material as it sets. A ...
New self-stressed concrete designed by Swiss scientists uses anchorless carbon instead of steel. Concrete is the most used construction material in the world—by a lot. Using less vulnerable carbon ...
From the looks of the average driveway or sidewalk, it may seem as though concrete is just destined to crack. But if concrete is so prone to cracking, how are we able to use it in so many high-stress ...
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