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  2. Prestressed concrete - Wikipedia

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    Prestressed beam without load. Prestressed beam with load. Prestressed concrete is a form of concrete used in construction. It is substantially "prestressed" (compressed) during production, in a manner that strengthens it against tensile forces which will exist when in service. [1][2]: 3–5 [3] It was patented by Eugène Freyssinet in 1928.

  3. Reinforced concrete - Wikipedia

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    The walls become the form into which concrete is poured. Steel plate construction speeds reinforced concrete construction by cutting out the time-consuming on-site manual steps of tying rebar and building forms. The method results in excellent strength because the steel is on the outside, where tensile forces are often greatest.

  4. Tensioned stone - Wikipedia

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    This method of construction is widely used for concrete structures, but the advantages of using similar techniques with stone are only just being realised.". [4] For concrete, this problem has been long solved: in addition to conventional tensile reinforcement, engineers developed prestressed concrete methods starting around 1888. Such tension ...

  5. Double tee - Wikipedia

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    The first building with all pre-stressed concrete columns, beams, and double tees was a two-story office building in Winter Haven, Florida, designed and built in 1961 by Gene Leedy. Leedy experimented when building his architectural office by using structural elements of prestressed concrete and designing the new "double-tee" structural ...

  6. Eugène Freyssinet - Wikipedia

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    Here he studied creep in more detail, and developed his ideas of prestressing, taking out a patent in 1928. [1] Although Freyssinet did much to develop prestressed concrete, he was not its inventor. Other engineers such as Doehring had patented methods for prestressing as early as 1888, and Freyssinet's mentor Rabut built prestressed concrete ...

  7. Glossary of prestressed concrete terms - Wikipedia

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    A prestressed concrete design method in which the prestressing forces exerted upon the member act to balance a given proportion of the service loads that the member will be subjected to. [1] : 38. longitudinal prestressing. Prestressing forces acting along the longitudinal axis of the member. low point.

  8. History of structural engineering - Wikipedia

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    Prestressed concrete, pioneered by Eugène Freyssinet with a patent in 1928, gave a novel approach in overcoming the weakness of concrete structures in tension. Freyssinet constructed an experimental prestressed arch in 1908 and later used the technology in a limited form in the Plougastel Bridge in France in 1930.

  9. Hollow-core slab - Wikipedia

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    A hollow core slab, also known as a voided slab, hollow core plank or simply a concrete plank is a precast slab of prestressed concrete typically used in the construction of floors in multi-story apartment buildings. The slab has been especially popular in countries where the emphasis of home construction has been on precast concrete, including ...

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