Discussion: Quality control in prestressed concrete production

Prestressed Concrete Piles

A state of the art presentation on prestressed piling as used throughout the world is discussed in this General Report to the FIP Symposium on Mass-Produced Prestressed Precast Elements in Madrid, Spain, May 1968. Historical information, design data and notes along with manufacturing techniques, installation practices, discussion of problems and failures and a complete bibliography are all cove...

Ductility of Prestressed and Partially Prestressed Concrete Beam Sections

D analyses of structures responding elastically to ground motions recorded during severe earthquakes have shown that the theoretical response inertia loads are generally significantly greater than the static design lateral loads recommended by codes. Hence, structures designed for the lateral earthquake loads recommended by codes can only survive severe earthquakes if they have sufficient ducti...

Cracking of Prestressed Concrete Containments

The Effect of Diaphragms in Prestressed Concrete

16. Abstract Four scale microconcrete model bridges were tested. Experimental variables included span, skew angle, stiffness, location and number of diaphragms. Service load level behavior was studied under static, cyclic and impact loads with successive removal of diaphragms. Behavior at overload and ultimate load conditions was documented from ultimate static and impact load tests. Characteri...

Prestressed Concrete Wind Turbine Supporting System