Prestressed Concrete Design to Eurocodes
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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, buildings, containment vessels for nuclear power plants and offshore oil platforms. With a wide...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0415439116
ISBN13:9780415439114
Release Date:June 2011
Publisher:CRC Press
Length:616 Pages
Weight:2.28 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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