Prestressed Concrete Design to Eurocodes
Download or Read eBook Prestressed Concrete Design to Eurocodes PDF 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.
| Author | : Prab Bhatt |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 617 |
| Release | : 2011-06-23 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780203847251 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0203847253 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Prestressed Concrete Design to Eurocodes by : Prab Bhatt
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
