Publication detail

The Power of Prestressing

STRÁSKÝ, J.

Original Title

The Power of Prestressing

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

The idea of prestressing - a product of the tventieth century - has announced the single most significant new direction in structural engineering of any period of history. It put into the hands of the designer an ability to control structural behaviour and, at the same time,it enabled the designer - of forced the designer- to think more deeply about the construction. Moreover, the idea of prestressing opened up new possibilities for a form that influences the general culture. To focus on that fact, and to narrow the scope, the paper will consider bridges only, even though prestressing has broad applications to all kinds of buildings. However, the idea of prestressing arose out of bridge design, and its most impressive forms, from a purely engineering viewpoint, have appeared in bridges

Keywords

bridge, prestressing, boundary conditions, process of erection,technology

Authors

STRÁSKÝ, J.

RIV year

2003

Released

1. 12. 2003

Location

Osaka

ISBN

0287-170X

Periodical

Bridge and Foundation Engineering

Year of study

2003

Number

12

State

Japan

Pages from

45

Pages to

48

Pages count

3

BibTex

@article{BUT42021,
  author="Jiří {Stráský}",
  title="The Power of Prestressing",
  journal="Bridge and Foundation Engineering",
  year="2003",
  volume="2003",
  number="12",
  pages="45--48",
  issn="0287-170X"
}