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prestressed concrete dam [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Concrete
  • Dams and Causeways
OBS

See record "prestressed concrete."

Key term(s)
  • pre-stressed concrete dam

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de béton
  • Barrages et chaussées
OBS

Précontrainte. Technique [...] qui consiste à associer, en les opposant de façon permanente, la haute résistance à la compression du béton et la résistance à la traction des câbles d'acier [...] À résistance égale avec une poutre de béton armé classique, une poutre précontrainte peut donc avoir une section beaucoup plus faible; [...]

Spanish

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