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ACIER DUR PRECONTRAINTE [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Placement of Concrete
CONT

Prestressing Steel: Cold-drawn high-strength wires, singly or stranded, with ultimate tensile strengths up to 270 ksi, and high-strength, alloy-steel bars, with ultimate tensile strengths up to 160 ksi, are used in prestressing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mise en place du béton
CONT

Allongement de l'acier dur pour précontrainte soumis à la traction.

OBS

L'acier pour câbles de précontrainte doit être de haute résistance, et de qualité dure (c'est-à-dire sans palier plastique) pour pouvoir être tendu à un taux initial très élevé (de 120 à 170 kgf/[mm carré]).

Spanish

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