Title: UNDERSTANDING THE RELAXATION IN PRESTRESSING
Date: August, 1969
Volume: 14
Issue: 4
Page number: 43-54
Author(s): Walter Podolny, Jr., Thomas Melville
https://doi.org/10.15554/pcij.08011969.43.54
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Abstract
This paper discusses relaxation in prestressing steel wire, defined as stress loss at constant extension and related to creep phenomenon. Both relaxation and creep are correlated to the stress-strain diagram. The effects of time, temperature, rate of loading and re-stressing upon relaxation are presented.
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