For the construction of mankind’s infrastructure, reinforced concrete is the most widely used structural material. It has maintained this position since the end of the nineteenth century and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Because the tensile strength of concrete is low, steel bars are embedded in the concrete to carry the […]
Masonry is probably the oldest and one of the most widely used man-made construction materials in the world (Ganz 1990; Bean Popehn and Schultz 2003; Drysdale and Hamid 2005). The major advantage of masonry is that in terms of raw materials it is highly available worldwide and in terms of construction it is easy and […]
Prestressed concrete can be defi ned as concrete in which internal compressive stresses are deliberately introduced so as to counteract the tensile stresses (and consequent cracking) resulting from external loads to a desired degree. In simple words, a precompressed concrete is known as prestressed concrete. In concrete members, the prestress is commonly introduced by tensioning […]