On the stress in unbonded tendons at ultimate: Critical assessment and proposed changes

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 803-812

  Harajli, Mohamed H ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Plastic hinge; Prestressed; Unbonded tendons

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; HINGES; PRESTRESSING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS;

PLASTIC HINGE; UNBONDED TENDONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33845569333     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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