The legacy and future of an American icon: The precast, prestressed concrete double tee

PCI Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 49-68

  Nasser, George D ^c   Tadros, Maher ^a   Sevenker, Adam ^a   Nasser, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Double tee; High strength concrete; History; Large diameter strand; Northeast extreme tee; Parking structure; Pi girder; Research; Self consolidating concrete

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE INDUSTRY; CONCRETES; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; HISTORY; PRESTRESSED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; RESEARCH;

DOUBLE-TEE; HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETES; LARGE DIAMETER; NORTHEAST EXTREME TEE; PARKING STRUCTURE; SELF-CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE;

PRECAST CONCRETE;

EID: 84938088706     PISSN: 08879672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15554/pcij.07012015.49.68     Document Type: Article

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