The Power of Prestressing
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Published:2003
J Stráský, 2003. "The Power of Prestressing", Role of Concrete Bridges in Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the International Symposium held at the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK on 3–4 September 2003, Ravindra K. Dhir, Moray D. Newlands, Michael J. McCarthy
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The idea of prestressing, a product of the twentieth century, has announced the single most significant new direction in structural engineering of any period in history. It put into the hands of the designer an ability to control structural behavior at the same time it enabled him - or forced him - to think more deeply about the construction. Moreover, the idea of prestressing opened up new possibilities for a form that influence the general culture. To focus on that fact and to narrow the scope, this paper considers only bridges, even though prestressing has broad applications to all kinds of buildings. The idea of prestressing arose out of bridge design and its most impressive forms, from a purely engineering viewpoint, have appeared in bridges.
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