Title: Handling Prestressed Concrete Strand
Date: November-December, 1990
Volume: 35
Issue: 6
Page number: 68-71
Author(s): H. Kent Preston
https://doi.org/10.15554/pcij.11011990.68.71

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Abstract

The wires used to make strand for prestressed concrete are much more complex than reinforcing steel bars and, in certain respects, must be treated with greater care. This article discusses the various  material properties of strand that affect its performance and describes the procedures used in handling, placing and tensioning strand, and the effect concrete curing can have on tensioned strand.