The text of this handbook, first issued in 1962, has been revised and metricated. In Part 1, the following subjects are included: Chapter 2--Materials; Chapter 3--Behaviour of Prestressed Concrete Beams; Chapter 4--Types of Prestressing Steel; Chapter 5--Criteria for Analysis and Design; Chapter 5--Losses of Prestressing Force; Chapter 7--Analysis of Stresses; Chapter 8--General Design of Prestressed Members; Chapter 9-- Examples of Flexural Design; Chapter 10--End Blocks; Chapter 11--Composite Members; Chapter 12--Deflection; Chapter 13--Other Design Considerations; Chapter 14--Statically-Indeterminate Structures; Chapter 15--Applications of Prestressing; Chapter 16--Design for Fire Resistance; Chapter 17-- Specification. Design philosophy is treated in an Appendix. Part 2 contains design charts with notes. /TRRL/
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