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Add Tendons - correct answer✔✔Tendons usually short in length placed in specific
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locations, such as end bays, to increase the uplift force at that location ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Back-up bars - correct answer✔✔Reinforcing steel used to control the tensile splitting ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
forces in the concrete resulting from the concentrated anchor force developed by the
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stressed tendons. ||\\//||
Banded Tendons - correct answer✔✔Group(s) of closely spaced tendons placed together in
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a narrow strip usually along a column line.
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Bearing Plate - correct answer✔✔A metal plate, which bears directly against the concrete
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and is part of an overall anchorage system.
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Coupler - correct answer✔✔A device designed to connect two strand ends together. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Elongation - correct answer✔✔Increase in the length of the prestressing steel under the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
applied prestressing force. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Encapsulated System - correct answer✔✔A system which provides watertight connections ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
at all stressing, intermediate, and fixed ends, and provides a watertight enclosure of the
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wedge cavity and prestressing steel. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Friction Loss - correct answer✔✔The loss of force in a tendon resulting from friction that
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occurs between the strand and sheathing due to the wobble and/or profile of the tendon,
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created during stressing. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
, Jacking Force - correct answer✔✔The maximum temporary force exerted by the jack while
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stressing a tendon. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Kip - correct answer✔✔1000 pounds of force
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MUTS - correct answer✔✔The minimum breaking strength of a strand.
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Post-Tensioning - correct answer✔✔A method of prestressing in which the tendons are ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
tensioned after concrete has hardened. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Prestressed concrete - correct answer✔✔Concrete in which internal forces are induced by ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
means of prestressed reinforcement, typically, steel tendons.
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Profile - correct answer✔✔The path a tendon follows in the concrete from end to end.
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P-T Coating - correct answer✔✔Material used to protect against corrosion and reduce
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friction between prestressing steel and sheathing.
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Seating Loss - correct answer✔✔The movement of the wedges into the anchor cavity
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during the transfer of the prestressing force to the anchorage, resulting of some loss of
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prestressing force. ||\\//||
Strand - correct answer✔✔High strength steel wires twisted around a center wire.
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Tendon - correct answer✔✔A complete assembly consisting of anchorages, prestressing
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steel, P-T coating, and sheathing.
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Add Tendons - correct answer✔✔Tendons usually short in length placed in specific
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locations, such as end bays, to increase the uplift force at that location ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Back-up bars - correct answer✔✔Reinforcing steel used to control the tensile splitting ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
forces in the concrete resulting from the concentrated anchor force developed by the
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stressed tendons. ||\\//||
Banded Tendons - correct answer✔✔Group(s) of closely spaced tendons placed together in
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a narrow strip usually along a column line.
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Bearing Plate - correct answer✔✔A metal plate, which bears directly against the concrete
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and is part of an overall anchorage system.
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Coupler - correct answer✔✔A device designed to connect two strand ends together. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Elongation - correct answer✔✔Increase in the length of the prestressing steel under the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
applied prestressing force. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Encapsulated System - correct answer✔✔A system which provides watertight connections ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
at all stressing, intermediate, and fixed ends, and provides a watertight enclosure of the
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wedge cavity and prestressing steel. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Friction Loss - correct answer✔✔The loss of force in a tendon resulting from friction that
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occurs between the strand and sheathing due to the wobble and/or profile of the tendon,
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created during stressing. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
, Jacking Force - correct answer✔✔The maximum temporary force exerted by the jack while
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stressing a tendon. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Kip - correct answer✔✔1000 pounds of force
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MUTS - correct answer✔✔The minimum breaking strength of a strand.
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Post-Tensioning - correct answer✔✔A method of prestressing in which the tendons are ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
tensioned after concrete has hardened. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Prestressed concrete - correct answer✔✔Concrete in which internal forces are induced by ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
means of prestressed reinforcement, typically, steel tendons.
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Profile - correct answer✔✔The path a tendon follows in the concrete from end to end.
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P-T Coating - correct answer✔✔Material used to protect against corrosion and reduce
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friction between prestressing steel and sheathing.
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Seating Loss - correct answer✔✔The movement of the wedges into the anchor cavity
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during the transfer of the prestressing force to the anchorage, resulting of some loss of
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prestressing force. ||\\//||
Strand - correct answer✔✔High strength steel wires twisted around a center wire.
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Tendon - correct answer✔✔A complete assembly consisting of anchorages, prestressing
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steel, P-T coating, and sheathing.
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