ALL meanings of prestressed concrete
prestressed concrete
P p - noun prestressed concrete concrete reinforced with wire strands, pretensioned or post-tensioned within their elastic limit to give an active resistance to loads. 1
- noun prestressed concrete concrete that contains steel wires, cables, etc, that are prestressed within their elastic limit to counteract the stresses that will occur under load 0
- noun prestressed concrete concrete in which steel cables, wires, etc. are embedded under tension so as to produce compressive stress and lend greater strength 0