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"Prestressed"
Keywords:
concrete
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counteract
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ducts
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tension
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reinforcing
concrete A development of ordinary reinforced concrete. The reinforcing steel is replaced by wire cables in ducts.
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Tension applied to an object during manufacture or prior to some other treatment, usually in order to counteract applied loads (as in prestressed concrete).
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