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VC) Creep of Concrete
VC) Creep of Concrete
as the jacking stress. Deducting the loss due to anchorage take-up and
friction, initial prestress is obtained. Effective stress is usually the initial
stress minus other four losses namely:
Loss due to
Elastic strain =
2. shrinkage of concrete
3. creep of concrete
4. relaxation of steel