Examples of Structures/Buildings

Prestressed reinforced concrete has been patented since 1886 but was accepted as a building material until half a century later . Eugne Freyssinet devoted himself to the development of prestressed reinforeced concrete. His most significant discovery was that only a high-strength steel at a high stress would achieve a permanent prestress in concrete.

Figure 1. The walnut Lane Memorial Bridge

Figure 2. The Mosquito Creek Bridge

The first prestressed concrete bridge is the Walnut Lane Memorial Bridge was built in North America was built in Philadelphia in 1950. The bridge is shown In figure 1. The main span of the bridge is 49m.

The first prestressed reinforced concrete bridge built in Canada is the Mosquito Creek Bridge in Vancouver . It was built in 1952. The bridge is shown in figure 2 and 3.
Figure 3. The Mosquito Creek Bridge

Prestressed reinforced concrete is the used when building bridges because it allows bridges with bigger spans to be built and for floors in high-rise buildings. It is used when building slabs, beams, decks, sleepers and tanks. Example of bridges where prestressed concrete is used can be seen in figure 4,5,6,7. Example of prestressed reinforced concrete used in buildings, tanks, sleepers can be seen in figure 8,9,10,11.

Figure 5. A bridge with prestressed reinforced

concrete beams and deck (Montreal)

Figure 4.
Bridge with a prestressed reinforced T-beam

Figure 6. A bridge with prestressed reinforced

concrete deck

Figure 7. Different
bridges made from prestressed reinforced concrete elements

Figure 8. Building made from

prestresed Concrete (Winnipeg)

Figure 9. prestressed reinforced concrete sleepers

Figure 10. prestressed concrete tank

Figure 12. The Olympic Oval in

Calgary has a prestressed reinforced concrete segmental arch roof

Figure 11. prestressed reinforced concrete

bridge, frame of industrial building,

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Prestressed Concrete Bridges: Design and Construction
By Nigel R. Hewson

http://www.structuremag.org/article.aspx?articleid=775