CEE An introduction to PRESTRESSED CONCRETE CHARAn introduction to prestressed concrete A. H. Allen MA, BSe, FICE, FiStructEForeword This booklet is intended for the student requiring an introduction to prestressed concrete, without the complicated mathematical manipulation usually found in text-books on the subject. The hope is that this approach will also appeal to the young architect or engineer who needs a basic understanding of the principles of the technique. Prestressed concrete is introduced by words and pictures, but the use of technical terms cannot be avoided and some design equations have been used, For those to whom a ‘mathematical approach is desirable, the first Appendix is devoted to the basic theory In this second edition, apart from minor changes, the text of the chapter on Materials has been revised to take account of new British Standards relating to tendons and particularly of some new terminology used therein.