Post-Tensioned Buildings two individuals ~ Philip French and Rene Friedrich After the 1979 revolution in Iran, T moved to Germany working at Darmstadt University. Philip anol college friend, was head ofa precast and posttenstoning frm in Hawalland arranged for meto meet Rene, vino was on his yearly ski trip to Switzerland. Ren, the US manager of VSL? Corporation, Jed me to post tensioning ly offering mea positon ia VSUs California headquarters. ‘The book benefited from the contribution of Ms. Roshni Malyakkal, an exceptionally {righ student and later long-tie colleague of mine at ADAPT Corporation, who has ‘gone through the material meticulously to verify its accuracy. |dedicatethis book my mother. ifelongteachor, who losther husband when she was 28, but devoted her life to hard work and single-handedly supporting and ensuring the tclucationof her three children. Lam also indebted my wife, Ingrid, whose unwaver Ing support Ihave enjoyed since 1958, Ke Bijan 0, Aslam alot unary 2014 ‘hie work was made possible through the ‘generous support of ADAPT Corporation lh il | i ult 1H Me t Your Partner Structural Concrete Design ‘wwwadaptsof.com 5 VSL Comportion; wow vl.net CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION View ofa Post Tensioned Towerin Honolua 1.1 PURPOSE AND OUTLINE This book isthe culmination of over 30 years of ex perience in posttensioning, gathered through de ‘Sig practice, teaching observation, and close inter faction with post-tensioning designers worldwide, The book is an attempt to demystify post-ensioning and bring Is concepts and in-depth principles to the point of everyday practice on both common and PostTensioned Buildings complen structures, No attempt ks made to exhaust ‘he material on prestressing that is eadly alla inmany good texthooks, such as [Callie eal 1997; [Nawy 1997] Rather the focus ison what practicing fenginee's need to know inorder to produce 2 good ‘design orto evaluate an existing structure nike conventionally reinforced concrete, where the determination of design forces and the associated