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D. EMPERGER (1923, AUSTRIA) L . HEWETT (1924, USA)


 DEVELOPED A METHOD OF WINDING  INTRODUCED THE HOOSTRESSED
AND PRE- TENSIONING HIGH HORIZONTAL REINFORCEMENT
TENSILE STEEL WIRES AROUND AROUND WALLS OF CONCRETE
CONCRETE PIPES. TANKS THROUGH THE USE OF
TURNBUCKLES.
E. HOYER (1938, GERMANY)
 DEVELOPED ‘LONG LINE’ PRE- M. DILL (1925, USA)
TENSIONING METHOD.  USED HIGH STRENGTH UNBONDED
STEEL RODS. THE RODS WERE
F. MAGNEL (1940, BELGIUM) TENSIONED AND ANCHORED AFTER
 DEVELOPED AN ANCHORING HARDENING OF THE CONCRETE.
SYSTEM FOR POST-TENSIONING,
USING FLAT WEDGES. N. FREYSSINET (1926, FRANCE)
 USED HIGH TENSILE STEEL WIRES,
G. GUYON (FRANCE) WITH ULTIMATE STRENGTH AS HIGH
 BUILT NUMEROUS PRESTRESSED AS 1725 MPA AND YIELD STRESS
CONCRETE BRIDGES IN WESTERN OVER 1240 MPA.
AND CENTRAL EUROPE.  DEVELOPED CONICAL WEDGES FOR
END ANCHORAGES FOR POST-
H. ABELES (ENGLAND) TENSIONING AND DEVELOPED
 INTRODUCED CONCEPT OF PARTIAL DOUBLE-ACTING JACKS (1939).
PRESTRESSING.  FATHER OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

I. LEONHARDT (GERMANY) 1. WHAT IS FIP?


 FAMOUS IN THE FIELD OF  THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE. FOR PRESTRESSING IS A
PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION IN
J. T.Y. LIN (USA) EUROPE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1952.
 FAMOUS IN THE FIELD OF
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE. 9. WHAT IS PCI?
 PRECAST/PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
K. MIKHAILOR (RUSSIA) INSTITUTE (PCI) WAS ESTABLISHED
 FAMOUS IN THE FIELD OF IN USA IN 1954.
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE.

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