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  • lazar
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      April 17, 2009 at 5:31 am #2957
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      what is the general design aspect with which a stressing sequence is made or generally middle, bottom , top is given as sequence

      Ronaldo
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        May 24, 2009 at 11:30 am #3232
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        as per design aspect, the main reason behind stressing sequence is that to avoid transfer of load to the structure unsymetrically…as you would observe sequence is somehow like this middle-left-right-left-right or right-left then going back to middle tendon again.

        Decipher
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          May 25, 2009 at 10:33 pm #3237
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          In addition to what is stated above ( avoiding indesirable effects due to eccentricity issue), your girder may also require some kind of stressing sequence related to construction stages. One example may be when a girder is a “Transfer Girder” in which case a percentage of design pt force will be applied first in some fashion as stated above and the remaining later when whatever the girder is supporting is built (i.e. maybe upper floors) in which case you have other issues to consider related to long term losses.