Prestress loss of post-tensioned clay diaphragm and fin brickwork

• Main Author: Tapsir, Siti Hamisab
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 1994
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/27859/1/SitiHamisabTapsir1994_PrestressLossofPostTensionedClay.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/27859/; http://www.civil.utm.my/content.php?id=387&cid=204&lang=1
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Unlike calcium silicate and concrete block masonry which undergo shrinkage with time, clay brickwork has been known to expand instead. Expansion of brick units in prestressed masonry will cause an increase in the prestressing force instead of prestress loss. However, not all clay brickwork expand wi...