Definition of Prestress

1. Verb. (construction) To apply stress to structural components in order to produce a tension that counteracts the loads to which the component is subjected in its designed use. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prestress

1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prestress

prestimulus
presting
prestissimo
presto
presto change-o
presto chango
prestorage
prestore
prestored
prestores
prestoring
prestorm
prestos
prestrained
prestrategic
prestress (current term)
prestressed
prestressed concrete
prestresses
prestressing
prestretch
prestriction
prestrike
prestructure
prestructured
prestructures
prestructuring
prestrung
prests
prestudy

Literary usage of Prestress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Containment Performance of Prototypical Reactor Containments Subjected to ...by E. W. Klamerus by E. W. Klamerus (2000)
"Only the weight of the modeled material is included as self weight. bc Concrete prestress. This is simulated by external pressure load on dome and cylinder ..."

2. NEHRP Commentary on the Gidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildingsedited by Eugene Zeller edited by Eugene Zeller (2000)
"To obtain details of prestressing steel location, remaining prestress, ... Measurement of remaining prestress in unbonded systems may be physically possible ..."

3. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"Alternatively, when individu- to the prestress baseline alcohol in- als are removed from an established take within 3-4 days. ..."

4. Opportunities In High Magnetic Field Science by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"The ring of large holes is for axial prestress and accommodates structural tie rods. Image courtesy of National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. ..."

5. Lightness: the Inevitable Renaissance of Minimum Energy Structures by Adriaan Beukers, Ed van Hinte (2005)
"The builder may have acquired prestress by keeping the two halves of every spoke apart with a peg in the middle when gluing them together. ..."

6. How Third World Rural Households Adapt to Dietary Energy Stress: The by Philip Payne, Michael Lipton (1994)
"... one cannot readily test whether—if he had instead chosen to maintain his prestress level of work—his ergonomic or metabolic efficiency would have risen. ..."

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