prestressed concrete

American  

noun

1. concrete reinforced with wire strands, pretensioned or post-tensioned within their elastic limit to give an active resistance to loads.

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prestressed concrete British  

noun

1. concrete that contains steel wires, cables, etc, that are prestressed within their elastic limit to counteract the stresses that will occur under load

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Etymology

Origin of prestressed concrete

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

He sketched a plan on a scrap of paper: two rectangular concrete decks laid out in parallel, holding oil tanks made of prestressed concrete partly submerged in the water.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2017

Significantly, nearly every future project in the Form Givers exhibition is conceived in prestressed concrete.

From Time Magazine Archive

In plans for Pan Am's $8.000,000 jet-age terminal, announced last week, the chief feature is a four-acre cantilever roof of prestressed concrete that extends 110 ft. over the aircraft parking apron.

From Time Magazine Archive

The greatest use of prestressed concrete is in the 51-mile bridge over Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo�the longest prestressed concrete bridge in the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the most ingenious uses of prestressed concrete is in the $21 million floating bridge across the Hood Canal in Washington's Puget Sound.

From Time Magazine Archive