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ACI Post Tensioned Long-Term Losses

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PEinVA

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Nov 15, 2006
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I'm looking at an elongation calculation submittal for a repair job on a PT slab. I've been able to calculate the elongation from the final force obtained and knowing the length, area and Young's modulus of the cable. However, I can't located in ACI or PTI's code where the values for the constants used to calculate the long term losses are obtained. Any help on that?
Thanks.




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