Q3. What are the typical steps in prestressed bridge beam design?

What are the typical steps in prestressed bridge beam design? it all dependes of the type of structures and codes used. Define the loads to produce the load effects, define the load effects, define the loss of prestress and define the Shear design. Watch a video tutorial by Steve Lowe, Chief Design Engineer at Shay Murtagh Precast.

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