Posted by vikasover 7 years ago
Prestressed Concrete
Difference between bonded and unboned tendons
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Posted by Nitin Adamover 7 years ago
Bonded post tension : if concreting is done over the tendons directly, then a bond forms between concrete and tendons. Which helps to transfer the forces using bond mechanism.
Unbounded post tension: when concreting is done using ducts for the tendons, then tendons doesn't comes in contact with concrete, and hence no bonds formed. All the forces transferred to the concrete by end blocks.