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Metallurgical Evaluation of Prestressed Wire Failures

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Author(s)

Christopher N. McCowan, Thomas A. Siewert

Abstract

Prestressed concrete pipe, having an inside diameter of 6.4 m (21 ft), was used to construct a series of siphons for the Central Arizona Project.
Volume
26
Conference Dates
July 1-8, 1998
Conference Title
Microstructural Science
Pub Type
Conferences

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Keywords

corrosion of prestressing wire, failure, prestressing, siphon, wire failure

Citation

McCowan, C. and Siewert, T. (1998), Metallurgical Evaluation of Prestressed Wire Failures, Microstructural Science, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=851149 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created July 1, 1998, Updated February 17, 2017
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