Post-tensioned timber structures: New perspectives

Performances and properties of steel and composite prestressed tendons – A review

“…CFRP wraps play a crucial role in constructing earthquake-resistant structures and are also utilized for the rehabilitation and corrosion control of reinforced concrete columns. Additionally, CFRP laminates are applied for reinforcing structural members like girders in bridges and beams in buildings [ 131 ]. Here are some engineering applications and construction cases for CFRP materials: a) Structural Strengthening: CFRP sheets or plates are commonly used to strengthen and retrofit reinforced concrete structures, such as bridges, buildings, and parking structures, to increase their load-carrying capacity and seismic resistance.…”

A new concept of bio-based prestress technology with experimental Proof-of-Concept on Bamboo-Timber composite beams

“…In the past decades, using pre-/post-tension cables and glued on or stress laminated steel or carbon fibre plates for strengthening structural-use timber or engineered bamboo members are among those most common approaches to strengthen these types of structural members [34][35][36][37]. Guo, et al [38,39] conducted a study on the short-term flexural behaviour for glulam bamboo beams with externally exposed prestress tendons under different pre-stressed states.…”