final prestress

final stress

1. In prestressed concrete, the stress which exists after substantially all losses in stress have occurred.
2. The stress in a member after all loads have been applied.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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