Prestressed structure
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In structural engineering, a prestressed structure is a load-bearing structure whose overall integrity, stability and security depend, primarily, on prestressing: the intentional creation of permanent
Naturally precompressed exterior wall of Colosseum, Rome
Cable-stayed prestressed concrete bridge over Yangtze river
Structure
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A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Physical structures include artifacts and objects such as
A traditional Sámi food storage structure
Gothic quadripartite cross-ribbed vaults of the Saint-Séverin church in Paris
The spiral arrangement of small bright yellow florets that make up the flower head of a sunflower is an example of the highly ordered structure that characterizes all organisms.