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What Is Relaxation? | Explaining How PC Steel Strands Gradually Loosen Using Rubber Bands [Anchor Basics]
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The other day, after I wrote an article about set loss, I got a question asking, “So, what exactly is relaxation?” lol. That’s a good question, lol. If I told you, “It’s in the Design and Construction Guidelines for Ground Anchor Works!” you’d probably be like, “Whaaaat?!” lol. At our company…
Explaining the Difficulty of Explaining
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. With the ground anchor tensioning method, relaxation and creep stabilized during the load-holding period. When we shortened the load-holding period, the government agency asked why we did that. It’s written in the tensioning plan, and it’s also in the construction standards. …
Explaining the Difficulty of Explaining | Government Agency Response to Shortening Load Holding Time
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. With the ground anchor tensioning method, relaxation and creep stabilized during the load-holding period. When we shortened the load-holding period, the government agency asked why we did that. It’s written in the tensioning plan, and it’s also in the construction standards. …



