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• All mathematical equations / formulae , should be typed 4. Carlton P.F. and Behrmann R.M., Model studies of
prestressed rigid pavement for airfields, Bulletin no. 179, SUBSCRIBE TODAY!
with proper symbols leaving no room for confusion Highway Research Board, Washington, 1958, pp. 32-50.
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superscripts, etc. Symbols should be in italics and 5. _______Indian standard code of practice for plain and
placed in inverted commas. Thus, P, M, n should be reinforced concrete for general building construction,
IS 456 : 1978. Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
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6. Rao G.S. and Kalra M.L., The influence of prestressing 1200
• Equations should be composed in a neat and orderly on shell stress, The Indian Concrete Journal, December
manner. The dividing line between numerator and 1964, Vol. 38, No. 12, pp. 448-451. 1800
denominator should also be carefully aligned with 7. Bate S.C., An experimental study of strands in 2800
adjacent plus, minus, or multiplication signs. Fractions prestressed concrete beams under static and
repeated loading, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil
should be written as , , , and not as 5/3 , Engineers, December 1962, Vol. 23, pp. 625-638.
b/2, x/b2t. In writing decimal fractions always place
8. Scott J.P., Loading tests on the prestressed concrete
a zero before the decimal point. Thus, write 0.02 and apron at British Airways, Gatwick Airport, Paper
0.32 and not .02 and .32. presented at the FIP-PIARC symposium on prestressed
concrete roads and airfield runways, Naples, 1962,
Fédération International de la Précontrainte, London.
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