REINFORCING AND PRESTRESSING CABLE

摘要

A tension cable essentially composed of a multiplicity of thin strips is clamped at one or more locations with freedom of slight relative slippage of the strips to equalize their stresses. At each clamping point the strips may be separated by interposed foils which may be constituted by parts of the strips of a similar cable or by the opposite ends of the same cable bent back upon itself. The clamping pressure may be partly absorbed by laterally projecting foil portions with interposed spacers having substantially the thickness of the strips. A terminal member embraced by an end of the cable may contribute to the clamping effect.