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Post-Tensioning Institute > Home
Members of the Institute include major post-tensioning material fabricators in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and manufacturers of prestressing materials in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Asia and Europe, an...
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Post-Tensioning Institute > Publications > PTI Journal
Call for Papers
Papers are solicited for the PTI
JOURNAL in the
general area
of post-tensioned concrete and masonry analysis, design and
construction. Researchers, contractors, suppliers, architects,...
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Post-Tensioning Institute > Education
PT Education Resources
PTI strives to ensure that practicing structural engineers are
familiar with and capable of designing post-tensioned structures and that architects are familiar with...
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Post-Tensioning Institute > Education > Publications > PTI Journal Articles
L. Krauser, “ACI and PTI Requirements for Encapsulation Systems.”
C. Plue, “A Three Day Cycle in Seismic Country: San Francisco’s One Rincon Hill.”
S. Bacon, “Escala: Post-Tensioning is Obviou...
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Post-Tensioning Institute > Education > PT Applications > Repair
Repair, Rehabilitation & Strengthening
Post-tensioned structures may become damaged by corrosion, accidental impact, brittle wire cracking, or coring and drilling after construction, leadi...
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Post-Tensioning Institute > Education > PT Applications > PT 101
What is Post-Tensioning?
Post-tensioning (PT) is a method of prestressing in which prestressing steel is tensioned after concrete has hardened.
Prestressed concrete is the term used to describe any c...