Re: Concrete reinforcement - addendum

[Rick Lucertini <empiricus@sprint.ca>]

Rick Lucertini wrote:

> Hi, Dave and All . . .
>
> DaveIrons@aol.com wrote:
>
> > At viewport
> > openings or other hull penetrations a steel ring can be imbedded in the
> > concrete.  The cable would be welded on each side of the opening and the
> > cable inside the opening cut away.
>
> If the inside is cut away, wouldn't that auotomatically distort the hatch/dome
> flange?  I imagine the pre-stress loads would have to be equal all around.

Forgot to mention I was thinking only in terms of larger penetrations, not thru-hulls
like hydraulics, electrical, optical, etc.

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Rick Lucertini
empiricus@sprint.ca
(Vancouver, Canada)