1982. Cryogenic behaviour of materials for prestressed concrete. (PDF)

This State of the Art Report on the cryogenic behaviour of prestressed concrete materials has been prepared by an ad hoc committee of the FIP Commission on Prestressing Steels and Systems, consisting of Prof. Dr-Ing M. Elices (Spain), Prof. Dr-Ing F. S. Rostásy (FRG), Ir W. M. Faas (Netherlands) and Dipl. Ing. G. Wiedemann (FRG).

The FIP Administrative Council agreed with the proposal that this Commission should, in the particular case of cryogenics, consider the properties of all the materials involved. Thus, this report deals not only with prestressing steel and prestressing systems but also with reinforcing steel and concrete. Of course, the work is also closely related to that of the FIP Commission on concrete pressure vessels and storage tanks. Nevertheless, the report also briefly describes some systems of cryogenic containment and their loading configurations, in order to better introduce the aspects of material behaviour. It must be emphasised that there is an important relationship between the type of structure, the loads on the structure, and the circumstances in which the materials must function properly.

A cryogenic containment is a very complex structure, bearing in mind the loading conditions to be satisfied. I am therefore very grateful to the authors of this report for bringing together, in a limited time, so much of their knowledge in this specialised field of concrete structures. It will be of invaluable help to all designers and researchers involved with cryogenic containments.