Explain what pretensioning of concrete is.

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Tensioning (i.e., pulling) the prestressing steel (steel tendons), before placing concrete in the formwork for the member, is pretensioning.

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Stoloniferous plants differ from rhizomatous plants in that their horizontal shoots are sent out ____________________ ground

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Explain the reason a flower will wilt when it is in water

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According to the Michigan studies, managers may be job-centered

a. or employee-centered, but NOT both simultaneously. b. and employee-centered simultaneously. c. and have a high LPC score. d. if they practice supportive leadership too. e. if they adopt an autocratic decision style.

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If a seal failed for a hydraulically released steering clutch the result would be:

a. A slipping clutch b. The clutch would not disengage c. Broken release springs d. The brake would lock up

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