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E. Terence Foster
Omaha, NE
Sherif A. Yehia
Omaha, NE
Audra L. Hansen
Elkhorn, NE
Tadros, Maher K.; Foster, E. Terence; Yehia, Sherif A.; and Hansen, Audra L., "PRECAST POST-TENSIONED SEGMENTAL POLE
SYSTEM: U.S. Patent No. US 6,851,231 B2" (2009). Civil Engineering Faculty Publications. 30.
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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent NO.: US 6,851,231 B2
Tadros et al. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 8,2005
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PRECAST POST-TENSIONED SEGMENTAL tible to cracking due to unequal distribution of aggregate. In
POLE SYSTEM addition, the equipment used to spin the concrete is expen-
sive. In addition, both of the aforementioned methods of
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED pre-tensioning concrete poles are problematic in that it takes
APPLICATIONS s a considerable amount of time to properly position the
strands in the form prior to pouring the concrete.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional
Application No. 601301,189, filed Jun. 27, 2001. Additionally, there other problems associated with current
concrete vole structures. For examvle, the concrete struc-
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY tures that are used in these environments are typically
SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 10 unitary structures that extend to a height of about 80-90 feet.
This is problematic because certain power transmission line
Not Applicable. applications may. require the poles to extend to greater
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