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Modernization of Paris' Orly airfield; pair of hangars totaling 1247 ft in length framed with steel cantilever trusses that provide hangar depth of 148 ft and free height, at doors, of 50 ft; prestressed concrete taxiway, 1400 ft long, 82 ft wide and only 7 in. thick in which longitudinal prestress was applied by inflating so-called "flat jacks" installed in joints in pavement.
Modernization of Paris' Orly airfield; pair of hangars totaling 1247 ft in length framed with steel cantilever trusses that provide hangar depth of 148 ft and free height, at doors, of 50 ft; prestressed concrete taxiway, 1400 ft long, 82 ft wide and only 7 in. thick in which longitudinal prestress was applied by inflating so-called "flat jacks" installed in joints in pavement.
Big hangars and prestressed taxiway
Eng News-Rec
Bowman, W.G. (author)
Engineering News-Record ; 155
1955
Article (Journal)
English
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