What Are the Applications of Prestressed Smooth Steel Wire?

Prestressed smooth steel wire has a wide range of applications. Leveraging its core advantages of high strength, dimensional accuracy, low relaxation, and adaptability, it has been used across a wide range of sectors, from infrastructure to industrial manufacturing, and from conventional applications to specialized working conditions. Its application scenarios can be systematically categorized into construction engineering, industrial manufacturing, and specialized fields. Specific application benefits are as follows:

I. Core Scenarios for Structural Load-Bearing and Performance Optimization

Construction engineering is the primary application area for prestressed smooth steel wire. Its core function is to offset concrete tensile stresses through prestressing, improving component crack resistance and load-bearing capacity. It also reduces material usage and optimizes structural design, meeting diverse needs from large-scale infrastructure to urban construction.

- Bridge Engineering: It is widely used in post-tensioned prestressed beams for highway/railway T-beams, continuous rigid frame bridges, and sea-crossing bridges. For example, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway bridges utilize 1570MPa/1770MPa grade smooth steel wire bundles, with a single bundle bearing capacity of 120-180kN. This increases beam spans to 40-60m while reducing concrete usage by 10%-15%. Smaller span bridges, such as rural highway bridges, often utilize pre-tensioning methods, combined with head anchors to enable rapid prefabrication of components and shorten construction periods. In addition, railway sleepers are the key connection between bridges and lines. After being reinforced with smooth steel wire, their load-bearing capacity and fatigue resistance are significantly improved, which can ensure the long-term smoothness and safety of railway tracks.

- High-rise Buildings and Large Stadiums: They are indispensable in the core shear walls and giant support structures of super-high-rise buildings. For example, in the Central Tower, smooth steel wire, working in conjunction with steel strands, can reduce the structure's deadweight by over 20% while also improving its seismic performance. In the gridded roof trusses of large stadiums and exhibition centers, using them instead of ordinary steel bars can significantly reduce the truss' cross-sectional dimensions, increase internal usable space, and accommodate the design requirements of large-span buildings.

- Water Conservancy and Municipal Engineering: In the water conservancy sector, PCCP pressure water pipes in major projects like the South-to-North Water Diversion Project are wrapped with 6-7mm diameter smooth steel wire to offset internal water pressure and effectively prevent pipe cracking. Sedimentation tanks and cesspools in sewage treatment plants are pre-embedded with smooth steel wire bundles to address shrinkage cracking after large concrete pouring. The municipal sector extends this to ports, terminals, and airport runways. The former uses it to enhance the structural load-bearing capacity of docking ships, while the latter, relying on its crack resistance and durability, withstands the significant impact of aircraft takeoffs and landings.

- Underground and energy engineering: Subway tunnel segments and integrated pipeline corridor sidewalls are prefabricated using the pre-tensioning method. The high dimensional accuracy of the smooth steel wire (diameter deviation ≤±0.04mm) ensures the sealing of the segment splicing and prevents groundwater leakage. In energy engineering, nuclear power plant containment vessels and prestressed concrete pressure vessels require the use of low-relaxation smooth steel wire (1000h relaxation rate ≤2.0%) to maintain stress stability in long-term high temperature and radiation environments and ensure safe operation of equipment. Wind power foundations, as an important component of new energy infrastructure, also use smooth steel wire to enhance structural stability and adapt to complex outdoor working conditions.

- Other Construction Scenarios: It is also widely used in cement poles and prefabricated building components (such as composite slabs and staircases). Prestressing technology improves component lightweighting and installation efficiency. It also plays a role in support structures such as hollow grouting anchors, meeting temporary or permanent reinforcement needs in construction.

II. Customized Adaptation for Extreme Working Conditions

For extreme working conditions such as high stress, high corrosion, and high risk, smooth steel wire can be customized through performance optimization (such as ultra-high strength and anti-corrosion coatings), ensuring structural safety and long-term stability in specialized scenarios.

- Mining Engineering: 2200-2300 MPa ultra-high-strength smooth steel wire can be used to manufacture hollow grouting anchor cables, with a single-wire breaking force of 6.6-6.9 tons. These cables are used for tunnel support in coal and metal mines. They can withstand high-pressure deformation of the surrounding rock, effectively preventing landslides and adapting to the complex stress environments of underground mines.

- Marine Engineering: Epoxy-coated or zinc-aluminum alloy-plated smooth steel wire offers excellent seawater corrosion resistance and can be used for offshore platform mooring cables and submarine tunnel reinforcement structures. Their service life can exceed 50 years, 20 years longer than ordinary galvanized steel wire, making them suitable for the harsh marine environment of high salt spray and severe corrosion.

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