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The Tendon load definitions are a series of prestressing cable stressing actions at their ends. For each side, the PT cables can be:
the input values can be Force or a Factor, like a ratio. In general, stress actions are grouped by stress labels that allow for common definitions. The Tendon Load definition is combined with the action Stress in the Schedule Actions and the Tendon geometry defined in Structure > Tendon data and properties to create the immediate losses. The total losses need additional Creep & shrinkage calculations and can be derived from final summation loads.