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Grout serves the following purposes:
(i) Protect the tendon against corrosion.(ii) Improve the ultimate capacity of tendon.(iii) Provide a bond between the structural member and the tendon.(iv) In case of failure, the anchorage is not subject to all strain energy.
This question & answer is taken from book named – A Self Learning Manual – Mastering Different Fields of Civil Engineering Works (VC-Q-A-Method) by Vincent T. H. CHU.
