Tag: reinforced concrete
What Is Rebar? A Down-to-Earth Guide to Construction Rebar and Its Types
Ever driven past a building site and noticed those thin steel rods sticking out of half-poured concrete? That’s rebar. Short for reinforcing bar, and it’s doing more work than you’d think. So, what is rebar, really? Put simply, it’s steel buried inside concrete to give it backbone. Concrete on its own is tough. It can…
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Reinforced Concrete: What It Is and Where It’s Used
Reinforced concrete is plain concrete with steel bars embedded inside it, and that one addition changes everything about what concrete can do. Plain concrete handles compression well, meaning it’s strong when squeezed, but it’s weak in tension, meaning it cracks easily when pulled or bent. Steel does the opposite. It’s excellent under tension. Put the…
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