Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated...

Fiber-reinforced concrete or fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC) is concrete containing fibrous material which increases its structural integrity. It contains...

Glass fibre reinforced concrete (GFRC) is a type of fibre-reinforced concrete. The product is also known as glassfibre reinforced concrete or GRC in British...

for reinforcing bar), known when massed as reinforcing steel or steel reinforcement, is a steel bar used as a tension device in reinforced concrete and...

material. Most concrete is poured with reinforcing materials (such as steel rebar) embedded to provide tensile strength, yielding reinforced concrete. In the...

Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is a lightweight, precast, cellular concrete building material, eco-friendly, suitable for producing concrete-like blocks....

Textile-reinforced concrete is a type of reinforced concrete in which the usual steel reinforcing bars are replaced by textile materials. Instead of using...

Precast Concrete Station Buildings in New South Wales Longworth, Jim Australian Railway History, May, 2005 pp163-185 "reinforced concrete | building...

A reinforced concrete column is a structural member designed to carry compressive loads, composed of concrete with an embedded steel frame to provide...

Behaviour of Reinforced Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete Elements" (PDF). Proceedings of CEB-FIP Symposium Dubrovnik. Concrete Structures...

strength, between coated reinforcing bars and concrete. Bond strength is important to the structural integrity of a reinforced concrete member. Characteristics...

countries, nearly all concrete used in construction is reinforced concrete. Due to its weakness in tension capacity, concrete will fail suddenly and...

still predominantly made from concrete or vitrified clay. Reinforced concrete can be used for large-diameter concrete pipes. This pipe material can be...

the availability of advanced materials (e.g. fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP), fiber reinforced concrete and high strength steel). Increasing the global capacity...

Philippines, due south of Corregidor Island. Nicknamed a "concrete battleship", the reinforced concrete sea fort, shaped like a battleship, was built by the...

French patent for a method of iron-wire reinforced concrete bridge construction; his first iron-wire reinforced concrete bridge was constructed across the moat...

The Reinforced Concrete Association was a British engineering organisation. Many important British buildings in the twentieth century were made from reinforced...

The durability design of reinforced concrete structures has been recently introduced in national and international regulations. It is required that structures...

tee beam), used in construction, is a load-bearing structure of reinforced concrete, wood or metal, with a T-shaped cross section. The top of the T-shaped...

serviceability compared with conventionally reinforced concrete in many situations.: 6  In a prestressed concrete member, the internal stresses are introduced...

Insulating concrete form or insulated concrete form (ICF) is a system of formwork for reinforced concrete usually made with a rigid thermal insulation...

architect, and early innovator in reinforced concrete building techniques. Ransome devised the most sophisticated concrete structures in the United States...

the term concrete refers only to concrete that is reinforced with iron or steel. However, other materials are often used to reinforce concrete e.g. organic...

A concrete slab is a common structural element of modern buildings, consisting of a flat, horizontal surface made of cast concrete. Steel-reinforced slabs...

point-to-point microwave links are built of reinforced concrete, while in the UK most are lattice towers. Concrete towers can form prestigious landmarks, such...

made from reinforced concrete. This type of bridge is suitable where a temporary centring may be erected to support the forms, reinforcing steel, and...

exterior completed five years later in 2009. The primary structure is reinforced concrete and some of the structural steel for the building originated from...

the concrete, and tensile strength is increased by additives, typically steel, to create reinforced concrete. In other words we can say concrete is made...

United Kingdom reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete crisis relates to increased safety concerns over reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, commonly used...

Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English), carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber...