Reinforced concrete
June 3, 2009 by blogtopia
Filed under Definitions
Reinforced concrete is concrete in which steel reinforcement bars ("rebars"), plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen a material that would otherwise be brittle. In industrialised countries, nearly all concrete used in construction is reinforced concrete.
Concrete is reinforced to give it extra tensile strength; without reinforcement, many concrete buildings would not have been possible.