Reinforcement is also referred to as reinforcement and is the insertion of steel, usually in mesh and/or bar form, into concrete components. In combination with the concrete, they lead to the enormously high performance of reinforced concrete. Concrete takes over the compressive forces, while the tensile and bending tensile forces are absorbed by the reinforcement. The prerequisite for the good interaction of concrete and steel is the identical thermal expansion behavior. The reinforcement is usually installed as ribbed or profiled steel. This creates a local interlocking between concrete and steel.
Bar steel: individual, ribbed steel rods of various diameters from 6 - 40 mm
Steel mesh: welded mats made of ribbed rods in a square division (Q-mats) or rectangular divisions (R-mats)
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