The Ideal Situation There can be little doubt that the most effective way of protecting steel which is embedded in concrete is to provide it with an adequate depth of cover by high strength, low ...

Another variant is to embed the reinforcement bar in an additional shotcrete layer. Precast concrete elements with special geometry In the future, memory-steel could also be a proven method for ...

While steel reinforcement solves one of concrete’s greatest limitations, it creates an entirely new problem: Corrosion of embedded steel rebar is the most common form of concrete deterioration. There ...

You can also use thin wire reinforcing for concrete block walls. This unique product is placed on top of a row of block in the horizontal mortar joints. This thin steel, once embedded in the ...

Simply putting too much weight on it can cause fractures. Even worse, the steel bars embedded in concrete as reinforcement can corrode over time. Very tiny cracks can be quite harmful because they ...

If construction steel is visible, it can be maintained – for instance, when the Sydney Harbour Bridge is repeatedly painted and repainted. However, when embedded in concrete, steel is hidden but ...

Simply putting too much weight on it can cause fractures. Even worse, the steel bars embedded in concrete as reinforcement can corrode over time. Very tiny cracks can be quite harmful because they ...

Unplanned maintenance and refurbishment work forms a significant proportion of this. In many cases concrete repair is done in an unstructured way, often resulting in inappropriate repairs that require ...

I’m about to build a large detached garage. The plans call for a 10-inch-thick by 20-inch-wide poured concrete footing with two ½-inch steel bars that run continuously in the concrete.