STEEL

REINFORCEMENTS
 PURPOSES AND TYPES OF
REINFORCING STEEL
Concrete is strong in
compression but weak
intension. The tensile strength
is generally rated about10
percent of the compression
strength.
For this reason, concrete works
well for columns and posts that
are compression members in a
structure.
But, when it is used for tension
members, such as beams,
girders, foundation walls, or
floors, concrete must be
reinforced to attain the
 PURPOSES AND TYPES OF
REINFORCING STEEL
Steel is the best material for reinforcing concrete
because the properties of expansion for both steel
and concrete are considered to be approximately
the same; that is, under normal conditions, they
will expand and contract at an almost equal rate.
 PURPOSES AND TYPES OF
REINFORCING STEEL
Reinforcing steel can be used in the form of bars
or rods that are either plain or deformed or in the form
of expanded metal, wire, wire fabric, or sheet metal.
Each type is useful for different purposes, and
engineers design structures with those purposes in
mind.
 TYPES OF
REINFORCING STEEL
1.Plain Reinforcement bars

Plain bars are round in cross section. They are

used in concrete for special purposes, such as dowels
at expansion joints, where bars must slide in a metal
or paper sleeve, for contraction joints in roads and
runways, and for column spirals. They are the least
used of the rod type of reinforcement because they
offer only smooth, even surfaces for bonding with
Concrete.
 TYPES OF
REINFORCING STEEL
2. Deformed Reinforcement Bars
Deformed bars differ from the plain bars in that
they have either indentations in them or ridges on
them, or both, in a regular pattern. The twisted bar, for
example, is made by twisting a plain, square bar cold.
The spiral ridges, along the surface of the deformed
bar, increase its bond strength with concrete.
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