If you put weight on a concrete beam from above, its top will hold up heroically against the compression. Its underside, however, will experience severe tensile stress as the beam deforms.

GatorBar BFRP Rebar Characteristics Tensile Strength: Guarantee is 145,000 psi, average is 164,000 psi. (Grade 40 steel is 70,000 psi and Grade 60 is 90,000 psi) Modulus of Elasticity: 6.7 Msi ...

Rebar tying is a dull, repetitive and surprisingly dangerous job. Rodbusters are bent over most of the time they tie the rebar, causing various musculo-skeletal injuries. We were surprised that this ...

The problem with existing concrete structures lies in the steel rebar rods that are embedded within them for support. As these rust over time, the rust occupies more space than the original non ...