Practical Engineering Why Concrete Needs Reinforcement Posted: March 18, 2025 | Last updated: March 18, 2025 Concrete's greatest weakness is its tensile strength, which can be less than 10% of its ...

What is fibre-reinforced concrete and how can rail engineers benefit from its unique properties? Bernard Berge, product specialist engineer, fibre division for Maccaferri, explains. Major ...

Glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) has a long history of use in building facades, and was originally developed for its superior performance in seismic zones. The decorative concrete industry ...

An innovative concrete formulation combined with novel reinforcement strategies and design methods, all developed by ...

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it something ...

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The city is moving forward with plans to reinforce Fourth Street’s brick pavers with concrete at key intersections, ...

Interviewer: Right, so he invented reinforced concrete. Dr. Phil Pannell: He did back in 1853 yes. Interviewer: What a dude. Dr. Phil Pannell: Absolutely, he laid the foundations for modern urban ...

Mark Miodownik puts the properties of reinforced concrete to the test. He watches as a beam of concrete withstands a load of 2.5 tonnes. Even though cracks are present in the lower portion of the ...