Concrete in which steel reinforcement is embedded in
reinforced concrete such a manner that the two materials act together in
resisting forces. Also called beton arme,ferro concrete
System of steel bars, strength or wires for absorbing sten-
Reinforcement sile, shearing and sometimes the compressive stresses in
a concrete member or structure
Steel bar for enforcing concrete, usually specified by the
Reinforcing bar number equivalent to its diameter in eight of an inch. Also
called rebar
Reinforcing bar hot rolled with surface deformations to
Deform bar
develop greater bond with concrete
Tension reinforcement Rainforcement designed to absorb tensile stresses
Compression reinforcement Reinforcement designed to absorb compressive stresses
The depth of concrete section measured from compres-
Ettective depth
sion face to the centroid of the tension reinforcement
The center to center spacing of parallel reinforcing bar,
resulting clear distance between the bar being regula ted
Bar spacing
by bar diameter, maximum size of coarse aggregate, and
thickness of the concrete section
The amount of concrete required to protect steel rein-
forcement from fire and corrosion, measured from surface
Cover
to the reinforcement to the outer surface of the concrete
section
The adhesion between two substances such as concrete
Bond
and reinforcing bars
The adhesive force per unit area of contact between the
bond stress rain forcing bar in the surrounding concrete developed at
any section of a flexural a member
Plain concrete
, Concrete having no enforcement or reinforced only for
drying shrinkage or thermal stresses
Constructed of cement and mortar over a wire mesh that
Ferrocement
has been pre shape over a mold
Concrete section design or analyzed on the assumption
Cracked section
that concrete has no resistance to tensile stresses
The load that causes the tensile stresses in a concrete
Cracking load
member to exceed the tensile strength of the concrete
The area of a concrete section between the compression
Ettective area of concrete
face in the centroid of the tension reinforcement
The product of the right cross sectional area of reinforce-
Ettective area of reinforcement ment in the cosine of the angle between the direction in
the direction for which its ettectiveness is considered
The ratio of ettective area of reinforcement ettective area of
percentage reinforcement concrete at any section of a reinforced concrete member,
expressed as a percentage
the length of embedded reinforcement provided beyond
Embedment length
a critical section for Anchorage
A bend or curve given to the end of a tension bar to de-
velop an equivalent embedment length, used where there
hook
is insuflcient room to develop an adequate embedment
length
90 degrees, 135 degrees, or 180° been made at the end
Standard hook of a reinforcing bar according to industry standards with
a radius based on the bar diameter
Concrete reinforced with this purse, randomly oriented
fiber reinforced concrete
fiber of glass or plastic
GFRC Abbreviation for glass fiber reinforced concrete
Welded wire fabric