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What is the benefit of smaller dia steel instead of larger dia steel in slab and beam?
Having smaller diameter rebar distributed throughout the structure also distributes the load from the concrete to the steel more effectively as there is a greater area of contact for adhesion between the two.
Having smaller diameter rebar distributed throughout the structure also distributes the load from the concrete to the steel more effectively as there is a greater area of contact for adhesion between the two.
See lessWhat is the diffrence between lap length and development length?
lap length is required when bars placed short of their required length (due to nonavailability of longer bars) need to be extended. lap length is to be provided to safely transfer the load. Development length is provided to transfer the load from steel to concrete. It is also known as anchorage lengRead more
lap length is required when bars placed short of their required length (due to nonavailability of longer bars) need to be extended. lap length is to be provided to safely transfer the load.
Development length is provided to transfer the load from steel to concrete. It is also known as anchorage length.
See lessWhat is fatigue in any structural member?
Concrete fatigue refers to the phenomenon of rupture under repeated loadings, each of which is smaller than a single static load that exceeds the strength of material.
Concrete fatigue refers to the phenomenon of rupture under repeated loadings, each of which is smaller than a single static load that exceeds the strength of material.
See lessWhat is diffrence between retaining wall and breast wall?
Basic difference is retaining wall is designed to resist backfill earth pressure and breast wall is resist for natural earthen slope of hilly area In hill. When road is construct, at that time we need to cut-off some portion of hill and basically we construct two wall one is breast wall which is onRead more
Basic difference is retaining wall is designed to resist backfill earth pressure and breast wall is resist for natural earthen slope of hilly area
In hill. When road is construct, at that time we need to cut-off some portion of hill and basically we construct two wall one is breast wall which is on hill side of the road to give stability of hill slop and another one is retaining wall which is construct on valley side of road which wall have backfill pressure plus road pressure on backfill so we need to design retaining wall for that backfill & surcharge .
See figure for different between retaining wall and breast wall.
See lessWhy we provide Anchor Bar in a single RC beam?
Anchor bars are the bars which are given on compression side to hold the stirrups or lateral reinforcements and the main bars.
Anchor bars are the bars which are given on compression side to hold the stirrups or lateral reinforcements and the main bars.
See lessWhich pressure us higher in retaining wall, water or soil?
In technical terms, Above the Water table, Pressure exerted by water on retaining wall = 0.5 K.H^2 K = coefficient of earth pressure H= vertical height of wall. Total stress = effective stress + pore water pressure. Earth pressure due to soil: Total stress = effective stress.
In technical terms,
Above the Water table,
Pressure exerted by water on retaining wall = 0.5 K.H^2
K = coefficient of earth pressure
H= vertical height of wall.
Total stress = effective stress + pore water pressure.
Earth pressure due to soil:
Total stress = effective stress.
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Why helical reinforcement gives better strength than ordinary columns?
The small dia reinforcement wrapped around the main or longitudinal reinforcement of columns, restraining the lateral expansion of the concrete under compression and thus strengthening the column. Columns with one helical reinforcement take more load than that of tied column due to additional strengRead more
The small dia reinforcement wrapped around the main or longitudinal reinforcement of columns, restraining the lateral expansion of the concrete under compression and thus strengthening the column. Columns with one helical reinforcement take more load than that of tied column due to additional strength of spiral.
Helical reinforcement can protect columns/piles against seismic loads.
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Komal Bhandakkar
I will provide you a list which causes the building to collapse. Defective building design Faulty construction & More extra loads Failure of foundation Unexpected failure mode Soil liquefaction Demolition through explosives Earthquake Tsunami Typhoon and winds with high speed. Landslides or settRead more
I will provide you a list which causes the building to collapse.
Thank You.
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