How to do visual checks on the reinforcement bar at site?
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How to do visual checks on the reinforcement bar at site?
Structural Engineer
INDER KUMAR YADAV
For visual checks on the reinforcement bar at site you can do following step.
Preet Chovatiya
You can check the quality of reinforcement at the site in three ways.
1. Mass per run meter – take 4 number of cutting bar of length 1 meter and check the average length and weight of each and check the mass per run meter.
2. Bend test – bend test should be followed IS code 1599, and the rebar sample should be bend 180° as per IS 1599.
3. Rebend test – first bend the rebar sample at 135°, and after that, keep it in boiling water of 100° C for 30 mins. After cool it down, bend it into 157.5°, and rebar should not show the crack or any rupture during this bend.
Satish D
These are all visual checks we can do immediately at site level.
nikeetasharma
The test of reinforcement bar at site are as follows;