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A construction containing steel bars or shaped wire mesh covered with a cement mortar. The metal increases the tensile strength of the concrete. | A construction containing steel bars or shaped wire mesh covered with a cement mortar. The metal increases the tensile strength of the concrete. | ||
See also [ | See also [[reinforced concrete]]. | ||
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 15 January 2014
Description
A construction containing steel bars or shaped wire mesh covered with a cement mortar. The metal increases the tensile strength of the concrete.
See also reinforced concrete.
Synonyms and Related Terms
béton armé (Fr.); betão armado (Port.); ferroconcrete; ferro-concrete; reinforced concrete
Authority
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996