1. why steel used in concrete

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1. why steel used in concrete..

Answer / deepthi

As concrete is weak in tension and strong in compression, to increase the tensile strength steel is used.

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1. why steel used in concrete..

Answer / gulshan vashisht

As concrete is weak in tension and strong in compression, to increase the tensile strength steel is used.

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1. why steel used in concrete..

Answer / ujjawal

the cofficient of Thermal expansion of concrete and Steel is
approximatly same.

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1. why steel used in concrete..

Answer / k pradeep kumar

Every structure is composition of compression and tension, concrete is good to resist the compression forces and steel is good to resist the tensile forces. if we should not provide the steel the structure may fail.

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1. why steel used in concrete..

Answer / amit

1.also steel and conc have much more bonding so its avoid
slippage gives durability
2. Steel will gives warning before actual structural fails

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1. why steel used in concrete..

Answer / sjtbehera

Simply the bones in our body work same thing steel use in concrete. Unless bone is their in body we donot stand. Other way above exlanation by our engineer is corrwct.

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1. why steel used in concrete..

Answer / shamshuddin

because co-efficient of friction between concrete and steel is same so steel is used in concrete..

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