Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the draw

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Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the drawback of not providing cover in the same?

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Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the drawback of not providin..

Answer / abhishek jha

Cover is provided so that the reinforcement bars are
covered properly &not exposed to air & moisture which could
result in rusting in reinforcement

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Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the drawback of not providin..

Answer / arun kumar sharma

cover is provide because the steel get croded due to
atmospic conditions and it get rusted thats why steel is
provided

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Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the drawback of not providin..

Answer / raviteja

If a minimum cover say 50mm is not provide, the reinforcement
will directly exposed to to outer atmosphere which leads to
corrosion of steel

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Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the drawback of not providin..

Answer / pandu

If cover is not provided the reinforcement will expose to
atmosphere due to this the steel may get corrosion leading
this the structure may fail.

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Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the drawback of not providin..

Answer / sachin

Covers is provided for not to expose rainforcement otherwise it will start corrosion in it also it is for fire resistance to the rebars.

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Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the drawback of not providin..

Answer / siva naik

in order to reduce the exposing of steel to atmosphere and
to get strength to the concreate

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Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the drawback of not providin..

Answer / kosygin

what ever leave rusting and corrosion... water moisture..
cover r provided for better bonds with concrete..

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Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the drawback of not providin..

Answer / qamar

Cover provides fire resistance to the concrete.

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Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the drawback of not providin..

Answer / vijay

If the covers are not provided as required the strength of
the slab will be decreased by 20% to 30%

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