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Precast or reinforcing concrete with steel improves strength and durability. Rebar is the
most common form of concrete reinforcement. It is typically made from steel, manufactured with
ribbing to bond with concrete as it cures. There are different yield strength rebar. Most common
rebar is ASTM 615 fy=60ksi. Concrete has no ductile capacity and is brittle in nature whereas
rebar have a well-defined yield point before they fracture. In order to make the fracture
mechanism ductile in nature, we use rebar in the concrete. During seismic loading we have
horizontal motion in the building. This motion creates forces in the floor diaphragm that is
resisted by floor to floor connection. These floor to floor connections take these forces to the
seismic resisting elements where they take the forces to the foundation. For high seismic areas,
designs are based on heavy reinforcement. Reason for heavy reinforcement is so they can
resist seismic forces. Instead of structure failing instantly, we have considerable amount of time
and deflection so that people can evacuate at the time of seismic event. We have precast
frames and moment resisting frames that are reinforced in a special way prescribed in the
building code to resist these seismic forces. In this report, different types of seismic resisting
Precast concrete with its amazing compressive strength has shaped the structures in the
new direction. The use of steel rods in precast or concrete is the oldest technology of mankind.
Embedding steel bars into concrete increases the materials tensile strength, allowing concrete
to cure to be used in the applications like precast frames or beams. This works well because of
the steel inherent tensile strength. For effective steel reinforcement in any application, the size
or area, strength and precise placement of bars must all be carefully considered. Fortunately,
specifications and well-developed codes and tools when designing new elements