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Andrew Heggie
 
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Default Would welding the steel in re-enforced concrete add any value?

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 00:38:01 +0100, Andy Dingley
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The point of steelwork in concrete is to compress the
concrete by pre-tensioning the steelwork.


I knew it was to add tensile strength but thought the compressing
function was only in pre stressed concrete.

AJH