Reinforcing steel

Reinforcing steel

Steel bars are often used in concrete to take case of tensile stresses. Often they are called as rebars, steel bar induces ductility to composite material i.e reinforced concrete steel is stronger than concrete in compression also. Plain mild steel bars or deformed bars are generally used. Due to poor bond strength plain bars are not used. High strength deformed bars generally cold twisted (CTD) are used in reinforced concrete. During beginning of 21st century, Thermo-mechanical tream (TMT) bars which has ribs on surface are used in reinforced concrete. Yield strength of steel bars are denoted as characteristic strength. Yield strength of mild steel is 250MPa, yield strength of CTD &TMT bars available in market has 415 MPa or 500 MPa or 550MPa. TMT bars have better elongation than CTD bars. Stress-strain curve of CTD bars or TMT bars do not have definite yield point, hence 0.2% proof stress is used as yield strength. Fig 1.5 shows stress strain curve of different steel grades. Steel grades are indicated by Fe followed by yield strength. In the drawings of RCC, denotes MS bar and # denotes CTD or TMT bars