The reinforcement mesh is cast into concrete, and when the textile-reinforced concrete is loaded, the filaments slip both against the concrete and against each other inside the yarn. A textile ...

When positioned in the upper or top portion of the slab thickness, steel reinforcement limits the widths of random cracks that may occur because of concrete shrinkage and temperature restraints ...

Many farmers do their own concrete work ... Unlike re-rod or wire mesh added during a pour, fiber-strand reinforcing is uniform throughout the slab. “For thermal movement and expansion control ...

The concrete slab was setting so fast ... It's enough to remove the requirement for reinforcing steel bars within the concrete in some applications, says Dr Scullion. Beyond concrete, graphene ...