As the demand for more sustainable construction grows and raw material shortages like steel continue to be a challenge, fiber-reinforced concrete has ... up through the slab than flexible fibers.

Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) is a lightweight material that was used mostly in flat roofing, but also in floors and walls, between the 1950s and 1990s. It is a cheaper alternative ...

So Wilkinson noticed where the cracks were appearing in his concrete floor slabs and he had an idea ... Interviewer: Right, so he invented reinforced concrete. Dr. Phil Pannell: He did back ...

Contraction joints (sometimes called control joints) are used in unreinforced and lightly reinforced ... www.concrete.org ACI 302.1R-15 Guide to Concrete Floor and Slab Construction, American ...