TEHRAN– Iran’s steel production declined by 6.7 percent in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March ...

Most slabs-on-ground are unreinforced or nominally reinforced for crack-width control. When positioned in the upper or top portion of the slab thickness, steel reinforcement limits the widths of ...

Rebar also allows for thinner slabs and other members. Rebar or mesh-enforced concrete is good for things like parking lot blocks and roads, but it still fails before it ought to. In fact ...