reinforced concrete
Steel rods are inserted in concrete beams to help them withstand longitudinal stress without collapsing. This development has allowed the construction of very large structures using concrete beams.
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Reinforced Concrete
Unfortunately, even the best concrete has a tensile strength barely one tenth of its compressive strength, a property it has in common with all stones.
Reinforced concrete - A process of installing steel rods inside concrete beams to help them withstand stress along their length without collapsing.
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reinforced concrete: concrete strengthened by an inner core of steel wire, making it equally effective in tension and compression.
Reinforced concrete
concrete strengthened by embedding an internal structure of wire mesh or rods.
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In France attention centred on reinforced concrete. Auguste Perret's apartment building (1902-1903) in the Rue Franklin and his Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1911-1912), both in Paris, were early successes.
Rugged reinforced concrete construction, or Béton Brut, lead to an approach popularly known as Brutalism.
The Paulo Mendes da Rocha Residence in São Paulo, Brazil by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, 2006 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate ...
GRP
- glass reinforced plastic. Easily moulded, often used to reproduce decorative cast-iron.
This view is reinforced by the massive square corner buttresses and the stark simplicity of the design.
FRP, or Fiber Reinforced Polymer has been used in this country since the early 1930s, but its origin has been traced back to the Israelites of 800 BC who reinforced bricks with straw to provide added strength.
Bond Beam - A reinforced concrete beam made inside a course of hollow blockwork from which the block ends and internal walls have been removed. The beam ties the wall together
Bond Course - A course of headers in a brickwork or blockwork wall ...
Adobe - Med bricks reinforced with straw. Used particularly in Latin America and southwestern USA, adobe produces a distinctive architectural style based on organic forms, a smooth finish, and a minimum of window openings.
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Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC)
Glazed architectural terra-cotta
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Often reinforced by a wall or palisade along the top. Revetted earthen rampart: the first of this type was made by piling the earth excavated from the ditch behind a wooden palisade, giving the rampart a steep vertical face; ...
Primarily glass (green, blue, black, and bronze) and steel, in combination with reinforced concrete
Unadorned, smooth wall surfaces, typically of glass, steel, or stucco painted white
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Sheet glass, steel and reinforced concrete proved very popular in France, Germany and Britain.
FestoonOrnamental garland, shown as if suspended from both ends. Compare swag.FibreglassSynthetic resin reinforced with glass fibre; also called glass-reinforced polyester (GRP). GRC: glass-reinforced concrete.Field ...
Often two or more kinds of materials are used in the same staircase, as when constructions of concrete or stone are reinforced with iron or steel.
reenforce, reinforce - make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"
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buttress - make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis" ...
STANCHION
Upright structural member, of iron, steel or reinforced concrete.
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Holy water basin at the entrance to a church, usually on a pillar or set in a niche.
Rib Vault
An arched ceiling or roof supported or reinforced by ribs. Image courtesy of Gretchen Ranger ...
concrete : A mixture of sand, cement and aggregate (stone or gravel) that may be reinforced with ferrous metals.
CONCRETE - Cement mixed with course and fine aggregate (pebbles, crushed stone, brick), sand and water in specific proportions. There are three types of concrete: precast, reinforced and prestressed.
At the Sainte Chapelle a chain was imbedded in the walls right round the building, and the stone vaulting ribs were reinforced by curved bands of iron placed on each side and bolted to them (W.R. Lethaby, "Mediaeval Art", VII, 161).
The modern use of reinforced concrete began with the making of flower pots. conservatoryA Conservatory is a glazed structure for conserving (protecting) plants from cold weather.
 See also: Architecture, Concrete, House, Brick, Arches
  
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