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5. Principles
5.1 Cracked concrete
In general, concrete alone is not capable of withstanding tensile stresses, leading to cracking as shown in figure 31 . To compensate for this weakness, reinforcement is used to take up these forces once the concrete has been micro-cracked.
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- Concrete – Specification, performance, production and compliance – National supplement to standard NF EN 206, AFNOR - NF EN 206/CN - Décembre 2014.8
- Chevilles à scellement par injection pour maçonnerie, EOTA - ETAG 029 - 2013
- Mechanical properties of carbon and alloy steel fasteners – Part 2: Nuts of specified quality classes – Coarse and fine threads, AFNOR - NF EN ISO 898-2 - 2012
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