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Anchorage in concrete construction

Author: François REGNIER

Publication date: November 10, 2020

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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.

Concrete cracking (Crédit Hilti France)
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