Rebar

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For other uses, see Rebar (disambiguation).

Two bundles of rebar. The rebar will be cut prior to its installation.

Rebar (short for reinforcing bar), known when massed as reinforcing steel or reinforcement

steel,[1] is a steel bar or mesh of steel wires used as a tension device in reinforced concrete and
reinforced masonry structures to strengthen and aid the concrete under tension. Concrete is strong
under compression, but has weak tensile strength. Rebar significantly increases the tensile strength
of the structure. Rebar's surface is often "deformed" with ribs, lugs or indentations to promote a
better bond with the concrete and reduce the risk of slippage.
The most common type of rebar is carbon steel, typically consisting of hot-rolled round bars with
deformation patterns. Other readily available types include stainless steel, and composite bars made
of glass fiber, carbon fiber, or basalt fiber. The steel reinforcing bars may also be coated in an epoxy
resin designed to resist the effects of corrosion mostly in saltwater environments, but also land
based constructions. Bamboo has been shown to be a viable alternative to reinforcing steel in
concrete construction.[2][3] These alternate types tend to be more expensive or may have lesser
mechanical properties and are thus more often used in specialty construction where their physical
characteristics fulfill a specific performance requirement that carbon steel does not provide. Steel
and concrete have similar coefficients of thermal expansion,[4] so a concrete structural member
reinforced with steel will experience minimal differential stress as the temperature changes.

Contents

 1History
 2Use in concrete and masonry
 3Physical characteristics
 4Sizes and grades
o 4.1US sizes
o 4.2Canadian sizes
o 4.3European sizes
o 4.4Australian sizes
o 4.5New Zealand
 o 4.6India
o 4.7Jumbo and threaded bar sizes
o 4.8Grades
 5Placing rebar
o 5.1Stirrups
o 5.2Welding
o 5.3Reinforcement placement in rolls
o 5.4Mechanical connections
o 5.5Safety
 6Designations
 7Reuse and recycling
 8References
 9External links