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A handbook of design containing tables, standards and useful information appertaining to the "steelcrete" system (1911)

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. This ranges from 55,000 to65,000 lbs. per sq. in. The value this gives as a concrete reinforcement will be recognized byall users of this class of material. In addition to this great advantage is the guarantee in uni-formity of the material due to the soft steel plate from which the fabric is… … Ductility ItsImportance (2) The diamonds, or quadrilaterals, of the sheet under severe loading tend to close. Theeffect of this contraction in the meshes is to give the fabric a ductility unencountered in anyother reinforcement having a high elastic limit. As this closing up of the meshes does not…

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