<跨度风格=”字体大小：12磅;“> 意图混凝土增强的是提高混凝土的强度，金属加强杆是最常用于该目的的添加剂。因为混凝土的大规模的重量和增强材料的量，以建立任何显著高度的固体混凝土建筑物需要，大多数钢筋混凝土是用于水平板坯。当建筑与混凝土墙结构，建筑物一般仅限于几个故事。钢筋混凝土建筑物和建筑构件具有独特的优势比其他施工方法，包括耐久性，耐火性，和风阻。
<强>钢筋（钢筋）嵌在混凝土中提供了从挠曲所出现和弯曲，从而允许钢筋混凝土在建筑行业的许多应用中使用。 Concrete has excellent compressive strength, but it is weak in tension. Reinforcing steel has excellent tensile strength but must be held in place to be effective. Thus, steel reinforced concrete provides a strong structural material or composite that can be aesthetically pleasing, economical, reliable, and durable. Fabricated from carbon steels with high yield strengths, the rebar is also ductile. The coefficients of thermal expansion of concrete and carbon steel are similar, so that internal stresses due to expansion and contraction are minimized. The concrete bonds strongly to the surface of the steel so that stresses are transferred efficiently from the concrete to the rebar. This composite is now widely used for the construction of concrete slabs, concrete walls, concrete beams, concrete columns, elevated concrete floors, and concrete footings and foundations. In the concrete, the rebar is contained in an alkaline environment and a passive film of iron oxide is formed, protecting the steel from corrosion. However, this protection is lost if the concrete structure is exposed to seawater or deicing salts. In these conditions, galvanized (zinc-coated) or epoxy-coated rebar must be used to realize the expected durability for the reinforced concrete.