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Construction Reinforcement Guide

This document defines various terms used in construction terminology related to reinforcement. It describes different types of reinforcement bars including main bars, tie hoops, double and single reinforcement bars, assist bars, top and bottom bars, hunches, shear reinforcement bars, stirrups, bearing walls, distribution bars, bent bars, deformed bars, tension bars, compression bars, and high strength bars. It also defines symbols used for materials and the application of the @ symbol to indicate distances between reinforcement bars.

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Construction Reinforcement Guide

This document defines various terms used in construction terminology related to reinforcement. It describes different types of reinforcement bars including main bars, tie hoops, double and single reinforcement bars, assist bars, top and bottom bars, hunches, shear reinforcement bars, stirrups, bearing walls, distribution bars, bent bars, deformed bars, tension bars, compression bars, and high strength bars. It also defines symbols used for materials and the application of the @ symbol to indicate distances between reinforcement bars.

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Terminology of Construction

1) Tie Hoop
Horizontally placed bar in order to prevent reinforcement from buckling and maintain
spacing of bars.

2) Main Bar
Reinforcement that take charge of tensile and compressive load in beams and
pillars, etc.
In general, thick bars are used for tensile load and thin bars are for shear strength.
This thick bar for tensile load is considered as main bar, however, all the bars for
reinforcement are termed 'main bar'

3) Double Reinforcement Bar


Two strips of bar are arranged in the retaining wall in both longitudinal and transverse
directions, and this bi-strip reinforcement is "double reinforcement".

4) Single Reinforcement Bar


Opposite to double reinforcement.
Only one strip of bar is arranged in the retaining walls.

5) Assist(Support) Bar
Extra bars to be placed to maintain the shapes and locations of main reinforcement.

6) Top(Upper part) Bar


Bars at the top span of beams or slabs.

7) Bottom(Lower part) Bar


Bars at the bottom span of beams or slabs
8) Hunch
Hunch is, in general, placed onto the pillars in order to strengthen the junction of a
beam and a pillar, hunch is also placed in walls to fortify the junction of the floor and
walls.

9) Shear Reinforcement Bar(Vertical direction bar)


Reinforcement for shear strength, such as stirrup and tie hoop.

10) Stirrup
Reinforcement that encloses main bars to help them arrest mixed concrete and
maintain their shapes and spacing.
Both ends should be hooked more than 135.

11) Bearing Wall


Walls that sustain both vertical force and horizontal force.
Reinforcement wall takes the most exterior force against the walls.

12) Reinforcement Bar


Hoops in pillars or stirrups in beams to sustain horizontal force and shear strength to
prevent the crack of building or to maintain cover depth of the concrete.

Shear strength?
Shear strength is strength that restrains shear of members by external forces.
Shear strength increases if it approaches to the end of a beam.

13) Distribution Bar


Bars that arrange the main bars and distributes loads uniformly to the main bar.
14) Bent Bar
Bars that are placed in beams in order to effectively sustain tensile load at the end
span of a beam.
These days, cut-bars are often used instead of bent bars.

15) Deformed Bar


Bars that have threads on the surface to help strong bonds between bars and concrete.

16) Tension Bar


Bars that sustain tensile loads.

17) Compression Bar


Bars that sustain compression loads.

18) High Strength(tensile) Bar


HD is a high strength bar that has more than 3,500kg/cm2 of yield strength.
HD contains Si, Mn and Ni in it. (also called "high bar" in brief)

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symbol F C W S FS CS
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20) Application of @
Indicates distance between bars in stirrup, hoop and other reinforcement.

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