Why are the partial factor of safety of steel is less than concrete?
Why is the factor of safety of steel less than that of concrete?
Why do we use steel with concrete? Why are there two factors of safety of 1.5 for concrete in reinforced concrete design? Where it is better to use mild steel as a main reinforcement in concrete? What are the types of reinforcement steel used in concrete? Why do civil engineers use steel in construction? Are steel and concrete strong or weak in compression and extension? What is the advantages of non destructive test on concrete? What is disadvantages of fiber reinforce concrete? What do you mean by positive and negative steel in beam reinforcement design? What are the advantage of in-situ concrete? What are some advantages of pre-stressed concrete? Which code is more generally more economical when it comes to area of steel for main reinforcement? (One-way slabs) What is the difference between stainless steel and mild steel? Which is more stronger? What are the effects of alloying elements on steel? Why are bridges in India mostly made of concrete rather than steel? Why is the criteria of the minimum percentage of steel different for different RCC members like the column, beam, and wall of RCC water tanks, etc.? What is mild steel? Is there any difference between cast steel and mild steel? Why is the factor of safety considered to be important? What is the effect of water/cement ratio to concrete? What is the difference between carbon steel and mild steel? How is the elasticity of mild steel determined? Why steel stronger than iron? What is the relation of thickness in comparison to design mix of concrete? How can the workability of concrete be increased? Is steel a pure substance? Why don't we use stainless steel for reinforcement? If concrete does not have sufficient workability will you add water? What design and structural factors make a building more 'earthquake-safe' -- rather than less so? What's the difference between military grade steel and regular steel?