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If concrete is similar enough to reinforced concrete. Isn't engineered wood similar enough to normal wood?
by benj111 7y ago
If concrete is similar enough to reinforced concrete. Isn't engineered wood similar enough to normal wood?
- pjc50 7y agoReinforced concrete has different failure modes. The UK built a lot of precast concrete "panel" houses after the war, some of which are disintegrating badly: https://www.peterbarry.co.uk/blog/houses-of-non-traditional-construction-common-property-defects-6/ https://www.peterbarry.co.uk/blog/houses-of-non-traditional-... Another e.g. concrete disintegrating due to use of mine waste: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2009/nov/29/mundic-test-crumbling-concrete-mortgages https://www.theguardian.com/money/2009/nov/29/mundic-test-cr...
- benj111 7y agoDifferent failure modes, different tensile strength, not really the same at all. That was kind of my point :)