Reinforced Concrete 3 : Concrete in which steel is embedded in such a way that the tensile stresses are mainly taken up by the steel and the compressive stresses are mainly taken up by the concrete. See: Concrete, Reinforced
H. J. Porter (Chairman - Technical Committee), Dictionary of Fire Technology, The Institution of Fire Engineers, The Victory Press (Leicester) Ltd. 1979 UK. (Fr Tech - Brit) {81}