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Yes, concrete provides great compressive strength, but is not very strong given tensile loading.
Rebar provides the tensile loading support that concrete alone lacks.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebar
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Yes, concrete provides great compressive strength, but is not very strong given tensile loading.
Rebar provides the tensile loading support that concrete alone lacks.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebar