concrete beams
Reinforced building supports
Concrete beams are horizontal structural elements made of concrete, typically reinforced with steel rods or mesh to handle tension forces.
They span openings and support loads above—floors, roofs, walls.
In construction, they're cast in place or precast off-site: The concrete beams arrived on flatbed trucks.
The term is straightforwardly literal, combining the material with the structural form.
- rebarSteel strengthening concrete
- steel cablesTwisted metal strands
- lintelsBeams spanning openings
- formworkMold for poured concrete
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
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- concreteshotcrete, cast-in-place, precast, formwork, curing
- concrete productscement blocks, cement tiles, cinder blocks, slabs, lintels
- prestressed concreteprestressing, post-tensioning, pre-tensioning, tendons, strands
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