Modernizing Construction With Smart Rebar
Smart Rebar is a Twisted Steel Reinforcement (TSR) designed to revolutionize concrete reinforcement. Its twisted geometry creates exceptional bonding with concrete, forming a torsional anchorage that engages before the concrete fails, resulting in a true composite material. Each Smart Rebar piece bonds seamlessly along its entire length, requiring it to untwist as it pulls out of the concrete—unlike traditional steel fibers that rely solely on friction for pullout. This superior bond significantly enhances the concrete's material properties before a dominant crack forms, offering proactive reinforcement. After a crack forms, Smart Rebar maintains stable capacity, allowing engineers to design with the reliability of traditional rebar.
- Smart Rebar reduces the need for mesh and rebar, enabling thinner pavements, cutting project timelines, improving safety, and achieving substantial cost savings. Its TSR geometry can be customized to optimize performance based on specific design requirements, making Smart Rebar the intelligent choice for modern construction.
Length: 25 mm
Diameter: 0.50 mm
25,300 strands/kg
Electro plated with a corrosion resistant brass coating
Modernizing Construction With Smart Rebar Not Steel Fiber
Many incorrectly assume that Smart Rebar is just 'another' steel fibre.
Smart Rebar must untwist to pull from the concrete which results in a torsion failure mechanism as apposed to bending or friction. Figure 1 shows the force diagram of Smart Rebar wire when being pulled from the concrete matrix.
The torsional pullout mechanism requires considerably more force (2-5 times more) than steel fibres and remains consistent over ~80-90% of the embedded length.
Figure 2 shows the stable resistance provided by Smart Rebar