Why is cover provided in beams, slabs, lintels, columns, etc ? What is the drawback of not providing cover in the same?
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Answer / abhishek jha
Cover is provided so that the reinforcement bars are
covered properly ¬ exposed to air & moisture which could
result in rusting in reinforcement
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Answer / arun kumar sharma
cover is provide because the steel get croded due to
atmospic conditions and it get rusted thats why steel is
provided
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Answer / raviteja
If a minimum cover say 50mm is not provide, the reinforcement
will directly exposed to to outer atmosphere which leads to
corrosion of steel
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Answer / pandu
If cover is not provided the reinforcement will expose to
atmosphere due to this the steel may get corrosion leading
this the structure may fail.
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Answer / sachin
Covers is provided for not to expose rainforcement otherwise it will start corrosion in it also it is for fire resistance to the rebars.
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Answer / siva naik
in order to reduce the exposing of steel to atmosphere and
to get strength to the concreate
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Answer / kosygin
what ever leave rusting and corrosion... water moisture..
cover r provided for better bonds with concrete..
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Answer / vijay
If the covers are not provided as required the strength of
the slab will be decreased by 20% to 30%
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