Resistencia Del Acero De Refuerzo Que Ha Sido Utilizado En La Construcción, Obtenido En Las Figuradoras De Hierro Del Barrio México De La Ciudad De Bogotá

Abstract

In diferent neighborhood of Ciudad Bolivar locality, there is a growing market of steel structural reinforcement from all the contry, wich was recovered from demolition and suitable for sale in centers known as iron´s ''Fixers'', or junkyards. The material is sold very cheaply and used again in the construction of homes, and buyers have no guarantee of quality of the material they purchased. Although the characteristics of reinforcing steel recovered from buildings has been investigated in recent years, it is necessary to specifically know the status of the material for sale, so you can compare with the required material in accordance with NTC and NSR10, to be used as structural reinforcement material in concrete.