Reinforced Concrete
Concrete strengthened with embedded iron or steel reinforcement so the composite carries both compression and tensile stresses.
Core metadata
- ID: reinforced_concrete
- Era: Industrial
- First known date: 1867 (exact)
- Region: Paris, France / Joseph Monier patent and Paris Exposition
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
- Concrete (concrete)
- Classical Monumental Construction (construction)
- Steel Production (steel_production)
Dependents
- Nuclear Power (nuclear_power)
- Reinforced Concrete Structures (reinforced_concrete_structures)
- Skyscrapers (skyscrapers)
Fields
Field lanes
- Civil Engineering & Built Environment: Construction Materials
Node sources
- Joseph Monier (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 80%
- Prerequisite sources: 3
- expert_inference: 1
- textbook: 2
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete (concrete) | required | 90% | textbook | The scoped technology is concrete strengthened by embedded reinforcement. |
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| Steel Production (steel_production) | required | 84% | textbook | Monier's method used iron-wire reinforcement; steel/iron production supplies the tensile reinforcement lineage. |
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| Classical Monumental Construction (construction) | commercial_or_scaling_dependency | 66% | expert_inference | The method rapidly moved from tubs and basins into building and civil works, making construction practice the scaling context. |
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