[Towertalk] Pouring base of tower

[richard@karlquist.com (Richard Karlquist)]

> [mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Chuck Lewis
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Pouring base of tower
> 
> and the two 
> chunks of concrete
> are being pulled apart. Now there might indeed be an epoxy 
> or similar
> compound or a rebar configuration which will give the two 
> pours the tensile
> strength of a single pour, but you need to ask the question 
> relative to a


Yes, but the tensile strength of concrete is very low
< 1000 PSI.  The rebar provides most of the strength anyway even 
in a monolithic pour.

Rick Karlquist    N6RK
richard@karlquist.com
www.n6rk.com
www.karlquist.com