Reinforced concrete design is linked to materials in the categories Concrete and Reinforcing steel that are necessary to create in the model. How to define materials and access the extensive library is described in the chapters Materials and Material Library of the RFEM manual.
The following subchapters explain the special features of the “Concrete” and “Reinforcing Steel” material categories, including
- Material models,
- Creep and shrinkage, and
- Design settings.