Wood Concrete

When we say R. Concrete we mean concrete reinforced with steel and the name Wood Concrete may sound fantastic. The idea of wood-concrete originated from the use of concrete for many years in conjunction with timber piles for the construction of sea coast and river works. Concrete served the purpose of protecting the wood from decay and from the ravages of wood boring insects. In harbour works in America the common practice adopted is to place concrete round previously driven piles within thin timber boxing or earthen ware sewer pipes. When timber boxing is used timber is soon eaten away but the concrete remains to protect the piles. Wharves have been built in Australia by driving piles and encasing them in a concrete wall. In Roehampton wharf this method was adopted and found to answer well, and the adhesion between concrete and timber was very good. When it appeared that such method was effective but costly as the concrete was used only to protect the timber and it seemed that it should be possible to combine the two materials and utilized to their greatest advantage or in other words to reinforce concrete by timber rods embedded in it, George O Case carried out large number of experiments.