Assertion: pile | /r/HasProperty | reinforced
Facets:
value: usually
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: If the pile is un-reinforced and uncased, the pile can fail in tension if there acts and uplifting force.
text: The piles are reinforced to avoid formation of cracks due to rough handling or shrinkage stresses.
text: In, reinforcing the tips of some of the piles improves the performance, but usually, only every other pile is reinforced, so that the non-reinforced piles (2 and 4 in the picture below) shall never be driven deeper than the reinforced ones.
text: In case the pile is required to be reinforced, the reinforcement cage is lowered into the steel tube prior to the pouring of concrete.