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Item Crack width

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Tayeb.kazemi@stskconsulting.co.uk

10-May-07 Tayeb Kazemi

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BS 5400 pt 4 C.L. 5.8.8.2

Crack width

w=
acr

3acr e m 1 + 2(acr - cnom ) /( h - d c )

is distance from the point (crack) considered to the surface of the nearest bar which controls the crack width; Cnom is the required nominal cover dc is the depth of the concrete in compression (if dc is 0 use BS5400 Pt 4 Eq. 26) h is the overall depth em is the calculated strain at the level where cracking is being considered, allowing for the stiffening effect of the concrete in the tension zone;

e m = e1 - [

Mq 3.8bt h(a'-d c ) ][(1 )10-9 ] e s As (h - dc ) Mg

e1

but shall not be greater than

e1 is the calculated strain at the level where cracking is being considered, ignoring stiffening of the concrete in the tension zone; bt is the width of the section at the level of the centroid of the tension steel; a' is the distance from the compression face to the point at which the crack width is being calculated; Mg is the moment at the section considered due to permanent loads ; Mq is the moment at the section considered due to live loads; es is the calculated strain in the tension reinforcement, ignoring the stiffening effect of the concrete in the tension zone; As is the area of tension reinforcement b Mg = Mq = Ec = Ec = Es = b Bar spacing Bar dia. Cnom Cover Thickness a' 47.4 164.6 30.8 27.36 205 1000 150 25 45 76 500 469 KNm KNm kN/mm Short term KN/mm Intermediate value KN/mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm (equals h unless cover is more than nominal) 82 mm

x d

acr

S 2 bar.dia 2 bar.dia ) + (C + ) = 2 2 2

m = Es / Ec

205 /

27.4 =

7.5

Taking first moment of area about the neutral axis

bx 2 = As m ( d - x ) 2
As = 3272.49 mm

x =

119.64 mm (dc)

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-173.9 Not acceptable

Stress =
Second moment of area

My Mm(d - x / 3) = I I
2

I = I '+ I ' '+ A1 d 1

I Stress(steel) =
2.1E+08 x

3.13E+09 mm4 40 ) = 188.79 N/mm

7.5 x( 412 3.1E+09 188.79 x( 205000 x( 469 412 -

e1 =
em = w =

s (a'-x) = Es (d - x)
1.10E-03

119.64 ) 119.64 )

0.0011

0.22703 mm

Allowable crack width = 0.25 mm 0.22703 < 0.25 O.K.