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Immature concrete cracks

BA 24/87
Bs8007 Grade of concrete =
appendix A.2 Direct tensile strength of conrete (3days)
f
ct =
Bs5337 Bar Type = Deformed 2
Bs8007
f
b =
Table A.1
f
ct/
f
b =
Bar diameter =
R/F spacing s =
b =
A
s =
Slab/wall thickness
h
0 =
Type of slab = suspended slab
BS8007 both side h same = not contact ground
Fig A.2 h =
=
S
max =
Shrinkage strain

cs =

ult =
Average concrete strain

ult
/2
=
Bs8110-2 Thermal expansion of mature concrete =
m per
o
C
Fig 7.3 Thermal expansion of immature concrete =
m per
o
C
Hydration peak-mean ambient
T
1 = 69-30
mean-minimum ambient
T
2 =
Fig A.3 Restraint factor R =
bs8007
Thermal strain

te =
w
max
/s
max =
w
max =
0.5 0.5
234
mm
39
0
C
0
C
0
2
40
1.59 N/mm
2
12 mm
905 mm
2
2.40 N/mm
2
0.66
1
250 mm
1000 mm
1
100
200
0.0036
1096
6
100
12
0.257 mm
234
1000 mm
125 mm
PLS CHECK GRADE??????

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