Shrinkage strain calculation and creep effects based on "Prediction of creep, shrinkage, and temperature effects in concrete structures"

- ACI 209R-92
Material Properties
f'c
f't (direct tensile strength)
30
1.85
MPa
MPa ACI 209R-92 - Eqn. 2-4
Effects of creep, shrinkage, and
Ec 25743
500
MPa
MPa
temperature in concrete slabs
fy
Es 200000 MPa
n 7.77
alpha 0.00001 C Spreadsheet version 1.00
Temperature range 20.0 C Based on AE spreadheet
T 10.0 C
Thickness 250 mm
Type Elevated Slab Table 2.5.4 Correction factors for Relative Humidity Table 2.5.3 Shrinkage correction factors for initial moist curing Steps for Considering Shrinkage and Thermal Effects

Relative
Correction factors for relative humidity Moist curing
humidity Creep Shrinkage
duration (days)
Shrinkage CP Correction factor for initial curing CP
(%) 1. Determine Relevant Material Properties
Shrinkage Effects (ACI 209R-92) 0% 1 1 1.2 1 1.2 Type of Cement
1.4
Ultimate strain 0.00078 (2-6) 40% 1 1 3 1.1 Type of Aggregate
7 days 50% 0.94 0.9 1 Strength of Concrete
Initial moist curing duration 7 1
Table 2.5.3 60% 0.87 0.8 1.2 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
Curing correction factor 1 0.8 14 0.93
Relative humidity 60% 70% 0.8 0.7 28 0.86
0.6 1 2. Determine Environment Properties
Humidity correction factor #VALUE! Table 2.5.4 80% 0.73 0.6 Creep 90 0.75 Ambient Temperature Range
90% 0.67 0.3 0.4 Relative Humidity
100% 0.6 0 0.8
0.2
Creep Effects (ACI 209R-92) 3. Determine Shrinkage with ACI 209R-92
Creep Factor 2.35 (2-6) 0 0.6
Days
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Humidity correction factor #VALUE! Table 2.5.4 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 4. Determine Creep Coefficient with ACI 209R-92

5. Determine methods to reduce or eliminate restraint during early shrinkage

Shrinkage Equivalent Creep
Total temp Consider length of time
Days Strain (sh)t temperature
C factor vt Shrinkage Strain (sh)t Pour strips
change C 12.000000 Pour outward from sources of restraint such as cores.
Volume 250 mm3 (2-9) (2-8) Note: Reducing shrinkage does not reduce reinforcing required unless shrinkage is
Surface 2 mm2 0 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 10.000000 less than tensile strength of concrete.
v/s 125 7 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
14 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 8.000000 6. Determine Steel required to control crack width.
Creep 0.71 (2-21a) Determine maximum acceptable crack width
28 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000000 Determine acceptable steel to control crack width, primary variables are cover,
Shrinkage 0.67 (2-22a) 56 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! spacing, and size of bar.
100 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! Note: Adding steel does not eliminate cracking. Steel controls crack width. Instead
Factored creep #VALUE! 500 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 4.000000
of one large crack, many small cracks form.
Factored shrinkage #VALUE! 1000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
5000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 2.000000 Resources
Corrected ultimate strain #VALUE! 10000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ACI 209R-92
0.000000 "Control of Flexural Cracking in Reinforced concrete" R. Ian Gilbert ACI Structural
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 Journal May-June 2008
"Shrinkage Cracking in Fully Restrained Concrete Members" R. Ian Gilbert ACI
Length 50 m Structural Journal March-April 1992
ACI 224R-01 -Table 4.1 Guide to reasonable* crack widths, reinforced concrete under
These two methods consider either direct tension cracking, or flexural cracking with
Time to restraint 28 days service loads
shrinkage.
Flexural cracking with shrinkage is effectively a modified method to add direct
Restraint Temperature #VALUE! C Crack width tension cracking to flexural cracking. There is some debate whether these truly need
Exposure condition
10,000 day temperature #VALUE! C (mm) to be additive.
Total Temperature #VALUE! C Dry air or protective membrane 0.41
Equivalent Imposed Strain #VALUE! Humidity, moist air, soil 0.3
Creep Coefficient #VALUE! Deicing chemicals 0.18
Seawater and seawater spray, wetting & drying 0.15 Spreadsheet version 1.00
Linear Elastic Restraint Calculations Water-retaining structures 0.1 Based on AE spreadheet
Fully Restrained
Stress (MPa) #VALUE! * It should be expected that a portion of the cracks in the structure will exceed these
Design Strain #VALUE! values. With time, a significant portion can exceed these values. These are general
Fully Released guidelines for design to be used in conjunction with sound engineering judgement.
Shortening (mm) #VALUE!
Design Strain 0.000000
Cracking calculation based on "Shrinkage Cracking in Fully Restrained Concrete Members" by R. Ian Gilbert - March-April 1992 ACI Structural Journal

w vs. restrain Design Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted Conc. Stress Avg. Conc. Quantity of
12.000 Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag Approx so C1 Ncr s C2 N stress s2* stress s1* stress c1* Crack width
Strain Mod. E'c Modular Ratio, c1 Stress cracks
Restrain Th Bar n*
Eqn. 1 Eqn. 22 Eqn. 6 Eqn. 12 Eqn. 9 Eqn. 19 Eqn. 28 Eqn. 27 Eqn. 16 Eqn. 25 Eqn. 17 Eqn. 15 Eqn. 23 Eqn. 30
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa MPa MPa mm m MPa MPa MPa mm
100% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000
95% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
90% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
85% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
80% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000 75% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
70% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
65% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
60% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000 55% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
45% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
40% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
35% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 Crack 30% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
width 25% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 20% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
15% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 10% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
5% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
0% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000
Custom restrain
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
50% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

w vs. reinf spacing Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag

Design
Approx so
Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted
C1 Ncr
Conc. Stress Avg. Conc.
s
Quantity of
C2 N stress s2* stress s1* stress c1* Crack width
12.000 Strain Mod. E'c Modular Ratio, c1 Stress cracks
Restrain Th Bar n*
Eqn. 1 Eqn. 22 Eqn. 6 Eqn. 12 Eqn. 9 Eqn. 19 Eqn. 28 Eqn. 27 Eqn. 16 Eqn. 25 Eqn. 17 Eqn. 15 Eqn. 23 Eqn. 30
10.000 mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa MPa MPa mm m MPa MPa MPa mm
50% 250 25 50 491 19,635 250,000 7.85% #VALUE! 32 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000425 462,348 1.850 1.851 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 250 25 75 491 13,090 250,000 5.24% #VALUE! 48 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000637 461,849 1.849 1.850 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000 50% 250 25 100 491 9,817 250,000 3.93% #VALUE! 64 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000850 461,190 1.846 1.849 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 250 25 125 491 7,854 250,000 3.14% #VALUE! 80 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001062 460,374 1.843 1.847 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Crack 50% 250 25 150 491 6,545 250,000 2.62% #VALUE! 95 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001275 459,401 1.840 1.846 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000
width 50% 250 25 175 491 5,610 250,000 2.24% #VALUE! 111 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001488 458,274 1.836 1.844 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
200 50% 250 25 200 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 50% 250 25 225 491 4,363 250,000 1.75% #VALUE! 143 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001914 455,565 1.826 1.839 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 250 25 250 491 3,927 250,000 1.57% #VALUE! 159 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002127 453,990 1.820 1.836 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 250 25 275 491 3,570 250,000 1.43% #VALUE! 175 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002340 452,270 1.813 1.832 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 50% 250 25 300 491 3,272 250,000 1.31% #VALUE! 191 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002553 450,409 1.806 1.829 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000
Custom reinforcement spacing
25 75 125 175 225 275 325 375 250 200
50% 25 491 4,909 250,000 1.96% #VALUE! 127 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001701 456,994 1.831 1.841 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Cracking calculation based on "Control of Flexural Cracking in Reinforced Concrete" by R. Ian Gilbert - May-June 2008 ACI Structural Journal
Design moments
Service 445 kN.m

Concrete
Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted Allowable
w Design Possible Depth Possible Depth Depth to NA, Crack Area, Actual Steel Actual crack Acceptable
w vs.
vs. restrain
restrain Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag
Strain
Cover Mod., E'c (EQN Modular Ratio,
22) nbar
d
to NA 1, c1 to NA 2, c2 c (c1 or c2)
Icr
Act (EQN Reinf. Ratio
to Act, rhotc
s*
Stress, fa width crack width
Service Steel
Stress, fs
Service
Ratio (fa/fs)
12.000 Restrain Th Bar 1)
12.000
Eqn. 22 Eqn. 8.6c Eqn. 8-7 Eqn. 1 Eqn. 8 Eqn. 9
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa mm mm mm mm mm4 mm2 mm MPa mm mm MPa
100% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000
10.000 95% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
90% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
85% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
80% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000 75% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
70% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
65% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
60% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
55% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000
6.000 50% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
45% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
40% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
35% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000
4.000 30% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Crack 25% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Crack
Width 20% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Width
75% 15% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 75%
2.000 10% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
5% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000
0.0000% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Custom restrain
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 75% 250 16 200 201 1,005 250,000 0.40% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 217 50.41 -66.03 50.41 2.59E+08 99,794 0.01007 264.71 2,220 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Shrinkage strain calculation and creep effects based on "Prediction of creep, shrinkage, and temperature effects in concrete structures" - ACI 209R-92
Material Properties
f'c
f't (direct tensile strength)
30
1.85
MPa
MPa ACI 209R-92 - Eqn. 2-4
Effects of creep, shrinkage, and
Ec 25743
500
MPa
MPa
temperature in concrete slabs
fy
Es 200000 MPa
n 7.77
alpha 0.00001 C Spreadsheet version 1.00
Temperature range 10.0 C Based on AE spreadheet
T 5.0 C
Thickness 300 mm
Type Foundation Mat Table 2.5.4 Correction factors for Relative Humidity Table 2.5.3 Shrinkage correction factors for initial moist curing Steps for Considering Shrinkage and Thermal Effects

Relative
Moist curing
humidity Creep Shrinkage Correction factors for relative humidity duration (days)
Shrinkage CP
Correction factor for initial curing CP
(%) 1. Determine Relevant Material Properties
Shrinkage Effects (ACI 209R-92) 0% 1 1 1 1.2 Type of Cement
1.2 1.4
Ultimate strain 0.00078 (2-6) 40% 1 1 3 1.1 Type of Aggregate
Initial moist curing duration 7 days 50% 0.94 0.9 1 7 1 Strength of Concrete
Curing correction factor 1 Table 2.5.3 60% 0.87 0.8 14 0.93 1.2 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
0.8
Relative humidity 60% 70% 0.8 0.7 28 0.86
0.6 1 2. Determine Environment Properties
Humidity correction factor #VALUE! Table 2.5.4 80% 0.73 0.6 Creep 90 0.75 Ambient Temperature Range
90% 0.67 0.3 0.4 Relative Humidity
100% 0.6 0 0.8
Creep Effects (ACI 209R-92) 0.2
3. Determine Shrinkage with ACI 209R-92
Creep Factor 2.35 (2-6) 0 0.6
#VALUE! Table 2.5.4 Days
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 4. Determine Creep Coefficient with ACI 209R-92
Humidity correction factor 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
5. Determine methods to reduce or eliminate restraint during early shrinkage
Shrinkage Equivalent Creep
Total temp Consider length of time
Days Strain (sh)t temperature factor vt Shrinkage Strain (sh)t
C Pour strips
change C
12.000000 Pour outward from sources of restraint such as cores.
Volume 300 mm3 (2-9) (2-8) Note: Reducing shrinkage does not reduce reinforcing required unless shrinkage is
Surface 1 mm2 0 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 10.000000 less than tensile strength of concrete.
v/s 300 7 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
14 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 8.000000 6. Determine Steel required to control crack width.
Creep 0.66 (2-21a) Determine maximum acceptable crack width
28 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Determine acceptable steel to control crack width, primary variables are cover,
Shrinkage 0.29 (2-22a) 56 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 6.000000 spacing, and size of bar.
100 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! Note: Adding steel does not eliminate cracking. Steel controls crack width. Instead
Factored creep #VALUE! 500 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 4.000000 of one large crack, many small cracks form.
Factored shrinkage #VALUE! 1000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
5000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 2.000000 Resources
Corrected ultimate strain #VALUE! 10000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ACI 209R-92
0.000000 "Control of Flexural Cracking in Reinforced concrete" R. Ian Gilbert ACI Structural
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 Journal May-June 2008
"Shrinkage Cracking in Fully Restrained Concrete Members" R. Ian Gilbert ACI
Length 12 m Structural Journal March-April 1992
ACI 224R-01 -Table 4.1 Guide to reasonable* crack widths, reinforced concrete under
These two methods consider either direct tension cracking, or flexural cracking with
Time to restraint 28 days service loads
shrinkage.
Flexural cracking with shrinkage is effectively a modified method to add direct
Restraint Temperature #VALUE! C Crack width tension cracking to flexural cracking. There is some debate whether these truly need
Exposure condition
10,000 day temperature #VALUE! C (mm) to be additive.
Total Temperature #VALUE! C Dry air or protective membrane 0.41
Equivalent Imposed Strain #VALUE! Humidity, moist air, soil 0.3
Creep Coefficient #VALUE! Deicing chemicals 0.18
Seawater and seawater spray, wetting & drying 0.15 Spreadsheet version 1.00
Linear Elastic Restraint Calculations Water-retaining structures 0.1 Based on AE spreadheet
Fully Restrained
Stress (MPa) #VALUE! * It should be expected that a portion of the cracks in the structure will exceed these
Design Strain #VALUE! values. With time, a significant portion can exceed these values. These are general
Fully Released guidelines for design to be used in conjunction with sound engineering judgement.
Shortening (mm) #VALUE!
Design Strain 0.000000
Cracking calculation based on "Shrinkage Cracking in Fully Restrained Concrete Members" by R. Ian Gilbert - March-April 1992 ACI Structural Journal

w vs. restrain Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag

Design
Approx so
Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted
C1 Ncr
Conc. Stress Avg. Conc.
s
Quantity of
C2 N stress s2* stress s1* stress c1* Crack width
Strain Mod. E'c Modular Ratio, c1 Stress cracks
12.000 Restrain Th Bar n*
Eqn. 1 Eqn. 22 Eqn. 6 Eqn. 12 Eqn. 9 Eqn. 19 Eqn. 28 Eqn. 27 Eqn. 16 Eqn. 25 Eqn. 17 Eqn. 15 Eqn. 23 Eqn. 30
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa MPa MPa mm m MPa MPa MPa mm
100% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000 95% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
90% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
85% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
80% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
75% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000
70% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
65% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
60% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
55% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000 50% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
45% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
40% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
35% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 30% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Crack
25% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
width
20% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50%
15% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
10% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 5% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
0% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000 Custom restrain

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 50% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

Design Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted Conc. Stress Avg. Conc. Quantity of
w vs. reinf spacing Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag
Strain
Approx so
Mod. E'c Modular Ratio,
C1 Ncr
c1 Stress
s
cracks
C2 N stress s2* stress s1* stress c1* Crack width
12.000 Restrain Th Bar n*
Eqn. 1 Eqn. 22 Eqn. 6 Eqn. 12 Eqn. 9 Eqn. 19 Eqn. 28 Eqn. 27 Eqn. 16 Eqn. 25 Eqn. 17 Eqn. 15 Eqn. 23 Eqn. 30
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa MPa MPa mm m MPa MPa MPa mm
10.000
50% 300 16 50 201 8,042 300,000 2.68% #VALUE! 60 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.003327 544,923 1.822 1.837 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 300 16 75 201 5,362 300,000 1.79% #VALUE! 90 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.004998 533,565 1.787 1.819 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000 50% 300 16 100 201 4,021 300,000 1.34% #VALUE! 119 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006676 518,724 1.741 1.796 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 300 16 125 201 3,217 300,000 1.07% #VALUE! 149 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.008359 500,987 1.684 1.768 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 300 16 150 201 2,681 300,000 0.89% #VALUE! 179 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.010047 480,998 1.619 1.735 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000 Crack 50% 300 16 175 201 2,298 300,000 0.77% #VALUE! 209 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.011741 459,402 1.549 1.700 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
width
50% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
200
50% 300 16 225 201 1,787 300,000 0.60% #VALUE! 269 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.015147 413,764 1.400 1.626 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 300
50% 16 250 201 1,608 300,000 0.54% #VALUE! 298 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.016858 390,724 1.324 1.588 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 300 16 275 201 1,462 300,000 0.49% #VALUE! 328 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.018575 368,061 1.250 1.551 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 50% 300 16 300 201 1,340 300,000 0.45% #VALUE! 358 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.020298 346,058 1.177 1.514 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000 Custom reinforcement spacing

25 75 125 175 225 275 325 375 50% 300 16 200 201 2,011 300,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.013441 436,810 1.476 1.664 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Cracking calculation based on "Control of Flexural Cracking in Reinforced Concrete" by R. Ian Gilbert - May-June 2008 ACI Structural Journal
Design moments
Service 445 kN.m

Concrete
Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted Allowable
Design Possible Depth Possible Depth Depth to NA, Crack Area, Actual Steel Actual crack Acceptable
w
w vs.
vs. restrain
restrain
Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag
Strain
Cover Mod., E'c (EQN Modular Ratio, d
to NA 1, c1 to NA 2, c2 c (c1 or c2)
Icr
Act (EQN Reinf. Ratio
s*
Stress, fa width crack width
Service Steel Service
12.000 Restrain Th Bar 22) nbar to Act, rhotc Stress, fs Ratio (fa/fs)
12.000 1)
Eqn. 22 Eqn. 8.6c Eqn. 8-7 Eqn. 1 Eqn. 8 Eqn. 9
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa mm mm mm mm mm4 mm2 mm MPa mm mm MPa
100% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000 95% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000
90% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
85% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
80% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
75% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000
70% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
65% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
60% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
55% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000
6.000 50% 300 #VALUE!
16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE!
45% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
40% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
35% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 30% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000
25% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Crack
Crack
Width 20% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Width
75% 15% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 75% 10% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000
5% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000
0.0000% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Custom restrain
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 75% 300 16 200 201 1,005 300,000 0.34% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 267 56.77 -72.39 56.77 4.06E+08 121,614 0.00827 322.59 1,789 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Shrinkage strain calculation and creep effects based on "Prediction of creep, shrinkage, and temperature effects in concrete structures" - ACI 209R-92
Material Properties
f'c
f't (direct tensile strength)
35
2.00
MPa
MPa ACI 209R-92 - Eqn. 2-4
Effects of creep, shrinkage, and
Ec 27806
420
MPa
MPa
temperature in concrete slabs
fy
Es 200000 MPa
n 7.19
alpha 0.00001 C Spreadsheet version 1.00
Temperature range 20.0 C Based on AE spreadheet
T 10.0 C
Thickness 1500 mm
Type Foundation Mat Table 2.5.4 Correction factors for Relative Humidity Table 2.5.3 Shrinkage correction factors for initial moist curing Steps for Considering Shrinkage and Thermal Effects

Relative
Creep Shrinkage Moist curing Shrinkage CP
humidity Correction factor for initial curing CP
duration (days)
(%) 1. Determine Relevant Material Properties
Shrinkage Effects (ACI 209R-92) 0% 1 1 1 1.2 Type of Cement
Ultimate strain 0.00078 (2-6) 40% 1 1 3 1.1 1.4 Type of Aggregate
Initial moist curing duration 7 days 50% 0.94 0.9 7 1 Strength of Concrete
Curing correction factor 1 Table 2.5.3 60% 0.87 0.8 14 0.93 1.2 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
Relative humidity 60% 70% 0.8 0.7 28 0.86
1 2. Determine Environment Properties
Humidity correction factor #VALUE! Table 2.5.4 80% 0.73 0.6 90 0.75 Ambient Temperature Range
90% 0.67 0.3 Shrinkage Strain (sh)t Relative Humidity
100% 0.6 0 12.000000 0.8
Creep Effects (ACI 209R-92) 3. Determine Shrinkage with ACI 209R-92
Creep Factor 2.35 (2-6) 10.000000 0.6
#VALUE! Table 2.5.4 Days
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 4. Determine Creep Coefficient with ACI 209R-92
Humidity correction factor
8.000000
5. Determine methods to reduce or eliminate restraint during early shrinkage
Shrinkage Equivalent Creep6.000000
Total temp Consider length of time
Days Strain (sh)t temperature factor vt
C Pour strips
change C
4.000000 Pour outward from sources of restraint such as cores.
Volume 1500 mm3 (2-9) (2-8) Note: Reducing shrinkage does not reduce reinforcing required unless shrinkage is
Surface 1 mm2 0 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! less than tensile strength of concrete.
2.000000
v/s 1500 7 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
14 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 6. Determine Steel required to control crack width.
0.000000 Determine maximum acceptable crack width
Creep 0.66 (2-21a) 28 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 Determine acceptable steel to control crack width, primary variables are cover,
Shrinkage 0.20 (2-22a) 56 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! spacing, and size of bar.
100 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! Note: Adding steel does not eliminate cracking. Steel controls crack width. Instead
Factored creep #VALUE! 500 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! of one large crack, many small cracks form.
Factored shrinkage #VALUE! 1000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
5000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! Resources
Corrected ultimate strain
Correction factors for relative humidity ACI 209R-92
#VALUE! 10000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
"Control of Flexural Cracking in Reinforced concrete" R. Ian Gilbert ACI Structural
1.2 Journal May-June 2008
"Shrinkage Cracking in Fully Restrained Concrete Members" R. Ian Gilbert ACI
1 Structural Journal March-April 1992
Length 245 m ACI 224R-01 -Table 4.1 Guide to reasonable* crack widths, reinforced concrete under
0.8 These two methods consider either direct tension cracking, or flexural cracking with
Time to restraint 28 days service loads
shrinkage.
0.6 Flexural cracking with shrinkage is effectively a modified method to add direct
Restraint Temperature #VALUE! C Crack width Creep tension cracking to flexural cracking. There is some debate whether these truly need
Exposure condition 0.4
10,000 day temperature #VALUE! C (mm) to be additive.
Total Temperature #VALUE! C Dry air or protective membrane 0.41 0.2
Equivalent Imposed Strain #VALUE! Humidity, moist air, soil 0.3
Creep Coefficient #VALUE! Deicing chemicals 0.18 0
Seawater and seawater spray, wetting & drying 0.15 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Spreadsheet version 1.00
Linear Elastic Restraint Calculations Water-retaining structures 0.1 Based on AE spreadheet
Fully Restrained
Stress (MPa) #VALUE! * It should be expected that a portion of the cracks in the structure will exceed these
Design Strain #VALUE! values. With time, a significant portion can exceed these values. These are general
Fully Released guidelines for design to be used in conjunction with sound engineering judgement.
Shortening (mm) #VALUE!
Design Strain 0.000000
Cracking calculation based on "Shrinkage Cracking in Fully Restrained Concrete Members" by R. Ian Gilbert - March-April 1992 ACI Structural Journal

w vs. restrain Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag

Design
Approx so
Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted
C1 Ncr
Conc. Stress Avg. Conc.
s
Quantity of
C2 N stress s2* stress s1* stress c1* Crack width
Strain Mod. E'c Modular Ratio, c1 Stress cracks
12.000 Restrain Th Bar n*
Eqn. 1 Eqn. 22 Eqn. 6 Eqn. 12 Eqn. 9 Eqn. 19 Eqn. 28 Eqn. 27 Eqn. 16 Eqn. 25 Eqn. 17 Eqn. 15 Eqn. 23 Eqn. 30
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa MPa MPa mm m MPa MPa MPa mm
100% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000 95% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
90% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
85% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
80% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
75% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000
70% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
65% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
60% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
55% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000 50% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
45% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
40% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
35% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 30% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Crack
25% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
width
20% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50%
15% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
10% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 5% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
0% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000 Custom restrain

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 50% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

Design Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted Conc. Stress Avg. Conc. Quantity of
w vs. reinf spacing Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag
Strain
Approx so
Mod. E'c Modular Ratio,
C1 Ncr
c1 Stress
s
cracks
C2 N stress s2* stress s1* stress c1* Crack width
12.000 Restrain Th Bar n*
Eqn. 1 Eqn. 22 Eqn. 6 Eqn. 12 Eqn. 9 Eqn. 19 Eqn. 28 Eqn. 27 Eqn. 16 Eqn. 25 Eqn. 17 Eqn. 15 Eqn. 23 Eqn. 30
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa MPa MPa mm m MPa MPa MPa mm
10.000
50% 1500 12 50 113 4,524 1,500,000 0.30% #VALUE! 398 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001084 2,854,024 1.905 1.952 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 1500 12 75 113 3,016 1,500,000 0.20% #VALUE! 597 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001627 2,692,487 1.798 1.899 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000 50% 1500 12 100 113 2,262 1,500,000 0.15% #VALUE! 796 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002170 2,495,102 1.667 1.833 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 1500 12 125 113 1,810 1,500,000 0.12% #VALUE! 995 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002714 2,280,293 1.524 1.762 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 1500 12 150 113 1,508 1,500,000 0.10% #VALUE! 1,194 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.003259 2,063,208 1.380 1.690 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000 Crack 50% 1500 12 175 113 1,293 1,500,000 0.09% #VALUE! 1,393 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.003804 1,854,513 1.241 1.620 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
width
50% 1500 12 200 113 1,131 1,500,000 0.08% #VALUE! 1,592 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.004350 1,660,626 1.112 1.556 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
200
50% 1500 12 225 113 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 1,790 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.004896 1,484,631 0.995 1.497 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 1500
50% 12 250 113 905 1,500,000 0.06% #VALUE! 1,989 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.005443 1,327,324 0.890 1.445 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 1500 12 275 113 823 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,188 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.005990 1,188,101 0.797 1.398 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 50% 1500 12 300 113 754 1,500,000 0.05% #VALUE! 2,387 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.006539 1,065,607 0.715 1.357 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000 Custom reinforcement spacing

25 75 125 175 225 275 325 375 50% 1500 12 200 113 1,131 1,500,000 0.08% #VALUE! 1,592 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.004350 1,660,626 1.112 1.556 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Cracking calculation based on "Control of Flexural Cracking in Reinforced Concrete" by R. Ian Gilbert - May-June 2008 ACI Structural Journal
Design moments
Service 445 kN.m

Concrete
Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted Allowable
Design Possible Depth Possible Depth Depth to NA, Crack Area, Actual Steel Actual crack Acceptable
w
w vs.
vs. restrain
restrain
Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag
Strain
Cover Mod., E'c (EQN Modular Ratio, d
to NA 1, c1 to NA 2, c2 c (c1 or c2)
Icr
Act (EQN Reinf. Ratio
s*
Stress, fa width crack width
Service Steel Service
12.000 Restrain Th Bar 22) nbar to Act, rhotc Stress, fs Ratio (fa/fs)
12.000 1)
Eqn. 22 Eqn. 8.6c Eqn. 8-7 Eqn. 1 Eqn. 8 Eqn. 9
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa mm mm mm mm mm4 mm2 mm MPa mm mm MPa
100% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000 95% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000
90% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
85% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
80% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
75% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000
70% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
65% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
60% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
55% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000
6.000 50% 1,500 #VALUE!
16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE!
45% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
40% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
35% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 30% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000
25% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Crack
Crack
Width 20% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Width
75% 15% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 75% 10% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000
5% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000
0.0000% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Custom restrain
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 75% 1,500 16 200 201 1,005 1,500,000 0.07% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,467 138.43 -152.89 138.43 1.36E+10 680,787 0.00148 ### 312 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Shrinkage strain calculation and creep effects based on "Prediction of creep, shrinkage, and temperature effects in concrete structures" - ACI 209R-92
Material Properties
f'c
f't (direct tensile strength)
50
2.39
MPa
MPa ACI 209R-92 - Eqn. 2-4
Effects of creep, shrinkage, and
Ec 33234
420
MPa
MPa
temperature in concrete slabs
fy
Es 200000 MPa
n 6.02
alpha 0.00001 C Spreadsheet version 1.00
Temperature range 1000.0 C Based on AE spreadheet
T 10.0 C
Thickness 300 mm
Type Elevated Slab Table 2.5.4 Correction factors for Relative Humidity Table 2.5.3 Shrinkage correction factors for initial moist curing Steps for Considering Shrinkage and Thermal Effects
No allowance for temp influences, slump, cement or air content.
Relative
Moist curing
humidity Creep Shrinkage Correction factors for relative humidity duration (days)
Shrinkage CP
Correction factor for initial curing CP
(%) 1. Determine Relevant Material Properties
Shrinkage Effects (ACI 209R-92) 0% 1 1 1 1.2 Type of Cement
1.2 1.4
Ultimate strain 0.00078 (2-6) 40% 1 1 3 1.1 Type of Aggregate
Initial moist curing duration 7 days 50% 0.94 0.9 1 7 1 Strength of Concrete
Curing correction factor 1 Table 2.5.3 60% 0.87 0.8 14 0.93 1.2 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
0.8
Relative humidity 60% 70% 0.8 0.7 28 0.86
0.6 1 2. Determine Environment Properties
Humidity correction factor #VALUE! Table 2.5.4 80% 0.73 0.6 Creep 90 0.75 Ambient Temperature Range
90% 0.67 0.3 0.4 Relative Humidity
100% 0.6 0 0.8
Creep Effects (ACI 209R-92) 0.2
3. Determine Shrinkage with ACI 209R-92
Creep Factor 2.35 (2-6) 0 0.6
#VALUE! Table 2.5.4 Days
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 4. Determine Creep Coefficient with ACI 209R-92
Humidity correction factor 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
5. Determine methods to reduce or eliminate restraint during early shrinkage
Shrinkage Equivalent Creep
Total temp Consider length of time
Days Strain (sh)t temperature factor vt Shrinkage Strain (sh)t
C Pour strips
change C
12.000000 Pour outward from sources of restraint such as cores.
Volume 300 mm3 (2-9) (2-8) Note: Reducing shrinkage does not reduce reinforcing required unless shrinkage is
Surface 2 mm2 0 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 10.000000 less than tensile strength of concrete.
v/s 150 7 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
14 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 8.000000 6. Determine Steel required to control crack width.
Creep 0.69 (2-21a) Determine maximum acceptable crack width
28 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Determine acceptable steel to control crack width, primary variables are cover,
Shrinkage 0.59 (2-22a) 56 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 6.000000 spacing, and size of bar.
90 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! Note: Adding steel does not eliminate cracking. Steel controls crack width. Instead
Factored creep #VALUE! 1000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 4.000000 of one large crack, many small cracks form.
Factored shrinkage #VALUE! 2000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
3000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 2.000000 Resources
Corrected ultimate strain #VALUE! 10000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ACI 209R-92
0.000000 "Control of Flexural Cracking in Reinforced concrete" R. Ian Gilbert ACI Structural
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 Journal May-June 2008
"Shrinkage Cracking in Fully Restrained Concrete Members" R. Ian Gilbert ACI
Length 280 m Structural Journal March-April 1992
ACI 224R-01 -Table 4.1 Guide to reasonable* crack widths, reinforced concrete under
These two methods consider either direct tension cracking, or flexural cracking with
Time to restraint 28 days service loads
shrinkage.
Flexural cracking with shrinkage is effectively a modified method to add direct
Restraint Temperature #VALUE! C Crack width tension cracking to flexural cracking. There is some debate whether these truly need
Exposure condition
10,000 day temperature #VALUE! C (mm) to be additive.
Total Temperature #VALUE! C Dry air or protective membrane 0.41
Equivalent Imposed Strain #VALUE! Humidity, moist air, soil 0.3
Creep Coefficient #VALUE! Deicing chemicals 0.18
Seawater and seawater spray, wetting & drying 0.15 Spreadsheet version 1.00
Linear Elastic Restraint Calculations Water-retaining structures 0.1 Based on AE spreadheet
Fully Restrained
Stress (MPa) #VALUE! * It should be expected that a portion of the cracks in the structure will exceed these
Design Strain #VALUE! values. With time, a significant portion can exceed these values. These are general
Fully Released guidelines for design to be used in conjunction with sound engineering judgement.
Shortening (mm) #VALUE!
Design Strain 0.000000
Cracking calculation based on "Shrinkage Cracking in Fully Restrained Concrete Members" by R. Ian Gilbert - March-April 1992 ACI Structural Journal

w vs. restrain Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag

Design
Approx so
Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted
C1 Ncr
Conc. Stress Avg. Conc.
s
Quantity of
C2 N stress s2* stress s1* stress c1* Crack width
Strain Mod. E'c Modular Ratio, c1 Stress cracks
12.000 Restrain Th Bar n*
Eqn. 1 Eqn. 22 Eqn. 6 Eqn. 12 Eqn. 9 Eqn. 19 Eqn. 28 Eqn. 27 Eqn. 16 Eqn. 25 Eqn. 17 Eqn. 15 Eqn. 23 Eqn. 30
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa MPa MPa mm m MPa MPa MPa mm
100% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000 95% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
90% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
85% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
80% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
75% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000
70% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
65% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
60% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
55% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000 50% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
45% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
40% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
35% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 30% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Crack
25% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
width
20% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50%
15% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
10% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 5% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
0% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000 Custom restrain

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 50% 300 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

Design Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted Conc. Stress Avg. Conc. Quantity of
w vs. reinf spacing Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag
Strain
Approx so
Mod. E'c Modular Ratio,
C1 Ncr
c1 Stress
s
cracks
C2 N stress s2* stress s1* stress c1* Crack width
12.000 Restrain Th Bar n*
Eqn. 1 Eqn. 22 Eqn. 6 Eqn. 12 Eqn. 9 Eqn. 19 Eqn. 28 Eqn. 27 Eqn. 16 Eqn. 25 Eqn. 17 Eqn. 15 Eqn. 23 Eqn. 30
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa MPa MPa mm m MPa MPa MPa mm
10.000
50% 300 20 50 314 12,566 300,000 4.19% #VALUE! 48 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000114 716,664 2.389 2.390 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 300 20 75 314 8,378 300,000 2.79% #VALUE! 72 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000171 716,220 2.388 2.389 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000 50% 300 20 100 314 6,283 300,000 2.09% #VALUE! 95 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000227 715,615 2.386 2.388 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 300 20 125 314 5,027 300,000 1.68% #VALUE! 119 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000284 714,850 2.384 2.387 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 300 20 150 314 4,189 300,000 1.40% #VALUE! 143 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000341 713,927 2.381 2.385 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000 Crack 50% 300 20 175 314 3,590 300,000 1.20% #VALUE! 167 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000398 712,846 2.377 2.384 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
width
50% 300 20 200 314 3,142 300,000 1.05% #VALUE! 191 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000455 711,608 2.373 2.382 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
200
50% 300 20 225 314 2,793 300,000 0.93% #VALUE! 215 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000512 710,216 2.369 2.379 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 300
50% 20 250 314 2,513 300,000 0.84% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000569 708,672 2.364 2.377 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 300 20 275 314 2,285 300,000 0.76% #VALUE! 263 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000626 706,976 2.358 2.374 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 50% 300 20 300 314 2,094 300,000 0.70% #VALUE! 286 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000683 705,132 2.352 2.371 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000 Custom reinforcement spacing

25 75 125 175 225 275 325 375 50% 300 20 200 314 3,142 300,000 1.05% #VALUE! 191 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000455 711,608 2.373 2.382 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Cracking calculation based on "Control of Flexural Cracking in Reinforced Concrete" by R. Ian Gilbert - May-June 2008 ACI Structural Journal
Design moments
Service 445 kN.m

Concrete
Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted Allowable
Design Possible Depth Possible Depth Depth to NA, Crack Area, Actual Steel Actual crack Acceptable
w
w vs.
vs. restrain
restrain
Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag
Strain
Cover Mod., E'c (EQN Modular Ratio, d
to NA 1, c1 to NA 2, c2 c (c1 or c2)
Icr
Act (EQN Reinf. Ratio
s*
Stress, fa width crack width
Service Steel Service
12.000 Restrain Th Bar 22) nbar to Act, rhotc Stress, fs Ratio (fa/fs)
12.000 1)
Eqn. 22 Eqn. 8.6c Eqn. 8-7 Eqn. 1 Eqn. 8 Eqn. 9
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa mm mm mm mm mm4 mm2 mm MPa mm mm MPa
100% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000 95% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000
90% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
85% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
80% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
75% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000
70% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
65% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
60% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
55% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000
6.000 50% 300 #VALUE!
25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE!
45% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
40% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
35% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 30% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000
25% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Crack
Crack
Width 20% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Width
75% 15% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 75% 10% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000
5% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000
0.0000% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Custom restrain
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 75% 300 25 250 491 1,963 300,000 0.65% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 263 66.95 -90.58 66.95 5.52E+08 116,527 0.01685 247.28 949 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Shrinkage strain calculation and creep effects based on "Prediction of creep, shrinkage, and temperature effects in concrete structures" - ACI 209R-92
Material Properties
f'c
f't (direct tensile strength)
45
2.27
MPa
MPa ACI 209R-92 - Eqn. 2-4
Effects of creep, shrinkage, and
Ec 31529
460
MPa
MPa
temperature in concrete slabs
fy
Es 200000 MPa
n 6.34
alpha 0.000009 C Spreadsheet version 1.00
Temperature range 30.0 C Based on AE spreadheet
T 15.0 C
Thickness 400 mm
Type Elevated Slab Table 2.5.4 Correction factors for Relative Humidity Table 2.5.3 Shrinkage correction factors for initial moist curing Steps for Considering Shrinkage and Thermal Effects

Relative
Moist curing
humidity Creep Shrinkage Correction factors for relative humidity duration (days)
Shrinkage CP
Correction factor for initial curing CP
(%) 1. Determine Relevant Material Properties
Shrinkage Effects (ACI 209R-92) 0% 1 1 1 1.2 Type of Cement
1.2 1.4
Ultimate strain 0.00078 (2-6) 40% 1 1 3 1.1 Type of Aggregate
Initial moist curing duration 7 days 50% 0.94 0.9 1 7 1 Strength of Concrete
Curing correction factor 1 Table 2.5.3 60% 0.87 0.8 14 0.93 1.2 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
0.8
Relative humidity 65% 70% 0.8 0.7 28 0.86
0.6 1 2. Determine Environment Properties
Humidity correction factor #VALUE! Table 2.5.4 80% 0.73 0.6 Creep 90 0.75 Ambient Temperature Range
90% 0.67 0.3 0.4 Relative Humidity
100% 0.6 0 0.8
Creep Effects (ACI 209R-92) 0.2
3. Determine Shrinkage with ACI 209R-92
Creep Factor 2.35 (2-6) 0 0.6
#VALUE! Table 2.5.4 Days
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 4. Determine Creep Coefficient with ACI 209R-92
Humidity correction factor 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
5. Determine methods to reduce or eliminate restraint during early shrinkage
Equivalent
Shrinkage Creep Consider length of time
Days temperature Total temp Shrinkage Strain
Strain factor Pour strips
change
12.000000 Pour outward from sources of restraint such as cores.
Volume 400 mm3 (2-9) (2-8) Note: Reducing shrinkage does not reduce reinforcing required unless shrinkage is
Surface 2 mm2 0 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 10.000000 less than tensile strength of concrete.
v/s 200 7 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
14 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 8.000000 6. Determine Steel required to control crack width.
Creep 0.670532 (2-21a) Determine maximum acceptable crack width
28 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Determine acceptable steel to control crack width, primary variables are cover,
Shrinkage 0.466882 (2-22a) 56 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 6.000000 spacing, and size of bar.
100 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! Note: Adding steel does not eliminate cracking. Steel controls crack width. Instead
Factored creep #VALUE! 500 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 4.000000 of one large crack, many small cracks form.
Factored shrinkage #VALUE! 1000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
5000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 2.000000 Resources
Ultimate strain #VALUE! 10000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ACI 209R-92
0.000000 "Control of Flexural Cracking in Reinforced concrete" R. Ian Gilbert ACI Structural
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 Journal May-June 2008
"Shrinkage Cracking in Fully Restrained Concrete Members" R. Ian Gilbert ACI
Length 75 m Structural Journal March-April 1992
ACI 224R-01 -Table 4.1 Guide to reasonable* crack widths, reinforced concrete under
These two methods consider either direct tension cracking, or flexural cracking with
Time to restraint 28 days service loads
shrinkage.
Flexural cracking with shrinkage is effectively a modified method to add direct
Restraint Temperature #VALUE! C Crack width tension cracking to flexural cracking. There is some debate whether these truly need
Exposure condition
10,000 day temperature #VALUE! C (mm) to be additive.
Total Temperature #VALUE! C Dry air or protective membrane 0.41
Equivalent Imposed Strain #VALUE! Humidity, moist air, soil 0.3
Creep Coefficient #VALUE! Deicing chemicals 0.18
Seawater and seawater spray, wetting & drying 0.15 Spreadsheet version 1.00
Linear Elastic Restraint Calculations Water-retaining structures 0.1 Based on AE spreadheet
Fully Restrained
Stress (Mpa) #VALUE! * It should be expected that a portion of the cracks in the structure will exceed these
Design Strain #VALUE! values. With time, a significant portion can exceed these values. These are general
Fully Released guidelines for design to be used in conjunction with sound engineering judgement.
Shortening (mm) #VALUE!
Design Strain 0.000000
Cracking calculation based on "Shrinkage Cracking in Fully Restrained Concrete Members" by R. Ian Gilbert - March-April 1992 ACI Structural Journal

w vs. restrain Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag

Design
Approx so
Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted
C1 Ncr
Conc. Stress Avg. Conc.
s
Quantity of
C2 N stress s2* stress s1* stress c1* Crack width
Strain Mod. E'c Modular Ratio, c1 Stress cracks
12.000 Restrain Th Bar n*
Eqn. 1 Eqn. 22 Eqn. 6 Eqn. 12 Eqn. 9 Eqn. 19 Eqn. 28 Eqn. 27 Eqn. 16 Eqn. 25 Eqn. 17 Eqn. 15 Eqn. 23 Eqn. 30
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa MPa MPa mm m MPa MPa MPa mm
100% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000 95% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
90% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
85% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
80% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
75% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000
70% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
65% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
60% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
55% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000 50% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
45% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
40% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
35% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 30% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Crack
25% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
width
20% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50%
15% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
10% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 5% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
0% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000 Custom restrain

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 50% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

Design Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted Conc. Stress Avg. Conc. Quantity of
w vs. reinf spacing Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag
Strain
Approx so
Mod. E'c Modular Ratio,
C1 Ncr
c1 Stress
s
cracks
C2 N stress s2* stress s1* stress c1* Crack width
12.000 Restrain Th Bar n*
Eqn. 1 Eqn. 22 Eqn. 6 Eqn. 12 Eqn. 9 Eqn. 19 Eqn. 28 Eqn. 27 Eqn. 16 Eqn. 25 Eqn. 17 Eqn. 15 Eqn. 23 Eqn. 30
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa MPa MPa mm m MPa MPa MPa mm
10.000
50% 400 16 50 201 8,042 400,000 2.01% #VALUE! 80 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.000708 901,388 2.255 2.261 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 400 16 75 201 5,362 400,000 1.34% #VALUE! 119 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001062 894,899 2.240 2.254 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000 50% 400 16 100 201 4,021 400,000 1.01% #VALUE! 159 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001417 886,088 2.218 2.243 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 400 16 125 201 3,217 400,000 0.80% #VALUE! 199 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.001772 875,092 2.192 2.230 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 400 16 150 201 2,681 400,000 0.67% #VALUE! 239 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002127 862,074 2.160 2.214 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000 Crack 50% 400 16 175 201 2,298 400,000 0.57% #VALUE! 279 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002482 847,224 2.123 2.195 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
width
50% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
200
50% 400 16 225 201 1,787 400,000 0.45% #VALUE! 358 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.003193 812,852 2.039 2.153 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 400
50% 16 250 201 1,608 400,000 0.40% #VALUE! 398 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.003549 793,765 1.991 2.130 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
50% 400 16 275 201 1,462 400,000 0.37% #VALUE! 438 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.003906 773,699 1.942 2.105 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 50% 400 16 300 201 1,340 400,000 0.34% #VALUE! 477 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.004262 752,864 1.890 2.079 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000 Custom reinforcement spacing

25 75 125 175 225 275 325 375 50% 400 16 200 201 2,011 400,000 0.50% #VALUE! 318 #VALUE! #VALUE! 0.002837 830,745 2.083 2.175 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! ### #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Cracking calculation based on "Control of Flexural Cracking in Reinforced Concrete" by R. Ian Gilbert - May-June 2008 ACI Structural Journal
Design moments
Service 445 kN.m

Concrete
Creep Adjusted Creep Adjusted Allowable
Design Possible Depth Possible Depth Depth to NA, Crack Area, Actual Steel Actual crack Acceptable
w
w vs.
vs. restrain
restrain
Spacing Area Bar Ab As/m (T+B) Ag
Strain
Cover Mod., E'c (EQN Modular Ratio, d
to NA 1, c1 to NA 2, c2 c (c1 or c2)
Icr
Act (EQN Reinf. Ratio
s*
Stress, fa width crack width
Service Steel Service
12.000 Restrain Th Bar 22) nbar to Act, rhotc Stress, fs Ratio (fa/fs)
12.000 1)
Eqn. 22 Eqn. 8.6c Eqn. 8-7 Eqn. 1 Eqn. 8 Eqn. 9
mm mm mm mm2 mm2/m mm2 mm MPa mm mm mm mm mm4 mm2 mm MPa mm mm MPa
100% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000 95% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
10.000
90% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
85% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
80% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
75% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
8.000
70% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
65% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
60% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
55% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
6.000
6.000 50% 400 #VALUE!
16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE!
45% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
40% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
35% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000 30% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
4.000
25% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Crack
Crack
Width 20% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Width
75% 15% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000 75% 10% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2.000
5% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!

0.000
0.0000% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Custom restrain
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 75% 400 16 200 201 1,005 400,000 0.25% #VALUE! 25 #VALUE! #VALUE! 367 62.04 -74.79 62.04 6.73E+08 168,980 0.00595 448.23 1,280 #VALUE! 0.30 #VALUE! #VALUE!