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CHECK FOR CRACK WIDTH AS PER IS 456-2000

BEAM SECTION :-
WIDTH (b) = 250 mm e1
DEPTH (D)= 350 mm
d-x fs/Es D-x
EFFECTIVE DEPTH (d) = 312 mm d D
CLEAR COVER = 30 mm x
Ast = 716 mm²
TOTAL COVER = 38 mm fc/Ec
GRADE OF CONCRETE (fck ) = M 25 Strain Diagram

ELASTIC MODULUS OF CONCRETE (Ec) = 5000X SQRT(fck) = 25000 N/mm²


ELASTIC MODULUS OF CONCRETE (Es) = 200000 N/mm²
MODULAR RATIO (m) = 8
MAXm MOMENT (Ms) = 4.33 T/m

FROM DIAGRAM, e1 =(fs/Es)x(D-x)/(d-x) ……………………….( 1 )


Now, FROM THE METHOD OF THE TRANSFORMED SECTION, b*x*x/2 = m*As*(d-x)
So,
x= 98.83 mm (PUTTING THE VALUE OF b, m , As ,& d )

fs = Ms/(As*(d-x/3)) = ###

FROM THE EQUATION (1) , e1 = 0.0013 mm

e2 (DUE TO STRAIN HARDENING) = 1.5*b*(D-x)*(a-x)/{3*Es*As*(d-x)}

TAKING, D=a= 350 mm e2 = 0.000001 mm < e1


SO THERE WILL BE CRACK. (REF. APPENDIX F OF IS 456)

CRACK WIDTH = 3*acr*ξm/{1+2*(acr-cmin)/(D-x)} (REF. APPENDIX F OF IS 456) ……. ( 2 )


HERE, ξm = e1-e2 = 0.001276 mm (REF. APPENDIX F OF IS 456)

acr = Sqrt[(R/4)²+ec²]-dia/2 (REF. APPENDIX F OF IS 456)


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FROM THE EQUATION (2) , BAR DIA = 16 mm

CRACK WIDTH = 0.18 mm < 0.2, Hence ok ec =


cmin+dia/2
46 mm

R =b-2*cmin-dia
R 158 mm
45.824 ###
57188.352

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b-2*cmin-dia

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