Immature concrete cracks

Bs8007 Grade of concrete = 35

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appendix A.2 Direct tensile strength of conrete (3days) fct = 1.60 N/mm
Bs5337 Bar Type = 2 Deformed 2
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Bs8007 fb = 2.40 N/mm
Table A.1 fct/fb = 0.67
Bar diameter Φ = 16 mm
R/F spacing s = 150 mm
b = 1000 mm
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As = 1340 mm
Slab/wall thickness h0 = 600 mm
Type of slab = 1 suspended slab
BS8007 both side h same = 1 not contact ground
Fig A.2 h = 250 mm
ρ = 0.005
Smax = 995 mm

Shrinkage strain εcs = 100 μ

εult = 200 μ
Average concrete strain εult/2 = 100 μ

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Bs8110-2 Thermal expansion of mature concrete α = 12 μm per C
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Fig 7.3 Thermal expansion of immature concrete = 6 μm per C
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Hydration peak-mean ambient T1 = 28 C
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mean-minimum ambient T2 = 10 C
Fig A.3 Restraint factor R = 0.5 ≤0.5
bs8007
Thermal strain εte = 228 μ
wmax/smax = 228 μ
wmax = 0.227 mm
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